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Creative differences

Living with a disability can create challenges for crafters, but there are a number of hooksters who are finding ways to make the crochet world more accessible to everybody, regardless of their physical situation. Meet three crafters who got particularly inventive…

CHLOE TEAR

When Chloe lost her sight, she didn’t want to lose her creativity too…

“Four years ago, my sight started to deteriorate, and I’m now registered blind. I was already partially sighted, but it was still unexpected. Now I have tunnel vision and I can see colours and shapes, but not details. The best way to describe my sight is like an unfocused camera.

“I had crocheted prior to losing my sight, but I was more into sewing.

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