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  • Crochet Coastal Sea Glass Baby Blanket Pattern Mikey
    Coming soon is a new crochet baby blanket by Jeanne Steinhilber. Jeanne has retired but was super inspired by the wicker stitch from our two patterns. This is the Crochet Coastal Sea Glass Baby Blanket. This can be made in any size. She went on a personal journey to figure it out, starting with the […] The post Crochet Coastal Sea Glass Baby Blanket Pattern appeared first on The Crochet Crowd.
     

Crochet Coastal Sea Glass Baby Blanket Pattern

By: Mikey
5 June 2026 at 19:58

Coming soon is a new crochet baby blanket by Jeanne Steinhilber. Jeanne has retired but was super inspired by the wicker stitch from our two patterns. This is the Crochet Coastal Sea Glass Baby Blanket. This can be made in any size. She went on a personal journey to figure it out, starting with the […]

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  • What is The Strongest Crochet Tote Bag Handle? + Tutorial Mikey
    If yarn is limited and you need to make a crochet handle, what is the best type of crochet handle you can do without having to blow brain cells? The quick answer is the Crochet Thermal Stitch. My issue was that the Red Heart Super Saver Craft Kit is fantastic, but when running through the […] The post What is The Strongest Crochet Tote Bag Handle? + Tutorial appeared first on The Crochet Crowd.
     

What is The Strongest Crochet Tote Bag Handle? + Tutorial

By: Mikey
19 May 2026 at 14:13

If yarn is limited and you need to make a crochet handle, what is the best type of crochet handle you can do without having to blow brain cells? The quick answer is the Crochet Thermal Stitch. My issue was that the Red Heart Super Saver Craft Kit is fantastic, but when running through the […]

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  • How To Crochet Granny Bag + Tutorial Jeanne
    The Crochet Modern Granny Boho Bag is a fun market tote that you can crochet in just a few hours. Caron Cotton Cakes make striping very easy, but you can use any cotton yarn and create your colour design. When you upload your project to The Crochet Crowd Stitch Social Group or Instagram, feel free […] The post How To Crochet Granny Bag + Tutorial appeared first on The Crochet Crowd.
     

How To Crochet Granny Bag + Tutorial

By: Jeanne
1 June 2026 at 17:12

The Crochet Modern Granny Boho Bag is a fun market tote that you can crochet in just a few hours. Caron Cotton Cakes make striping very easy, but you can use any cotton yarn and create your colour design. When you upload your project to The Crochet Crowd Stitch Social Group or Instagram, feel free […]

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  • 2025 in Reading Lucy Bellwood
    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, 202
     

2025 in Reading

21 January 2026 at 17:44

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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  • Crochet C2C Bobble Cowl Pattern + Tutorial Mikey
    Crochet Bobble Cowl This Crochet Bobble Cowl is Corner to Corner, seriously! The cowl is made as a flat panel in a rectangle format for Corner to Corner, aka C2C. Instead of just a typical corner to corner stitches, it's using bobbles instead. The pattern includes not only written instructions but also a stitch diagram […] The post Crochet C2C Bobble Cowl Pattern + Tutorial appeared first on The Crochet Crowd.
     

Crochet C2C Bobble Cowl Pattern + Tutorial

By: Mikey
28 May 2026 at 16:43

Crochet Bobble Cowl This Crochet Bobble Cowl is Corner to Corner, seriously! The cowl is made as a flat panel in a rectangle format for Corner to Corner, aka C2C. Instead of just a typical corner to corner stitches, it's using bobbles instead. The pattern includes not only written instructions but also a stitch diagram […]

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

29 May 2026 at 16:22
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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  • Killing Our Culture sareen
    A little over a week ago a library in Tripoli was burned because … well… to be honest I shouldn’t continue that sentence. There should be NO reason to burn down a library! Shame on those who have done this stupid act. There’s now a fund raising project that is trying to come up with [...]
     

Killing Our Culture

By: sareen
13 January 2014 at 07:38

Killing Our Culture

A little over a week ago a library in Tripoli was burned because … well… to be honest I shouldn’t continue that sentence. There should be NO reason to burn down a library! Shame on those who have done this stupid act. There’s now a fund raising project that is trying to come up with [...]
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  • Top 5 Textured Crochet Stitches: Odd Numbers Mikey
    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 […] The post Top 5 Textured Crochet Stitches: Odd Numbers appeared first on The Crochet Crowd.
     

Top 5 Textured Crochet Stitches: Odd Numbers

By: Mikey
12 April 2026 at 18:33

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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  • Corner to Corner Patch Quilt No Sew (C2C) + Tutorial Mikey
    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 […] The post Corner to Corner Patch Quilt No Sew (C2C) + Tutorial appeared first on The Crochet Crowd.
     

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

By: Mikey
28 May 2026 at 16:28

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 Mikey
    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. […] The post Crochet Modern Granny Patterns eBook appeared first on The Crochet Crowd.
     

Crochet Modern Granny Patterns eBook

By: Mikey
29 May 2026 at 17:22

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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