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Pictish Threads Beginnings

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  After nearly two decades of running my crochet business, so much has changed. This may be a story of my new beginnings in weaving, but really, it's a story about something that has always been with me, but was very rarely shared or shown during my crochet journey, even though it was always there. In the early days of my crochet life, there was very little about crochet online. There were a few people sharing tutorials on YouTube, and a few patterns to try on people's blogs, but most patterns were only available in stores, or tutorials were saved for those who could afford a class in their local area. I found it all very restrictive and, with my design background, very quickly decided to design my own crochet patterns and utilise YouTube and my own blog to share them with the world. I could never have imagined how much it would grow during that time. These days though, so many people, and a much younger generation, are embracing crochet, sharing their own designs and creations...