Kim Gronquist
@shinycastle.bsky.social
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I help folks buy and sell real estate to support my hobby addiction (including sponsoring a local Crochet Guild, LGBTQ+ Pride and various social crafting events). Find out more about me and my Free Pattern Library @ myshinycastle.com
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OCTOBER 17th - Join us for a meeting of our Crochet Guild for some Social Crafting (it doesn't need to be crochet). We meet up on the 1st and 3rd Fridays downstairs at the Hollyhills Event Center in Bothell from 6-9pm.
#crochet #bothellcrafting #socialcraftingbothell
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Just in time for spooky season… meet my October release: the Skeleton!

Available for early release only on my Patreon:
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October Pattern Release: Skeleton! | Shiny Castle
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I am SO excited to share my first professional crochet pattern - the Kobolds! These mischievous little adventurers are ready to join your crafting quests.

This pattern is available exclusively to my Patreon supporters at: www.patreon.com/myshinycastle
Scene of plush crochet kobolds in front of a cardboard forest.
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I hope to see you all at Redmond Pride this Saturday. I will be there supporting the Queer Craft Collective.

I have put together some crochet bee kits for several different Pride flags ($18 for enough supplies to make 3 bees, plus I am available to assist with them at my social crafting meetups)
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The audio books are amazing too. We are on book 7 now.
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I have brother laser printers (both black and white and color) but prefer Epson eco tanks for color and sublimation printing. John also has a large format Canon for printing photo-quality posters and art prints.

Each serve a different purpose. Lasers are good for bulk printing at decent quality.
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…and just like that, it is no longer MY bag.
#catsarethieves
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I finished my granny square bag tonight. I was going to sew it together diagonally but I like it better this way. It fit perfectly to line it with an existing pink canvas bag too. It took only 1 skein of the red heart granny square yarn to make the 14 squares and the flower too.
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Don’t trust the kitties while painting, even if they are being super cute. Not surprisingly, I discovered that Pipp really doesn’t like his paws washed.

I am happy that I managed to get the first coat of paint finished on John’s new office this weekend.

#cathelpersarenothelpful
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We put up this vinyl mural about 13 years ago, but it is time to retire the nursery and turn this into John’s new office.

#theyallgrownup #timemarcheson
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I am starting to capture the character of this little critter, but I think she needs a few minor changes yet. Stay tuned.

#dungeonsanddragonscrochet
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Free Social Crafting Meetup
Friday, March 21, 6-9pm
Bothell, WA
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Friday, March 6th, 6-9pm
Downstairs @ 19200 Hollyhills Dr NE, Bothell
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Social Crafting Meetup in Bothell, WA + FREE Embroidery Workshop (supplies provided)

Bring your favorite craft project (or your most recent obsession) and join us for an evening of socializing and crafting. Reach out for more details.
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Friday, Feb 21st, 6-9pm
19200 Hollyhills Dr (downstairs)

If you crochet, or want to learn, come join us for our free Crochet Guild meetings in Bothell on the 3rd Friday of each month.

** All crafters are welcome, this week will just have more of a Crochet focus, but we have a 2nd room if needed.
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Feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] and we can discuss testing.
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I am happy for any pattern testers. I should have this pattern ready for testing in the next few days.
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Working on a fun new crochet pattern for sitting and standing Kobolds. With any luck this will become a D&D crochet book.

Let me know if you are interested in pattern testing.
3 crochet plush kobolds in a forest scene.