Natalie Graziano

A picture of a red crocheted mug of hot chocolate with 3 crocheted marshmallows, 2 crocheted rosy cheeks, and a smiley face.

A bird's eye view of the 3 crocheted marshmallows sitting atop the light brown yarn used to represent the hot chocolate.

Recently found, instant favorite bedtime story: "The Penguin Who Loved Hot Chocolate", by Daniel Erial.
So, naturally, I took an afternoon break from the cross stitch blanket to #crochet an #amigurumi #hotchocolate , complete with marshmallows to go with the previously crocheted penguin! 🥰
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Pokémon pokéball cross stitch design with the phrase, "I choose you" underneath it.

A Pokémon Piplup cross stitch pattern just beginning to be worked on, with thread and needle emerging from the design.

Project update. Due to extreme work hours, it's taken a while, but design 1 is done (white thread is glow in the dark). Onto design 2! Here's to hoping work can slow down enough that I can get this done in the next century 🤞🏼🙃🤞🏼🧵🪡🧶
#crossstitch #pokemon #piplup #fiberarts

"We should accept aging as a process in life...I think understanding why we age and how we age gives us better tools for how to live. If we know the things that cause aging that would help with that process." —Venki Ramakrishnan

In "Why We Die," chemist Venki Ramakrishnan takes readers on a riveting journey to the frontiers of biology—and asks whether we must be mortal: buff.ly/qvGgX9p

She's the best! I follow her on IG, lol

I found Ribbler. There are some free and some for fee, but you can filter. Still trying it out, but I've doom scrolled through offerings a few times, lol.

I'm dying over your model! 🤣 So great!

Blue fleece blanket with Pokémon Piplup (a penguin character) pictures arranged that will become cross stitch designs.

Next project:
Baby Penguin requested a Pokémon Piplup themed blanket (even helped with the layout & picking the colored flosses).

It'll be a fleece tie blanket with cross stitched designs. I printed the images on dissolvable paper for patterns. This is a TOTAL leap of faith, but it'll be fun 🐧💜 🧶

Got this little stuffy finished for my Baby Penguin 🐧💜 Colors were chosen very carefully by Baby Penguin at our local yarn store (represents our fave colors 🥰).
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A gift I made for my little
#maythefouthbewithyou
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Cross stitch design stating, "To create is to resist" in red, blue, and black thread.

Blue and brown crocheted stuffed bear

White crocheted dragon with pink horns, wings, and 4 pointed scales.

Cross stitch design on a t-shirt of a skull and cross bones in glow in the dark white thread, red thread, and black thread.

Some recent projects. Each was a fun learning experience.
#crochet #fiberart #thread

Ball of cartoon yarn in top of vividly colored skeins on yarn to advertise local yarn store day, April 26th 2025.

If you need me, I'll be with my yarn 😋
#lysd #crochet #fiberarts

happy april 25th aka the perfect date ✨

Happy Hookers: findings from an international study exploring the effects of crochet on wellbeing - PubMed The data suggests that crochet offers positive benefits for personal wellbeing with many respondents actively using crochet to manage mental health conditions and life events such as grief, chronic il...

"Happy Hookers: findings from an international study exploring the effects of crochet on wellbeing"
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32245337/
Proof that crafters have a good sense of humour 😉 (TL:DR Do crochet - it's good for you. I must learn - I can knit [badly] but crochet is still on my 'to learn' list)

That time Mister Rogers comforted me in real life In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, in the aftermath of the terror attack in Manchester, writer Anthony Breznican took to Twitter to recount how the late television icon Fred Rogers of “Mister R...

Fred Rogers was born on this day in 1928.

In 2017, writer Anthony Breznican shared how the late television icon and host of "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood" comforted him during a difficult period in his own life. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Painting featuring a glass tea cup filled with a reddish liquid and teabag with string and label over the side, the cup creates a long shadow on the white surface in morning light

Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt #Sunday

I wish libraries did reading challenges for grown-ups. I would love to read 5 books and then get a bookmark. 5
10 and then get a baseball cap.

To every woman who feels overlooked or unheard—Women’s History Month is a reminder of your strength and worth. Together, we move forward in solidarity.

dromomania noun an exaggerated desire to wander Background Image: A vintager sketch of a hiker

Bonus points if you use this word in your next 'Out Of Office' reply.

Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, painter, genius #WomensArt

The History of the Super Bowl Infographic: more at https://www.britannica.com/sports/Super-Bowl

Get ready for Sunday with this helpful infographic from @britannica.com