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J.P. Whiteside Crochets
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J.P.'s place for blathering on about my crochet adventures. I learned crochet as a little girl from library books. I'm not at all an expert but love traditional and Tunisian crochet. More at jpwcrochets.com
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Smaller size little hot pocket, with beads this time. I've no idea what possessed me to buy beads.
A phone pouch in salmon, teal, beige, blue, and white multicolored yarn with 6 beads on one side in red, green, and beige. A 6mm crochet hook is laying next to the ppuch.
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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A little hot pocket.
My take on the sock-on-a-strap thingy from popular fruit company in two shades of blue multi acrylic yarn
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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A few months ago, I ordered a metal Tunisian crochet hook set from AliExpress and liked them a lot. But buying stuff from China is totally different value proposition now. I bought these hooks from Amazon that check all the same boxes.
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Guclud Tunisian Crochet Metal Hook Set
Disclosure: I bought these cables with my own money to try them out and to provide a review for you, but if you buy these hooks using my Amazon affiliate link below, you will be helping me financia…
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August 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Ever make something but didn't really pay attention to what you were doing but it came out better than expected and you wanted to make another one but now you have to figure out what you did? That's where I am today. 🧶#crochet
A blue shawl is in the background with a light green work in progress on a golden Tunisian crochet hook and ball of yarn on a black spinner in the foreground.
August 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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It makes me so happy when I buy two kinds of yarn online to make a hat and they're so well matched.
Lavender raffia yarn and lavender cotton yarn is pictured with the beginnings of a hat on a red crochet hook
August 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Experimenting with leftover yarn...
A small scarf is beginning to take shape in denim blue, Halloween orange, and light green.
August 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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I bought one of these spinning yarn holders a while ago and finally tried it out yesterday. It worked better when I removed the spindle from the magnet and let it sit on the base. Otherwise, there was way too much spin. Maybe the heaviness of the yarn matters; I was using a tiny sport weight cotton.
A black spinning yarn holder js sitting on a black desk. There is no yarn on the spindle.
July 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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I finally pushed aside my deep hatred for all things Meta and created an Instagram account for crochet, and I see now why people have been complaining for years about the app shoving everything in your face but the people you follow. Anyway, it's www.instagram.com/jpwcrochetss...
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July 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I like combining different yarn to make simple things with a unique look, but sometimes it doesn't always turn out as I expected. After making several hats with different types of straw-like yarn, I rambled on a bit about some things I learned on video.
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Straw Hat Adventures
I have been working on making wide-brim sun hats and narrow-brim fedoras using Tunisian simple stitch (I like it for hats because it has a nice woven look) for several weeks now. I have experimente…
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May 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I've done so many Tunisian crochet projects in the round with 2-4 balls of yarn recently that I almost lost my mind when I remembered I needed only one ball of yarn to make a simple one-color skinny scarf. ☺️🧶 #crochet
May 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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The colors on this one kinda remind me of Van Gogh's The Starry Night. #crochet #TunisianCrochet 🧶
A crocheted fedora hat made from blue raffia (straw-like) and a blue multi cotton/polyamide blend is sitting on a black desk and the yarn used to make it is sitting to it's right.
May 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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I have been trying to perfect my approach to a Tunisian crochet fedora. Each one has had major to minor issues, but I think one more attempt after this one and I might have something repeatable I like. #crochet #TunisianCrochet 🧶
A crocheted hat made from beige raffia and a cotton/polyamide yarn (held double) in shades of pink, purple, beige and gray is sitting on a black desk next to a blue double-ended crochet hook and balls of yarn used to make the hat.
May 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Hooray! I got my very first order from @lolabeanyarnco.com today. No clue what I'll make with it yet, but it will be soft and lovely because this yarn is very niiiice. #crochet 🧶
Wrapped in black paper adorned with the Lolabean Yarn Co brand is my own set of the April Black Label box which consists of a large greige skein polka-dotted with bits of color from the 3 smaller skeins of magenta, navy blue, and gold.
April 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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I've been experimenting with raffia and yarn combos for colorful and fun summer hats but had been struggling with sealing off the stiff plastic hat wire. Metal crimp tubes seem to work better than heat shrink. I finally have a circle with no bend at the seal. #crochet #TunisianCrochet 🧶
Sitting on a black desk is a wide brimmed hat made from raffia yarn in beige and a cotton bamboo blend in magenta. A green metal Tunisian crochet hook, green plastic stitch marker, a pair of wire cutters, crimpers, and pliers are in the background.
April 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I'm continuing my explorations in hat making. This is my 2nd hat with this stiff plastic millinery wire. I hate dealing with the wire, but I love the brims that can be created with it. So churchy. In fact, I wore the 1st hat to a church banquet this past weekend. #crochet #Tunisiancrochet 🧶
A Tunisian crochet wide-brim hat made from purple raffia and a variegated merino-acrylic blend featuring purple, blue, pink, and peach shades.
April 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Playing around with stitches this weekend, I inadvertently found a way to edge Tunisian crochet with "regular" crochet but kinda looks like Tunisian crochet. This was also my first time using yarn from @sisterananseyarn.bsky.social. I started with minis out of fear of failure. 🙂 #crochet 🧶
A mini scarf done primarily in Tunisian crochet made from variegated yarn in muted purples, pinks, blues, and greens. 2 mini skeins of variegated yarn in muted purples, blues, pinks, greens from Naima Bond/Sister Ananse Yarn.
April 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Photos - Bold Waves of Relief Shawl

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A colorful blue-purple-orange-multi Tunisian crochet shawl made from Tunisian simple and knit stitches with ribbing and wavy edges. This is the front view. A colorful blue-purple-orange-multi Tunisian crochet shawl made from Tunisian simple and knit stitches with ribbing and wavy edges. This is the rear view.
March 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Bold Waves of Relief Shawl - my first pattern is available at my Etsy store. It's a little quirky. #crochet #TunisianCrochet 🧶

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March 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Written review with link to YouTube review of the infamous AliExpress metal Tunisian crochet hooks. Look, I may be late to this party, but I have the gold version, so it's different. Kinda. 🙃 #crochet #TunisianCrochet 🧶
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Silian Tunisian Crochet Hooks
You may have seen the reviews on YouTube of the Tunisian crochet hook set that some have ordered from AliExpress. It was really Toni Lipsey’s (TLYarnCrafts.com) review that tipped me over the…
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March 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I'm almost where I want to be with making fedora hats. One more attempt and I think I'll have a repeatable pattern, at least for this Rewind yarn. #crochet 🧶
A crochet hat made from beige tape yarn. It is intended to be a teardrop fedora. A beige crochet hat made from tape yarn on a mannequin head. It is intended to be a teardrop fedora.
March 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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I bought those metal Tunisian hooks from AliExpress that everyone was talking about 2 years ago (so I'm a little late to the party but I didn't know about Tunisian crochet back then). I recorded my unboxing and initial experience. #crochet 🧶
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Fresh from AliExpress!
YouTube video by J.P. Kinda Crochets
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March 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Got my first ever order today from guchet.com Of course I'm excited about all the multis for more fun with color. #crochet 🧶
Skeins of silk/cashmere/acrylic yarn in gold, yellow, and a gold/yellow/orange multi A multipack of 15 skeins of acrylic yarn, all variegated except one.
March 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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How I'm starting to use Capacities (instead of Obsidian, Notion, Keep, etc.) to store data on my crochet projects. #crochet 🧶
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Capacities for Crochet
YouTube video by J.P. Kinda Crochets
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March 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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I'm back to my color combo shenanigans. 🧶#crochet
A crochet sample in bright primary colors including dark red, purple, orange, green, yellow, and blue. Purple and yellow are the dominant colors.
March 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Made a quick blog post and video about a 4-row repeating pattern I love because it has TKS all up in twisties. I'll have to work this into other projects in the future.
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Crossed TKS?
Lately, I’ve been scouring my crochet books for interesting (but relatively uncomplicated) stitches, especially Tunisian crochet stitches. I’d been playing around with crossed double cr…
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February 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM