A few weeks before the beginning of March, Elisabeth stumbled upon a yearly social media challenge to help encourage others to learn more about a maker or business. We decided to participate in it this year and it has been fun to create the content for it. Whether you’re fairly new to our business or you’ve been […]
It might not be a big deal for you, but we are over the moon excited to have reached 500 followers on Facebook!!! In fact, we’re so excited and thankful that we’re running a celebration giveaway! Enter at the link below from now until Friday for your chance to win TWO EBOOKS from our Understandable Theology Series. […]
We have had fun reminding ourselves not to hibernate this winter, and it’s paying off. We’ve had a very profitable first two months of the year already. We’re very thankful for all the support, especially from our local customers. If you’re not local, you may not see a certain product of ours very often, since we don’t […]
A big thank you to everyone for an incredible 2024! We are positively overwhelmed by all the support and growth. As we continue to work hard to keep our current products in stock, we also have a great lineup of new products waiting for their appearance this year. One exciting development this month has been adding Shaun’s […]
Hello dear friends, it has been too long! Looking back at what we left you with, we are shocked we haven’t published anything since April 2018! Yet, that is when life started changing for us here at FGG Designs.
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The last two weeks we have been looking at the history of crochet; the overall history and Lydia’s personal history. Now it’s time to switch gears and look at some more practical information (not that the history wasn’t practical). This episode is going to be focused on our thoughts revolving around all things crochet and we will be discussing things such as the usefulness of crochet, the benefits of it, and how it differs from other crafts like sewing or knitting.
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Last week was the first episode in our new “getting started in crochet” series, where we looked at the general history of crochet. This week we are taking things a step further by looking at Lydia’s personal history with crochet, where it all began for her.
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This week, we’re diving straight into this new series, “Getting Started in Crochet.” For the next few weeks, Lydia will be talking us through everything you need to know (and more) about crochet, from where it originated, to steps into starting crochet for yourself. So, lets get started with this slightly shorter introductory episode.
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We have come to the end of our “Getting Started in Woodcarving” series, and in this final episode Shaun is going to give you some beginner projects to help get you started. He has thought through three separate projects that progressively get a little trickier and build upon the skills you have already learned. We’re starting things off with a spreader.
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Health and safety should play a major role in any work industry, and woodcarving is no exception. There are lots of little things that can help aid you in staying safe – like protective gear, or correct technique – but one main way to stay safe is to work in the right frame of mind.