crochet

Oregon woman turns hobby into act of kindness for Portland’s homeless population

Like many people, Judy Switzer was looking for a hobby at the start of the pandemic. The Portland, Oregon resident recently retired as an educator and she was hopefully going to have knee replacement surgery ...

Grandfather with vitiligo crochets dolls to cheer up kids with the skin condition

João Stanganelli Junior, a 64-year-old from Brazil, has a skin condition known as vitiligo, which is characterized by blotches of skin lacking pigmentation, giving sufferers a “multicolored” skin coloring. People with vitiligo can be self-conscious ...

She crochets a spiral around an LED light strip – now her trick is spreading like wildfire online

What you need: Crochet hook (12 mm) Yarn LED lcoil lighting (about 10 m) Instructions: Get started by crocheting a circle. Once you’ve done a bit, you can start working around the LED. Crafty Queens ...