Crocheting is a mindless activity that I enjoy, and it helps me relax me when I feel stressed. It allows me to keep my hands busy and lets my mind wander freely, without me just staring blindly off into space, and feeling my stress levels build I started working on an afghan shortly before Winter Fantasy. Using a hook bigger than my thumb and four strands of yarn at a time, I started it with the idea of making something that could lay on the back of my couch and just big enough for two people to cuddle under comfortably.   Well, that was the plan anyway.
     Returning from Winter Fantasy, I threw myself into its creation with reckless abandon, balling up all my frustrations into each chaining loop. The larger my frustration, the bigger it grew. Every time Don pis...

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