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Mama Maker Club: Instagram Chat with NoorsKnits

Reality of working your creative business at home

I recently had a chance to chat with Noorain of NoorsKnits about the ins and outs of balancing our maker businesses with being a stay at home mom. She is hosting a series of Instagram Live sessions on both mompreneurs and POC makers. I think it’s so wonderful that she’s working to encourage and improve the sense of community within these two niches of the maker world. It’s so invaluable to know people who are in the same season of life as you who can relate to your struggles, goals, and achievements.

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Crochet All Day Hand Salve

Join and circulation support hand salve using essential oils

A few months ago I suddenly came down with carpal tunnel symptoms. I wasn’t sure what it was until my OT friend confirmed it for me. It was that awful almost-numb-but-not-because-it-hurts-a-lot kind of pain. Could have been a combination of crocheting, unpacking, texting too much, I don’t know. But the pain was so bad it was keeping me up at night.

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Baby Temperature Blanket Update #2!

Baby temperature blanket crochet pattern

I made few changes. The first was to my color scale. Once I started making it, the minty green just felt “colder” than the darker green. It was throwing me off visually so I switched those up. While I was at it I swapped the blues too, so that the lighter green would fade into the lighter blue instead of the darker blue. Here’s the final rundown!

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Christmas Crocheting: Baby & Toddler Santa Hat

crochet santa hat

For my son’s first Christmas I crocheted him a couple festive hats for the season. The hat starts with a ribbed band created by crocheting short rows of single crochet, but using the back loops only (this is what creates the ribbing effect). Once that is joined to create the circular band, the rest of the hat is crocheted in the round using double crochet, and double crochet 2-together (or the decrease stitch).