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By Hook Crocheting By Hook Crocheting is a family owned and operated crochet business. The future brings many new projects that I cannot wait to share with you. Kelly Howard

As a child one of my fondest memories was of laying on my Nana & Pop-Pop's couch wrapped in a blue and white marled afghan that my Nana had crocheted. There is not a time in my life that I cannot remember seeing her crocheting an afghan for one of her brothers and sisters, or nieces and nephews. I also recall many trips to the local Woolworth in downtown Westfield or Kress in East Orange to purchase yarn for another afghan. Even though she suffered greatly from rheumatoid arthritis in both of her hands and arms, my Nana crocheted up to shortly before she passed away in December 1989. She would often tell me that crocheting was therapeutic, and I have found this to be true not just physically, but mentally, spiritually and emotionally. I have no clue how many afghans in all that my Nana made, but I do there are still many of them within the family. I personally own the blue marled one from my childhood, a tan blended one, and one I like to call the Heritage Afghan, which consists of scraps from all of the afghans she ever made bordered in black. While I don't recall seeing my Mother crochet as often, I have wonderful reminders of a beautiful red hooded cape that she crocheted for me and that I wore proudly despite being teased as Red Riding Hood for many years. Eventually I passed on that red cape to my daughters, but unfortunately it is no longer with us. When I was in middle school, I learned how to crochet from a teacher, in spite of the many attempts by both my Nana and Mother to teach me (hard head, soft behind, lol). I dabbled with crocheting, but didn't find a true love of it until I was an adult and started making afghans for newly born family members and for my friends babies. A few years ago I expanded my skills to making pink scarves as a thank you to people who were kind enough to donate towards my efforts in American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. Last year I made an adorable sundress and pocketbook for my daughter from another mother, Taylor Thornton's first baby, Kalani, and this year I ventured into making my very first hats and a backpack pocketbook from no pattern. As a crocheter I am always growing in my level of ability and interest in what I can make. I, along with my daughter Kalyn "Ruth" Howard , look forward to sharing our talents and products with you, your family and friends for many years to come.

Sooo how wrong would I be if I asked Madam Vice President Kamala Harris if she is a ? Or invite her to a ?
13/04/2021

Sooo how wrong would I be if I asked Madam Vice President Kamala Harris if she is a ? Or invite her to a ?

The vice president — and her hobby — have inspired a crocheted mural, a crocheted doll and a burgundy hand-dyed yarn.

I have been on a Lent WIP challenge, working to finish 40 “Works In Progress” in the 40 days of Lent, taking on no new p...
01/04/2021

I have been on a Lent WIP challenge, working to finish 40 “Works In Progress” in the 40 days of Lent, taking on no new projects...except these new doll color samples. and (a fellow ) created , anti-pilling yarn in 12 skin tones for dolls. I had planned to do a reveal post, but couldn’t wait to get my hands and hooks on my new yarn babies. ☺️🧶. But here is my review: I used to use Red Heart Soft to make my dolls, but will be switching to Lion Brand Skein Tones for the following reasons: 1) the wider selection of colors, 2) it is soft, but not too soft, 3) it has sheen, but not overly shiny and slick, and 4) and it is anti-pilling. The negatives I have are a)currently I can only get it online, and while they have discounts on the Lion Brand website from time to time, there is still shipping that usually cancels out that shipping, and b) yarn barf...I crochet from inside out and every skein I worked with had yarn barf when I searched for the interior end piece making it a little difficult to get started.

Not my work BUT I LOVE IT!
13/02/2021

Not my work BUT I LOVE IT!

01/01/2021
May 2021 Blessed for all of you, from
01/01/2021

May 2021 Blessed for all of you, from

I hope you all have had a very happy and yarn-filled !
10/10/2020

I hope you all have had a very happy and yarn-filled !

Yarn? Hook? Gift cards? Money in her Venmo/CashApp/PayPal for a shopping spree? A massage for her crochet aches and pain...
11/09/2020

Yarn? Hook? Gift cards? Money in her Venmo/CashApp/PayPal for a shopping spree? A massage for her crochet aches and pains? $ByHookCrocheting

07/08/2020

Dark & Creepy🖤with a POP!🌈of FUN!
Did I just describe you?.. or is that just me?💁🏻‍♀️🌈✨Give this a LIKE👍🏻& leave a ❤️
Because I’m a little Extra.. I did a re-write on my pattern - because, well.. LOOK AT IT😍
Introducing the ✨🌈Wickedly Hooded Pocket Shawl🌈✨
The pattern will be Releasing SUNDAY at 4 pm est - and will be available on Etsy, Ravelry & our New Website for the launch!🙌🏻
Www.wickedlyhandmade.com

The pattern includes instructions on making it with & without the hood as well as Petite & Tall & Curvy⭐️💜✌🏻
THIS EXACT piece will ALSO be available READY TO SHIP On Sunday on our website at sale launch!!
We are also going to offer them custom made😘
Whose excited??🙋🏻‍♀️

The account is not me. They have stolen my photo and are reaching out to friends of mine. I have reported it multiple t...
26/06/2020

The account is not me. They have stolen my photo and are reaching out to friends of mine. I have reported it multiple times and refuses to remove it. Please report it as a fake account if it reaches out to you, before you block it. I DO NOT have a personal account, just this business account and

Good morning and Thank you to all of you that bid and/or shared the By Hook Crocheting FrontLine Heroes MiniMe Doll auct...
08/06/2020

Good morning and Thank you to all of you that bid and/or shared the By Hook Crocheting FrontLine Heroes MiniMe Doll auction. Your love and support of me/By Hook Crocheting, and most importantly the front line heroes is greatly appreciated.

The winning bid, made the first day of the auction by Mario Anderson, will be going to the Tulane Healthcare Providers Fund - Green Wave Heroes, which was established with the goal of raising money to support the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of our frontline healthcare team. Thanks to generous donors more than $90,000 has been raised to assist with childcare services, more than 3,500 delicious and nutritious meals, and other support for Tulane healthcare workers on the front lines. And the donations are doing double duty, because the fund is purchasing meals exclusively from local restaurants, which are also struggling during this pandemic.

In addition to the winning bid I will be adding a financial donation that was given to me for the work I was doing in making masks, bringing the total to $102.

Again, I thank you all. Keep an eye out for future sales and charity auctions.

says, “7 hours until FrontLine Hero MiniMe has a new home. Will it be yours?” Bidding ends at 11:30 CT @ https://www.eb...
07/06/2020

says, “7 hours until FrontLine Hero MiniMe has a new home. Will it be yours?” Bidding ends at 11:30 CT @ https://www.ebay.com/itm/313101996689

Remember 100% of the winning bid will go to the charity!

Please check out the auction. Please bid. Please share.

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