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“it wasn’t just in the comfort of my crochet corner that color blossomed. I began to notice color in other places again. I noticed the tone of a friend’s skin color because I wanted to make her a scarf and wanted to choose colors that would flatter her. I noticed the colors in the skirt of a passerby because I liked the pattern and wanted to create something similar. Before I knew it I was noticing the blue in the sky, the blue in my boyfriend’s eyes, in a way that I simply hadn’t noticed in a very, very long time.”
― Kathryn Vercillo, Crochet Saved My Life

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“Nessa explained that depression caused her to feel like her body was lying to her and she ultimately decided she had to look to sources around her that had never lied –”
― Kathryn Vercillo, Crochet Saved My Life

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“A week later, I was struggling through a scarf. I made a mess of it, randomly adding stitches, dropping stitches, then adding even more. When I showed up with this tangle of wool, Jen pulled it off the needle and all my mistakes were miraculously gone. Unlike life, at least this new life of mine – in which I was forced to keep moving forward through the mess it had become – knitting allowed me to start over again and again, until whatever I was making looked exactly like I wanted it to look.”
― Kathryn Vercillo, Crochet Saved My Life

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Idle Hands-Crafts and Readers — 133 members — last activity Sep 06, 2026 12:05AM
Just a group of friends who love to read and to craft. A new work-in-progress. We do not meet in real life (may never have met at all). A regular hodg ...more

Author to Author Support — 184 members — last activity Sep 19, 2026 12:13PM
This group is a place for authors to help one another succeed. Through barter, cross-promotion and critique, we can help one another improve, gain new ...more

Book Nook Cafe — 6389 members — last activity 2 hours, 50 min ago
Book Nook Cafe is the place to be if you love to discuss books. We also chat about films, TV, music, health, theater, and more. Participation is en ...more

Ravelry Knitters — 2107 members — last activity Jan 14, 2024 01:58AM
For those out there who are addicted to reading, knitting and Ravelry!

Craftastic — 109 members — last activity Aug 06, 2012 12:47PM
Let's share our favorite crafty books: sewing, knitting, crochet, embroidery, what-have-you! ...more

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