Hobbies

A brief guide to crocheting for beginners.
Crochet comes from the French word meaning “hook”. This is a method of using a rod to work interlocking loops into a long chain. You essentially take each loop and draw it through the previous loop in the chain. This is called crocheting, the origin of which is not [...]

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Have you ever considered collecting old postage stamps?
Most children have a hobby of some sort. Girls may collect dolls, boys make model airplanes, but as the years pass, interest wanes and you move on to something else more related to your age. However, there is one hobby that is timeless – as captivating to a [...]

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I remember, quite clearly, wandering around my grandmother’s house when I was a child, watching one of the most interesting things I had ever seen. I had no idea what a quilting bee was, but my grandmother had one every so often. It was rare that I was there for it, but at this particular [...]

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