Thursday, October 24, 2013 Dee and I have been crochet friends for quite some time. I've enjoyed teaching for her chapter of CGOA in Connecticut; I've taken classes from her and I've written about her in an article about "Collecting Crochet" for Piecework Magazine where again, she shared her love of hook collecting. Dee is known as the "crochet cheerleader" and she blogs as CrochetWithDee . Dee Stanziano Magic Wands by Dee Stanziano: Magic wands; all crocheters have them. Cleverly disguised as magic wands, crochet hooks vary in many aspects including color, shape and material. Some are mass produced, others are hand crafted. Some are heirlooms; others are brand new, waiting to cast their first stitches. With refined practice, we are able to wave our crochet hooks seemingly effortlessly, turning simple string into an array of loops that becomes a series of stitches, and those stitches magically turn into fabric. Yes, crochet hooks are ju...
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