Opinion Archives - The Crochet Crowd®

Why Do Tutorial Hosts Fiddle So Much Prior to Starting

December 7, 2017December 7, 2017 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd Crochet, Hosts, Mikey, Opinion, The Crochet Crowd, YouTube, YouTube Hosts

Fiddle With Yarn Thoughts A great question came in informally to wondering the following: Why do tutorial hosts fiddle so

Michael Sellick

Mission A Go… Turns to Mission A No

August 9, 2017 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd Charity, Charity Giving, Crochet for Charity, Opinion

Crocheters on a Mission Crocheters are now heading to charity season. A time where we start considering doing more charity

Michael Sellick

Opinion: When Yarn Goes Bye Bye

April 17, 2017 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd Discontinued, Mikey, Opinion, The Crochet Crowd, Yarn

When Yarn Goes Bye Bye and Discontinued Before starting The Crochet Crowd, I was just like you. Shopping for yarn

Patons Kroy Socks Projects Socks

What I Learned about Crocheting Socks

June 27, 2016April 5, 2018 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd Bernat Sox, Crochet Socks, ideas, Kroy Socks, Mikey, Opinion, Socks, Steps, Tips, Yarnspirations

What’s Up With Crochet Socks The team has been chit chatting about crochet socks behind the scenes. Daniel has been

Michael Sellick

Canadian Dollar Impacts Some Crocheters

January 26, 2016 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd Canadian Dollar, Crochet, Daniel, Dollar, marketing, Mikey, Online, Opinion, Review, Yarn

Canadian Dollar For us Canadians, we have seen our Canadian Dollar collapse. To say it’s fallen slightly is an understatement.

Michael Sellick

Mikey Sniffles Watching Mr Rogers

September 27, 2015 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd Children, Community, Crochet, crochet crowd, Crowd, Daniel, Facebook, Hobby, MAN, Mikey, Mr Rogers, Online, Opinion, Quick, Stimulation, Television, The Crochet Crowd, Video, Yarn, YouTube

To Demean Life or Cherish It Last night, Daniel and I watched an episode of Mr Rogers. We thought we

Michael Sellick

Was Turned Off to Avoid It… But Trying Again

July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd bad, Clothing, Crochet, crochet crowd, Crowd, Help, How To, Learn, Lesson, Mikey, ONCE, Opinion, Pattern, Scarves, The Crochet Crowd, Tutorial, Video, Videos, Work, YouTube

Turned Off Filming Tutorials After years of avoiding the subject of filming clothing for adults that involve more than just

Crafting Shows Michael Sellick

Changing The Attitudes of Craft Shows

November 9, 2014November 9, 2014 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd Attitude, Buy, Canada, Children, Christmas, Craft Show, crafts, Crochet, crochet crowd, Exhibitor, Fun, Hanover, ideas, Mikey, Ontario, Opinion, Presentation, Thoughts, Vendor, Yarn

Craft Show Attitudes We had the privilege to attend a craft show in Hanover Ontario in Canada on November 8th,

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10 Most Important Health Health Benefits of Yarn Crafting

June 5, 2014April 26, 2018 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd benefits, Blog, Crafting, Crochet, DOWN, Health, ideas, IT, Knitting, Lion Brand, Medical, Mikey, OH, Opinion, Pattern, Positive, Stress, Website, Working, Yarn

Health Benefits with Yarn We all know that crochet and knitting has fabulous health benefits. Kathryn Vercillo wrote a blog

Yarn Artistry

The Controversy of Yarn Bombing

May 27, 2014May 27, 2014 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd bombing, Mikey, Opinion, Thoughts, Yarn, Yarn Bombing

Diva Dan, Colleen and I are preparing for Creativ Festival on April 25 – 26th. It’s our 8th Show and

TCC Bloggers

Are Yarn Trimmings for The Birds or Is That An Environmental Problem?

March 22, 2014 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd Birds, crochet crowd, Fiber, Mikey, Nest, Nesting, Opinion, Review, Tips, Yarn, Yarn for Bird Nests

I was thinking about something I read, as well as people I know about yarn trimmings. It occurred to me

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Gift It or Trash It?

July 21, 2013 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd Christmas, Craft, crochet crowd, Frogging, Mikey, Opinion, Project

Here’s an opportunity to share your opinion…. NO OPINION IS WRONG… so let’s not be harping on anyone for their

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Evolution of The Crochet Hook: Let’s Compare

June 19, 2013April 26, 2018 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd Arts, Bamboo Crochet Hooks, Craft, Crochet, crochet hook, Customized Polymer Hooks, Furls Crochet Hooks, Knitting and Crochet, Opinion, Review

This is a topic that tends to be very controversial due to the price points of crochet hooks, materials and

Mikey's Product & Service Reviews Yarn In General

Patons Lace Sequin Yarn Review

February 19, 2011June 16, 2015 Mikey, The Crochet Crowd 2011, April, Choose, Colour, crochet crowd, Hats, IT, Lace, Make, Mikey, New, NO, Opinion, Patons, patons lace sequin, Review, sequin, Store, THREE, Yarn

Patons – Lace Sequin Elegant, soft and luxurious… my three words for this brand new line of Patons Yarns called