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The Crochet Stitch

The Crochet Stitch

By: Sammi Jai
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The Crochet Stitch is the weekly audio companion to The Stitch newsletter from Yarn Over Hook. Hosted by Sammi Jai, each episode brings crocheters a quick, friendly roundup of what’s happening across the Yarn Over Hook community, including upcoming livestreams, crochet events, maker highlights, pattern finds, community calls, and ways to get involved. Whether you are working through a long-term project, learning a new stitch, looking for crochet events, or simply want to feel more connected to other makers, The Crochet Stitch helps you stay in the loop. Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet, built to help crocheters everywhere create, learn, and connect.© 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved. Art
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  • Summer Stash Bash Kickoff: Stash Yarn, Soap Sacks & Crochet Kindness

    Summer Stash Bash Kickoff: Stash Yarn, Soap Sacks & Crochet Kindness
    May 24 2026
    Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet.View the Newsletter: Summer Stash Bash is kicking off! ☀️🧶This week, Summer Stash Bash is back, and we’re turning stash yarn into kindness. Yarn Over Hook is partnering with S.A.C.K., which stands for Supporting A Community with Kindness, for a community challenge with one big goal: crochet and donate 1,000 soap sacks, each with a bar of soap, to local communities around the world.In this episode, we share details about the Summer Stash Bash kickoff livestream happening Wednesday, May 27 at 1:30 PM PT, including a giveaway for two handcrafted resin crochet hooks from Yarnbow, a family-run business based in Austin, Texas known for handcrafted Glissando resin crochet hooks.We also ask this week’s community question: What are your favorite stash-busting crochet projects? From soap sacks and granny squares to dishcloths, scrap blankets, amigurumi minis, and the yarn that has been waiting the longest in your stash, this is your chance to share what you love making when your stash gets a little too powerful.Then we preview the full week at Yarn Over Hook, including a new blanket WIP with the Pandora’s Box Blanket by Mickey from The Crochet Crowd, the Summer Stash Bash with Stitches! Kickoff & Giveaway, a members-only Rosa Tee session by Lola Crochets, and Square Up Saturday with mystery granny squares, color play, crochet charts, and Claire Montgomerie’s decks.Plus, we highlight Sammi’s latest video, I’m FINALLY Learning Tunisian Crochet!, for anyone who has had Tunisian crochet on their “one day I’ll learn that” list. Trying something new can feel awkward at first, but that is part of the fun.This week’s featured pattern maker is Remy A Crafty Hedgehog, created by Alexis Kavros, with playful crochet patterns, fiber art, creative storytelling, videos, community, and beginner-friendly crochet inspiration. We also spotlight the free Mini Jellyfish Crochet Pattern in the Yarn Over Hook marketplace.We also share a new episode from Exploration Crochet, titled Crochet’s Long History of Being Problematic — to Somebody, a thoughtful listen for anyone interested in crochet’s history, culture, and complexity beyond the hobby itself.Whether you are joining Summer Stash Bash, working through a blanket WIP, learning Tunisian crochet, playing Name That Stitch, listening to Exploration Crochet, or simply crocheting a few quiet rows today, we’re glad you’re here.Grab your cotton yarn, your favorite hook, and your summer crochet energy.Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 LINKS & RESOURCESExplore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletterhttps://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.comWatch on YouTube 📹https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT YARN OVER HOOKYarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources.Built by makers, for makers. 🧶🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/aboutThe Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook.© 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.
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    6 mins
  • What Would You Tell Your Beginner Crochet Self? | May 17th

    What Would You Tell Your Beginner Crochet Self? | May 17th
    May 19 2026

    Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet.

    View the Newsletter: What would you tell your beginner crochet self?

    This week, we’re asking a simple but meaningful question:

    What would you tell your beginner crochet self?

    If you could go back and start your crochet journey again, what would you change? What would you keep the same? Would you worry less about perfect stitches, buy different yarn, try new techniques sooner, or simply remind yourself that every tangled skein and uneven row is part of learning?

    In this episode, we reflect on the beginner crochet journey, the lessons we learn over time, and the little pieces of advice that can make the craft feel more joyful, less intimidating, and more connected.

    We also share what’s happening across Yarn Over Hook, including community updates, crochet resources, upcoming events, shop submissions, and ways for makers to get involved. Whether you’re joining a livestream, catching up on a replay, submitting an event, sharing a crochet-friendly shop, or working through your latest WIP, there’s a place for you here.

    This episode is a reminder that crochet is not about being perfect from the beginning. It’s about learning, experimenting, making mistakes, finding your rhythm, and becoming part of a creative community along the way.

    So grab your hook, think back to your first stitches, and join us for this week’s episode.

    Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect.

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    🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES

    Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶

    https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here

    📅 Explore Crochet Events

    https://crochetevents.com

    📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter

    https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/

    Play Name That Stitch 🎮

    https://namethatstitch.com

    Watch on YouTube 📹

    https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial

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    ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK

    Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources.

    Built by makers, for makers. 🧶

    🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about

    The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook.

    © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.
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    6 mins
  • Summer Stash Bash Is Here: Turn Your Yarn Stash Into Kindness

    Summer Stash Bash Is Here: Turn Your Yarn Stash Into Kindness
    May 16 2026
    Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet.View the Newsletter: Summer Stash Bash Is Here: Turn Your Yarn Stash Into Kindness 🧼This week, we’re kicking off something especially meaningful: the 2026 Summer Stash Bash, a Yarn Over Hook community crochet challenge in partnership with S.A.C.K., which stands for Supporting A Community with Kindness. Together, we’re inviting crocheters to turn yarn from their stashes into handmade comfort, practical care, and global goodwill. In this episode, we share how Summer Stash Bash supports S.A.C.K.’s mission to provide essential toiletries to underserved communities. Many people cannot use government assistance programs like SNAP to purchase hygiene products, which makes donations like soap, shampoo, and other toiletries especially meaningful. The goal for this year’s challenge is simple and powerful: help the Yarn Over Hook community crochet and donate 1,000 soap sacks worldwide. Each soap sack should include a bar of soap, turning a handmade crochet project into a practical care item for someone who needs it. We also preview this week’s Yarn Over Hook livestream schedule, including Crochet & Chat with the Checkered Tote by MitchesGetStitchesUS, Stitches! with another round of Just Get the Pattern, a members-only Rosa Tee session by Lola Crochets, and Square Up Saturday with crochet charts and granny squares. Plus, we celebrate the official launch of The Crochet Stitch Podcast, the new weekly audio companion to The Stitch newsletter. Each week, Sammi Jai will bring you a quick audio version featuring Yarn Over Hook updates, upcoming livestreams, crochet events, community highlights, featured resources, and simple ways to create, learn, and connect. Whether you’re joining a livestream, starting your first soap sack, catching a replay, or listening while you crochet through your latest WIP, we’re so glad you’re here.Grab your hook and join us.Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 LINKS & RESOURCESExplore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletterhttps://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.comWatch on YouTube 📹https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ABOUT YARN OVER HOOKYarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources.Built by makers, for makers. 🧶🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/aboutThe Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook.© 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.
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    5 mins
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