About two years ago I became artistically blocked. I was crippled really. I couldn’t bring myself to make anything. I tried a couple small drawings, sketches really. Played with color fields. I even attempted a large landscape painting that is still sitting on my easel nearly an entire year later about 30% complete. This brought […]
The Lovestruck Collection
Hello lovely people of the crochet world. Today I am going to spend some time explaining the details about the Lovestruck afghan blocks collection. You see, with the majority of my communications currently on Facebook, I tend to forget that I have a blog where I may squawk as much as I want and easily reference […]
UFO Hunting
I’ll admit it. I have some really bad crochet habits. And one of the worst is the many many UFOs (UnFinished Objects) that litter the shelves of my crochet room. Today, though, a friend’s post inspired me to take another look at them and see if they could be re-purposed. She’d turned an afghan she’d started […]
How I Wonder
It recently occurred to me that, while I was rushing around trying to get the Stars Aligned pattern ready and published, I never took a moment to talk about my the How I Wonder Afghan block which I published only days before on Ravelry. I adore this pattern. It is very special to me. Not […]
Stars Aligned
As I was designing the How I Wonder afghan block, I had a little revelation towards the end. You see, I usually get stuck around the part where I square it up and want to finish it off. I want it to be interesting and compliment the design, but I always seem to be at […]
Working Magic (Circles)
Like anything, magic circles have a loyal fan club and a group who feel somewhat less love for them. To put it lightly. If you’ve never tried one, they are definitely worth giving a couple goes before writing them off entirely. If you have yet to master them, I’ve got some tips for you. First […]
And We’re Off!
Welcome to Every Trick on the Hook, the blog of the crochet pattern designer Polly Plum. That’s me! Call me Polly. My crochet philosophy is this: there are no limits! I firmly believe that if you can make a loop on a hook, you can crochet anything, and I want to do my best help […]
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