I'm overbooked, and I cannot add more without destroying any sense of a work-life balance. For my mental health, I need to drop some things, and this time, the thing I'm dropping is this shop... sort of.

One of the biggest challenges of selling crochet at a craft fair is standing out. Market make patterns are shared and reused by every artist at every market.There is absolutely nothing wrong with these adorable patterns, of course, but they do present a big problem for artists - how do you stand out in a sea of chickens and frogs?

There are several unsavory trends plaguing the crochet community as of late. But one trend is by far my least favorite: AI Crochet.

Mistakes are human. They happen, especially with a new medium. Expecting perfection is unrealistic, and it sets me up for failure.