Very true

crochet hexagon on black background with 3 spiraled colors: ice blue, dark grey, and light pink, with a light pink border

CW: GV

Spiral 96 for #MSB2026: April 6, 2026

Data (USA):

Mass Shootings: 1 (lt pink)
Deaths: 0 (dk grey)
Injured: 1 (ice blue)

(from www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass...)

Pattern: Ella's Temperature Blanket by Kaye Adolphson 🧶

#crochet #endgunviolencenow #thisisamerica

Names of eight Shreveport shooting victims released; gunman identified Shreveport Police said 11 people were shot in total, and the eight children who were killed ranged in age from 3 to 11 years old.

CW: GV, DV, child death

I am heartbroken to share with you the first mass shooting this year to get national (USA) attention, 114 mass shootings into the year.

Ignoring the problem ensures it keeps happening.

#MSB2026 #endgunviolencenow #thisisamerica

www.usatoday.com/story/news/b...

crochet hexagon on black background with 3 spiraled colors: baby blue, butter yellow, and light pink, with a light pink border

CW: GV

Spiral 95 for #MSB2026: April 5, 2026

Data (USA):

Mass Shootings: 2 (lt pink)
Deaths: 1 (butter)
Injured: 7 (baby blue)

(from www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass...)

Pattern: Ella's Temperature Blanket by Kaye Adolphson 🧶

#crochet #endgunviolencenow #thisisamerica

crochet hexagon on black background with 3 spiraled colors: light grey, dark grey, and black, with a black border

Happy Sun-grey!

CW: GV

Spiral 94 for #MSB2026: April 4, 2026

Data (USA):

Mass Shootings: 0 (black)
Deaths: 0 (dk grey)
Injured: 0 (lt grey)

(from www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass...)

Pattern: Ella's Temperature Blanket by Kaye Adolphson 🧶

#crochet #endgunviolencenow

Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.

Thank you for the encouragement! Yes, I plan to do it for all of 2026. I do not know if I will do future years or not yet. I started about 5 days into the new year, but have had to let the lag time increase as the data can change.

Spike Square pattern by Madelenon from The Ultimate Granny Square Sourcebook, cinnamon in the center, then light grey, dark grey, then black, on a grey background

Book Cover for My Soul to Take by Tananarive Due, the audiobook version narrated by Kim Staunton. It has the appearance of a painting of a young Black teenage girl with gold eyeshadow, black eyeliner, and rouge, hair up, with gold necklaces, over various grey and black tones. Title lettering in white, author and narrator lettering in orange.

#GrannySquare 15 for #BookBlanket2026 is for My Soul to Take by Tananarive Due, last of the African Immortals series!
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Decided to end it with the square that began it!

Pattern: Spike Square by Madelenon from The Ultimate Granny Square Sourcebook

#crochet #booksky

crochet hexagon on black background with 3 spiraled colors: ice blue, butter yellow, and light pink, with a light pink border

CW: GV

Spiral 93 for #MSB2026: April 3, 2026

Data (USA):

Mass Shootings: 1 (lt pink)
Deaths: 2 (butter)
Injured: 2 (ice blue)

(from www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass...)

Pattern: Ella's Temperature Blanket by Kaye Adolphson 🧶

#crochet #endgunviolencenow #thisisamerica

I love how they use the drippiness of watercolor as part of the expression

Heavily modified version of Over the Rainbow square by Crafty CC from The Ultimate Granny Square Sourcebook, black and white center circle, then varying blues alternating to the outside, on a black background

Cover for Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, various blues in the background with black and white bird in flight in the center, lettering in white.

#GrannySquare 8 for #BookBlanket2026 is for Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
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Why 8? I was going to try to freehand some things to add to the center to make it a bird. And I never did. I'm finally giving up.

Pattern: Over the Rainbow Square by Crafty CC (heavily modified)
#crochet #booksky

Embrace Square by Vivid Creations from The Ultimate Granny Square Sourcebook, center out: neon yellow, red, black, red, black, on a grey background

Book cover for the audiobook version of Blood Colony by Tananarive Due, narrated by Patricia R. Floyd. A bright yellow sun is behind the black silhouette of a tree, in front of a red background. The white lettering of the title is on top of that. Below is a yellow bar with the name of the author and narrator on it, below that seem to be suggested figures of trees and possibly people also on a red background.

#GrannySquare 14 for #BookBlanket2026 is for Blood Colony by Tananarive Due
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Pattern: Embrace Square by Vivid Creations from The Ultimate Granny Square Sourcebook
#crochet #booksky

yeah, bluesky was basically down most of the day on and off! very frustrating, but seems better!

crochet hexagon on black background with 3 spiraled colors: light grey, dark grey, and black, with a black border

hooray for grey!

CW: GV

Spiral 92 for #MSB2026: April 2, 2026

Data (USA):

Mass Shootings: 0 (black)
Deaths: 0 (dk grey)
Injured: 0 (lt grey)

(from www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass...)

Pattern: Ella's Temperature Blanket by Kaye Adolphson 🧶

#crochet #endgunviolencenow #thisisamerica

Test 1... 2...

Thank you!!

suzette stitch!!

on grey background, crochet green leaf with green stem

Five crocheted oranges in orange yarn on a grey background surrounding a crocheted apple in red yarn with a brown stem with two crocheted pears, one on each side, in green yarn with brown stems, with 3 crocheted plums in front with bright purple yarn with four crocheted strawberries, two on each side of the plums, with green crocheted leafy tops and yellow embroidered seeds. Outer ring, counter clockwise from the 10 spot, right behind the left pear: 1) a crocheted sausage, bright red, with gathered ends; 2) a crochet pickle in green yarn with little green bumps all over it; 3) a crocheted slice of cherry pie with tan yarn for the crust, with a wavy top crust edge, with bright red bobble stitches for the cherry filling; 4) a crochet square slice of cheese with holes in it in light yellow yarn; 5) (front and center, in front of the plums) a crochet green leaf with green stem; 6) a crochet cake, cube shape, layered (bottom to top): dark brown, light brown, dark brown, cream, dark brown, with a red cherry on top; 7) crocheted lollipop with tan yarn for the stick and spiraled yellow and blue yarn for the candy part; 8) a crochet salami and salami slice, outside solid burgundy, inside dark red mixed with white; 9) a crochet ice cream cone with a light brown cone, bright pink scoop of ice cream with rainbow sprinkles; 10) (back center, behind the apple) a crocheted cupcake with a light blue cupcake wrapper, cream colored cake, and chocolate colored icing with bright blue, bright pink, and white sprinkles; 11) a crochet watermelon wedge, triangle shaped, with a green layer then white before the bright pink majority of the triangle with black crocheted seeds

And the final food item is complete! Now that the smorgasbord is prepared, the time of the caterpillar has arrived! I hope it's hungry! 😆

🧶💙🍎🍐🍑🍓🍊🎂🍧🥒🥓🌭🥧🍭🧁🍉🧀🍃🐛
#crochet #amigurumi
Pattern by: Castle of Cozy

April #BookSky Checkpoint!

Current Read: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Last Read: Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler
Next Read: Mind of my Mind by Octavia E. Butler
Best Read this year (so far): The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.

💙📚

May thy mind be sharp and thy hand steady 🧶🕊️✨ #YarnJesus

a crochet square slice of cheese with holes in it in light yellow yarn on a grey background

And lo! As Yarn Jesus has blessed it, so it has come to pass, that the Cthulhu Cheez-It has risen to glory as cheese! Praise be to the Fibre

crochet hexagon on black background with 3 spiraled colors: ice blue, dark grey, and light pink, with a light pink border

CW: GV

Spiral 91 for #MSB2026: April 1, 2026

Data (USA):

Mass Shootings: 1 (lt pink)
Deaths: 0 (dk grey)
Injured: 4 (ice blue)

(from www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass...)

Pattern: Ella's Temperature Blanket by Kaye Adolphson 🧶

#crochet #endgunviolencenow #thisisamerica

a crochet square slice of cheese with holes in it in light yellow yarn on a grey background

Five crocheted oranges in orange yarn on a grey background surrounding a crocheted apple in red yarn with a brown stem with two crocheted pears, one on each side, in green yarn with brown stems, with 3 crocheted plums in front with bright purple yarn with four crocheted strawberries, two on each side of the plums, with green crocheted leafy tops and yellow embroidered seeds. Outer ring, counter clockwise from the 10 spot, right behind the left pear: 1) a crocheted sausage, bright red, with gathered ends; 2) a crochet pickle in green yarn with little green bumps all over it; 3) a crocheted slice of cherry pie with tan yarn for the crust, with a wavy top crust edge, with bright red bobble stitches for the cherry filling; 4) a crochet cake, cube shape, layered (bottom to top): dark brown, light brown, dark brown, cream, dark brown, with a red cherry on top; 5) (front and center, in front of the plums) a crochet square slice of cheese with holes in it in light yellow yarn; 6) crocheted lollipop with tan yarn for the stick and spiraled yellow and blue yarn for the candy part; 7) a crochet salami and salami slice, outside solid burgundy, inside dark red mixed with white 8) a crochet ice cream cone with a light brown cone, bright pink scoop of ice cream with rainbow sprinkles; 9) (back center, behind the apple) a crocheted cupcake with a light blue cupcake wrapper, cream colored cake, and chocolate colored icing with bright blue, bright pink, and white sprinkles; 10) a crochet watermelon wedge, triangle shaped, with a green layer then white before the bright pink majority of the triangle with black crocheted seeds

And lo, the Ccheese-lhu became the cheese slice! Only one food item left for The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

🧶💙🍎🍐🍑🍓🍊🎂🍧🥒🥓🌭🥧🍭🧁🍉🧀🐛
#crochet #amigurumi
Pattern by: Castle of Cozy

Thank you for your support and encouragement, it really makes a difference and helps me keep pushing forward.

It's a tragedy that is being ignored and deserves front page attention and outrage. I'm certainly not front page but it's better than nothing!

A simple spreadsheet with the months down the left column to label each row, and the headings "Mass Shootings," "Deaths," and "Injured" at the top to head each column. Data shows for January: 25 mass shootings, 32 deaths from mass shootings, and 81 injured from mass shootings. Data shows for February: 29 mass shootings, 38 deaths from mass shootings, and 96 injured from mass shootings. Data shows for March: 40 mass shootings, 33 deaths from mass shootings, and 180 injured from mass shootings. Year to date totals up to end of March are 94 mass shootings, 103 deaths from mass shootings, and 358 injured from mass shootings.

crochet hexagon on black background with 3 spiraled colors: dark teal, kelly green, red, with a red border Spiral is from March 22, 2026, with 10 mass shootings, 13 deaths, and 39 injuries from mass shootings.

CW: GV

Running totals for the year to the end of March. Remember, this doesn't even touch the scope of gun violence in the USA, this is only the data for mass shootings.

Ask yourself: how many mass shootings have you seen on national news?
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#MSB2026 #crochet #endgunviolencenow #thisisamerica

Thank you Yarn Jesus, your blessing is a balm unto my hook 💙🧶

I'll do my best

A yellow crochet square with gaps where chain Loops stick up like cthulhu tentacles, on a black b background, with a pink ergonomic crochet hook and a green stitch marker still in

Yarn Jesus, please bless this Cthulhu Cheez-It, that it may become a cheese slice, and need the greater Hungry Caterpillar WIP, as I have less than 2 months to finish it now 😅🫠

crochet hexagon on black background with 3 spiraled colors: ice blue, dark grey, and light pink, with a light pink border

CW: GV

Spiral 90 for #MSB2026: March 31, 2026

Data (USA):

Mass Shootings: 1 (lt pink)
Deaths: 0 (dk grey)
Injured: 4 (ice blue)

(from www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass...)

Pattern: Ella's Temperature Blanket by Kaye Adolphson 🧶

#crochet #endgunviolencenow #thisisamerica

crochet hexagon on black background with 3 spiraled colors: ice blue, butter yellow, and light pink, with a light pink border

CW: GV

Spiral 89 for #MSB2026: March 30, 2026

Data (USA):

Mass Shootings: 1 (lt pink)
Deaths: 2 (butter)
Injured: 3 (ice blue)

(from www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass...)

Pattern: Ella's Temperature Blanket by Kaye Adolphson 🧶

#crochet #endgunviolencenow #thisisamerica