Inspired by reading Love in Every Stitch, I decided to go through my archives and review all of the articles I’ve written over the years about how crochet has helped people. Of course, I love the personal stories the most but I like anytime I can share about the mental and physical health benefits of crochet. Then I got to wondering – why haven’t I collected all of these articles in one place? Well, I ask that no longer – here is the archive of crochet health stories to date.
I shared this baby bereavement hat photo by Instagram’s amimami10 as one of the top ten photos of the week in yesterday’s crochet photo roundup. I’ve been so touched by the comments people have left on my Instagram share.
Every person who crochets has a story. Every story is unique and special. Here are eleven of those crochet stories from people who crochet – young and old, famous and unknown. They are healing themselves and others with their craft.
I was really touched with what Margaret Mills shared with me for an interview in Crochetvolution about self-esteem after a double mastectomy.
I have a mailing list for people who are interested in sharing their crochet stories with me and my readers. I am about to send out a list of interview questions to those people who want to do email interviews. It will be going out tomorrow so if this is something that interests you, sign up for that mailing list now. Not sure if you want to participate? Here are some of the FAQs that people have about sharing stories with me.
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It seems like a good way to celebrate 4th of July. So here’s my roundup of crochet-related American flag stories.