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Year One June 23, 2026   Reflecting Hey, it’s Amy Adachie, and I have completed year 1 of Crochet for Care. The school year that is. 2026 Overall, I’d say it was a pretty success, and here’s why.  Goals Establish a team or club of at least 6-10 crocheters. I established a group of 9 crocheters who create items for sales, donations, and fundraisers.  Connect with Non-profit organizations…

Hey crochetters! Have you been looking for fun, easy, and usable crochet items to make? Well, if the answer to that is yes, then you should join this month’s crochet project: COASTERS! Coasters can be adorable if you make them look like flowers, fruit slices, or even your favorite animals, but they are also useful when you try to prevent wet rings on your tables. They also make a great gift to…

Hey Crocheters! Just this last weekend, the Crochet for Care project donated to the FJC 180, turning lives around at the Care Closet! We had around 1 to 2 months of crocheting time to prepare our items. We scheduled the donation date for April 18th at 4:45 pm after a few days of phone tag. Pictures of the items were taken the day prior to the donation for photo evidence. When we arrived to…

Hey Crochetters! It’s the first Monday of the new month, so that means… ANOTHER CROCHET PROJECT This month, we will be crocheting sea stuffed animals to support all the animals in the ocean who are being affected by climate change, global warming, and pollution. Sea life is extremely important and very beautiful, so it’s important we spread awareness about the danger some of these species are…

Hey Crocheters! This week’s blog post will be about a pattern I used to make this crochet ruffle hat. Let’s get into it. Materials 4.5 mm Hook weight 4 yarn scissors stitch marker Sizing I made this hat to have a crown width of around 6-6.5 inches. To make it bigger or smaller, add more or fewer increase rounds Crochet Language Dc- double crochet Inc – increase dc dec- decrease…

Hey Crocheters! This month, the Crochet for Care project members will be donating items to the FJC Care Closet initiative from the 180 Turning Lives Around Incorporated. The FJC care closet is a new initiative where people can donate items like clothes, toys, shoes, and toiletries to those in the homeless shelter. The people in the homeless shelter can then “shop” for these items, giving them…

Hey crocheters! This weeks blog post will be an update about everything that has happened in the past three months in the crochet for care project. So grab your hook and yarn because this will be a long post. Valentine’s Day Crochet Sale On February 1st, we sent out a preorder sale to our customers. This form allowed early access to items and also allowed for delivery to anyone the customer…

Hey crocheters! Yesterday, I was thinking about what project to start this month. Usually I base the project on the holiday or season in the month like how February was flowers because of Valentine’s Day and January was blankets because of Winter. March only has Saint Patrick’s day. What are Leprechauns known for, other than their gold hidden at the end of the rainbow? There hats of course. So…

Hey Crochetters! This month we’ve talked about giving crochet flowers to your loved ones, and what these flowers mean. But we haven’t discussed what flowers do in our environment. While crochet flowers aren’t exactly real, they do share a resemblance to real flowers, but they can not do what real flowers do in our environment. Real flowers support pollinators like bees, butterflies, birds, and…

Hey Crocheter! Happy belated Valentine’s day to those who celebrated this holiday. For those who had Valentines who gifted you flowers or for those who went out and treated themselves during that time of love, have you ever wondered what those flowers meant? Now of course, if someone gives you flowers without knowing the meaning of them, you should assume they sent them to show that they love…

Hey Crochetter! Looking for a project of the month? Well then this blog post is for you! This month the crocheters of Crochet for Care are making…… FLOWERS. You heard right, crochet flowers of all shapes, colors and sizes are the project of this month. What sparked this project you may ask? Well with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s important to recognize the people in your life…

Hey crocheters! Day 2 of the Square by Square Blanket Project: 19 Squares made It’s already the 3rd day of the 2026 and so far, I’ve stayed committed to the Square by Square Blanket Challenge I currently have 24, star granny-squares made and have a lot of energy to make more. I’ve posted on the Pinterest account: theCrochetForCareProject short videos and some pictures of what I’ve made so…

January 2026 Project of The Month Flier Upcoming Project With the 2025 year coming to a close, I look at my yarn corner and all I see if half used balls of yarn, so what better way to use up all that yarn, then to make a crochet blanket made up of squares of scrap yarn. Every month in 2026 I will be announcing a new project for us to complete. You can donate these items, gift them, sell them,…

Hey crocheters! Last week Wednesday, the Crochet for Care project had their second crochet sale. Here are the details: Items We Made for the Sale For this sale, we crocheted, frogs, bees, whales, penguins, chicks, chickens, dinos, cats, and flowers. In total we set out 81 items. Sadly, we only sold 32 of our items; however, we did end up making $150 which will go to materials for our next…

Hey Crocheters! Have you ever thought about creating your own branch of Crochet for care? Well, I have, so I’ll teach you what I’ve learned after starting this project. *logo of the Crochet For Care Project I’ve had a few people reach out to me from all over the country asking to ship items to me to donate to hospitals and organizations, and I thought to myself: “Why not have others crochet…

Hey Crocheters and Soon-to-be Crocheters! One of the main reasons why I started to crochet was because I always fidgeted with my hands and I always needed something to do to help me focus during movies or class. So, I picked p crochet and my attention span and my attention to details really improved. But that is only one reason why you should learn how to crochet. I have a lot more! 1. Reduces…