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Corner to Corner Patch Quilt No Sew (C2C) + Tutorial

Blankets designed in crochet are most likely to fail if sewing is used. C2C doesn't have to be sewn together. Watch how. Great scrap-buster concept. A YouTube Membership Person asked me to figure out how to join corner to corner without sewing. I sat with the concept and tried four attempts to get it to […]

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Crochet Modern Granny Patterns eBook

Crochet #MG Modern Granny Patterns eBook Jeanne Steinhilber, Community Chaperone and Assistant Content Writer for The Crochet Crowd has a new free eBook called #MG. #MG is short for Modern Granny. Over the past year, she has been using similar stitch combos and coming up with variations of what she initially called the Modern Granny. […]

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Single Crochet Moss Stitch Corner to Corner Blanket + Tutorial

Have you wanted to try C2C Corner To Corner with single crochet and the moss stitch? This was the most straightforward version I have seen to date. At the time of publishing this, there's a small error at the end of the 1st row in the decrease. It says to put a sc in the […]

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Complete Guide to Crochet Abbreviations

This list is in alphabetical order and constantly updated as The Crochet Crowd uses more abbreviations. Check back. Mikey is personally gathering abbreviations data from Yarnspirations.com to compile a list. Terms with links have a matching free video tutorial showing how to do the stitch.Β The listΒ is frequently updated and can be downloaded. . . Absolute […]

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2024 in Reading

Turns out I’m two years behind on these so I’m getting ’em up! No commentary because I gotta run out the door to ink more pages of Seacritters, but hopefully I’ll come back to this down the line.

(Previously: 2023 in Reading,Β 2022 in Reading,Β 2021 in Reading,Β 2020 in Reading)

LegendRough Guide to Ratings
🎭 – Plays
πŸ“ – Poetry
πŸ“– – Books (Fiction)
πŸ““ – Books (Nonfiction)
πŸ’¬ – Graphic Novels
πŸ”„ – Reread
πŸŽ™οΈ – Audiobook
❀︎ = Yes
❀︎❀︎ = Oh Yes
❀︎❀︎❀︎ = Oh Hell Yes
❀︎❀︎❀︎❀︎❀︎ = Obviously this one hit at the right place and the right time
  1. πŸ“– The Raven Tower – Ann Leckie
  2. πŸ“– The Night Manager – John Le CarrΓ©
  3. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth – Zoe Thorogood
  4. πŸ“– Network Effect – Martha Wells
  5. πŸ““ The Beauty in Breaking – Michele Harper
  6. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ The Five Lives of Hilma Af Kilnt – Philipp Deines
  7. πŸ“– The Fermata – Nicholson Baker
  8. πŸ“– Birnam Wood – Eleanor Catton ❀︎❀︎
  9. πŸ“– The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
  10. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Lightning Rods – Helen DeWitt
  11. πŸ“– Prophet – Sin BlachΓ© & Helen Macdonald ❀︎
  12. πŸ““ Holy the Firm – Annie Dillard ❀︎❀︎
  13. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Making Money – Terry Pratchett
  14. πŸ“– Excession – Ian M. Banks
  15. πŸ““ Your Money or Your Life – Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez
  16. πŸ““ Subculture Vulture – Moshe Kasher
  17. πŸ“– The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi – Shannon Chakraborty ❀︎
  18. πŸ“ The Peace of Wild Things – Wendell Berry ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  19. πŸ““ The Liars’ Club – Mary Karr ❀︎❀︎
  20. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch
  21. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ And Now I Spill the Family Secrets – Margaret Kimball
  22. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Sex Criminals Vols. 1-6 – Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky ❀︎❀︎
  23. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Red Seas Under Red Skies – Scott Lynch
  24. πŸ““ Travelers to Unimaginable Lands – Dasha Kiper ❀︎
  25. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Safari Honeymoon – Jesse Jacobs
  26. πŸ““ What If This Were Enough? – Heather Havrilesky
  27. πŸ“– Oliver VII – Antal Szerb
  28. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less – Sarah Glidden
  29. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Republic of Thieves – Scott Lynch
  30. πŸ“ 44 Poems for You – Sarah Ruhl
  31. πŸ““ Wild – Cheryl Strayed
  32. πŸ““ Saving Time – Jenny Odell ❀︎❀︎❀︎❀︎❀︎
  33. πŸŽ™οΈ/πŸ“– The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman
  34. πŸ““ The Wild Edge of Sorrow – Francis Weller ❀︎❀︎
  35. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Nothing to See Here – Kevin Wilson
  36. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The City of Brass – S.A. Chakraborty
  37. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ The Worst Journey in the World: Vol. 1 – Sarah Airriess, adapted from Apsley Cherry-Garrard ❀︎
  38. πŸ““ Smile: The Story of a Face – Sarah Ruhl ❀︎❀︎
  39. πŸ““ Gender/Fucking – Florence Ashley
  40. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Pixels of You – Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota, J.R. Doyle
  41. πŸ““ Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder – Lawrence Weschler / Visitng The Museum of Jurassic Technology IRL ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  42. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Waverider (Amulet Book 9) – Kazu Kibuishi
  43. πŸ“– Women Talking – Miriam Toews
  44. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Kingdom of Copper – S.A. Chakraborty
  45. πŸ““ Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism – Premilla Nadasen ❀︎❀︎
  46. πŸ”„ πŸ““ Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon
  47. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Danger and Other Unknown Risks – Ryan North & Erica Henderson ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  48. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Lightfall: The Dark Times – Tim Probert
  49. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Empire of Gold – S. A. Chakraborty
  50. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Night Boat to Tangier – Kevin Barry ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  51. πŸ“– Funny Story – Emily Henry
  52. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Stargazing – Jen Wang
  53. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ In Limbo – Deb JJ Lee
  54. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Midnight Library – Matt Haig
  55. πŸ““ Four Thousand Weeks – Oliver Burkeman ❀︎
  56. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ Coma – Zara Slattery
  57. πŸ““ The Long Run: A Creative Inquiry – Stacey D’Erasmo ❀︎❀︎
  58. πŸ““ Mutual Aid – Dean Spade
  59. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Book of Love – Kelly Link
  60. πŸ“– Red, White, and Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston
  61. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Godkiller – Hannah Kaner
  62. πŸ“– Whoever You Are, Honey – Olivia Gatwood ❀︎
  63. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Sunbringer – Hannah Kaner
  64. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ““ Driven to Distraction – Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey
  65. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ““ A Heart That Works – Rob Delaney ❀︎
  66. πŸ“– Nervous Conditions – Tsitsi Dangarembga
  67. πŸ““ Slouching Towards Bethlehem – Joan Didion ❀︎❀︎

Unfinished but Made Progress

  1. The Nature Book – Tom Comitta
  2. Annals of the Former World – John McFee
  3. The Divine Comedy – Dante
  4. Come Together – Emily Nagoski
  5. Wildwood – Roger Deakin
  6. The Idle Beekeeper – Bill Anderson
  7. Bear – Marian Engel
  8. This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed – Charles E. Cobb Jr.
  9. A Month in Siena – Hisham Matar

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Paramount Wins Florence Pugh Feature β€˜The Midnight Library’ For $36M

That Garth Davis directed, Florence Pugh starring feature take of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library which Andreas first told you about; well, it’s been won by the David Ellison run Paramount Pictures for $36M. Paramount beat out Focus and Sony who were circling to acquire North America and select foreign markets on the project. StudioCanal […]

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Top 5 Textured Crochet Stitches: Odd Numbers

Mikey from The Crochet Crowd uses textured crochet stitches in stitch samplers pretty consistently. For most projects, an 'odd number' stitch count is usually the easiest to pair fun stitches together. Defining the Odd Number We need to define exactly what an odd number is; it's not the beginning chain count, but the number of […]

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2025 in Reading

Another annual reading list I’m putting up without much commentary, but there were some bangers in 2025. β€œThe point seems to be this,” Kate Briggs writes, β€œleft to its own devices, the path of reading is very rarely chronologically ordered, thematically coherent, limited by language or respectful of borders. Books open out onto, they cross with and follow haphazardly on from one another. Left to its own devices, the path of reading strays all over the place.”

(Previously: 2024 in Reading, 2023 in Reading,Β 2022 in Reading,Β 2021 in Reading,Β 2020 in Reading)

LegendRough Guide to Ratings
🎭 – Plays
πŸ“ – Poetry
πŸ“– – Books (Fiction)
πŸ““ – Books (Nonfiction)
πŸ’¬ – Graphic Novels
πŸ”„ – Reread
πŸŽ™οΈ – Audiobook
❀︎ = Yes
❀︎❀︎ = Oh Yes
❀︎❀︎❀︎ = Oh Hell Yes
  1. πŸ““ A Month in Siena – Hisham Matar ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  2. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ““ This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed – Charles E. Cobb Jr.
  3. πŸ“– Sisters – Daisy Johnson ❀︎
  4. πŸ““ Come Together – Emily Nagoski
  5. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– His Majesty’s Dragon – Naomi Novik
  6. πŸ”„ / πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Sabriel – Garth Nix
  7. πŸ“– The Captain of the Polestar – Arthur Conan Doyle
  8. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– As the Crow Flies – Melanie Gilman
  9. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Skip – Molly Mendoza
  10. πŸ”„ / πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Lirael – Garth Nix
  11. πŸ“– The Diary of Mr. Poynter – M.R. James
  12. πŸ“– The Morgan Trust – R. Bridgeman
  13. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Sunhead – Alex Assan
  14. πŸ“– Creation Lake – Rachel Kushner ❀︎
  15. πŸ““ Inciting Joy – Ross Gay ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  16. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Across a Field of Starlight – Blue Delliquanti ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  17. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Abhorsen – Garth Nix
  18. πŸ“– Martyr! – Kaveh Akbar ❀︎
  19. πŸ“– Memorial – Bryan Washington ❀︎❀︎
  20. πŸ“– The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett ❀︎
  21. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Squire – Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas
  22. πŸ”„ / πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Giant Days Vol. 3 – John Allison & Max Sarin
  23. πŸ““ The Noble Approach – Tod Polson & Maurice Noble ❀︎❀︎
  24. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ““ ADHD 2.0 – Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
  25. πŸ“– Madness is Better than Defeat – Ned Beauman
  26. πŸ““ The Drummer and the Great Mountain – Michael Joseph Ferguson
  27. πŸ“– Return to Sender – Vera Brosgol
  28. πŸ”„ / πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Republic of Thieves – Scott Lynch
  29. πŸ““ The Creative Act: a Way of Being – Rick Rubin and Neil Strauss ❀︎
  30. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Rare Flavors – Ram V & Filipe Andrade ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  31. πŸ““ The Saviors of God – Nikos Kazantzakis
  32. πŸŽ™οΈ / 🎭 Arcadia – Tom Stoppard
  33. πŸ““ I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself – Glynnis MacNicol ❀︎
  34. πŸ““ The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street – Helene Hanff
  35. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– The Many Deaths of Laila Starr – Ram V and Filipe Andrade ❀︎
  36. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Boys Weekend – Mattie Lubchansky
  37. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– The Jellyfish – Boum
  38. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ Offhand – Yuko Ota
  39. πŸ”„ / πŸ“– Finn Family Moomintroll – Tove Jansson ❀︎❀︎
  40. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Witchlight- Jessi Zabarsky
  41. πŸ““ Gift from the Sea – Anne Morrow Lindbergh ❀︎❀︎
  42. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Sunburn – Andi Watson and Simon Gane
  43. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– The Book Tour – Andi Watson ❀︎
  44. πŸ”„ πŸ““ Unmastered – Katherine Angel ❀︎❀︎
  45. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Thief – Megan Whalen Turner
  46. πŸ“– Art & Lies – Jeanette Winterson ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  47. πŸ“ The Inferno – Dante (trans. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
  48. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Fly by Night – Tara O’Connor
  49. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ““ Catching the Big Fish – David Lynch
  50. πŸ““ Eros the Bittersweet – Anne Carson ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  51. πŸ““ Art [Objects] – Jeanette Winterson ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  52. πŸ““ Power of Gentleness – Anne Dufourmantelle ❀︎❀︎
  53. πŸ““ / πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ One Bite at a Time – Ryan Claytor ❀︎
  54. πŸ““ A Year in Practice – Jacqueline Suskin ❀︎
  55. πŸ”„ πŸ“– The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon ❀︎❀︎
  56. πŸ“– We Play Ourselves – Jen Silverman ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  57. πŸ““ Think Little – Wendell Berry ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  58. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Heart in Winter – Kevin Barry
  59. πŸ““ No Bad Parts – Richard C. Schwartz ❀︎❀︎
  60. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ Past Tense – Sacha Mardou ❀︎
  61. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Fresh Start – Gale Galligan ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  62. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– A Girl on the Shore – Inio Asano
  63. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ““ / πŸ“– Pathemata – Maggie Nelson
  64. πŸ”„ / πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ It’s Okay That It’s Not Okay – Christina Tran ❀︎❀︎
  65. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ Home/World – Ben Hatke ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  66. πŸ““ The Light of the World – Elizabeth Alexander ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  67. πŸ”„ / πŸ“– The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – C. S. Lewis ❀︎
  68. πŸ““ Faith, Hope, and Carnage – Nick Cave and SeΓ‘n O’Hagan ❀︎❀︎
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NEW Corner to Corner C2C Crochet Brush Stitch

Mikey developed a stitch combination called the Brush Stitch. Crochet diagonally with lines going in the opposite direction. The stitch is similar to the corner-to-corner with different anchoring points. The stitching causes space to appear, and the space is going in the opposite direction, which looks like eyelets. Very easy to understand once you get […]

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Florence Pugh β€˜The Midnight Library’ North America & Offshore Deal Officially Closes With Paramount After Fierce Bidding War

Paramount has closed their deal with Studio Canal for North American and myriad foreign territories on the Garth Davis directed, Florence Pugh starring fantasy drama The Midnight Library after a crazy auction with Focus Features and Sony. Last night when the news broke, not all of the foreign deals had closed. We hear that the […]

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Learn New Ways for Crochet Corner To Corner with 20 Tutorials

My ADHD kicks in when I get curious about crochet. I wondered to myself: what more can I do with Corner to Corner Crochet if I wanted to change the shape, smooth off the edges, or even go in a different direction, such as Corner to Corner in the Round? We have many more stitches […]

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