Simply Hooked: A Crochet Blog

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Stitching Stillness: 4 Ways to Use Crochet for Stress Relief and Joy

Crocheting is more than just a craft; it is therapy with yarn. It offers a rare blend of mindfulness, creativity, and tangible accomplishment. For many...

Marcy Gardner
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Beyond the Stitch: How I Found My Brand by Learning How to Teach Crochet

In December 2023, I was at a local craft market in North Carolina, surrounded by my handmade amigurumi plushies, when something unexpected happened. Several customers...

Marcy Gardner
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Amigurumi Tips for Beginners: Easy Patterns and the Best Yarns

If you’ve been dreaming about crocheting your first plushie but feel a little overwhelmed, you’re not alone. Most beginners spend hours scrolling through cute designs...

Marcy Gardner
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Beyond the Basic Stitch: A Complete Guide to the Bobble Stitch Crochet Amigurumi Technique

Tutorial on how to add bobble stitches to your amigurumi. ...

Marcy Gardner
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The Perfect Finish: How to Embroider a Nose on Amigurumi Plushies

When it comes to finishing a project, the smallest details often make the biggest difference. Adding a hand-stitched nose to your crochet teddy bear, puppy,...

Marcy Gardner
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Crochet Tutorial: How to Add Curly Hair to Amigurumi

Super easy method to add hair to your amigurumi. Once you get started, it's hard to stop! This is such a fun and easy technique....

Marcy Gardner
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Stitching Safety: The Ultimate Guide on How to Embroider Eyes on Amigurumi

When you finish a crochet plushie, the eyes are often the first thing people notice. They provide the character, the expression, and the "soul" of...

Marcy Gardner
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Protecting Your Peace: 7 Daily Mental Health Habits That Transformed My Life

We live in an anxiety-ridden world full of noise and uncertainty, and if we aren't careful, that stress can quietly steal our joy. A few...

Marcy Gardner
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Architect of Joy: How to Create Your Dream Life Brick by Brick

Something I find so incredibly exciting about life is this: we have the inherent power to build it exactly the way we want. Too often,...

Marcy Gardner
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Scaling Your Craft: The 10 Top Rated Business Podcasts for Creative Entrepreneurs

If you are running a handmade business, an Etsy shop, or a Shopify store, you have likely spent hours scouring blog posts and YouTube tutorials...

Marcy Gardner
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Is Your Creative Passion Selfish? Why Your Business is a Gift to the World

A couple of years ago, I found myself wrestling with a question that carried more weight than I expected: If I reached the point where...

Marcy Gardner
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The Ultimate Guide to Turning Yarn into Income: How to Start a Crochet Business

As the projects piled up in the corner of my room and I maxed out gifts for friends and family, I began asking the same...

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