Join host Misty Doan as she sits down with Ashlee Elle of The Dream Crochet for an inspiring conversation about creativity, community, and finding joy in the making process. Ashlee shares her journey from family craft nights to becoming a successful crochet designer and Instagram creator, offering honest insights about overcoming introversion, managing creative blocks, and maintaining artistic passion when your hobby becomes your career. Whether you're a seasoned crafter or just starting out, this episode is packed with encouragement and practical wisdom about embracing the creative process.
Key Episode Highlights:
- How Ashlee discovered crochet during pre-YouTube family craft nights with pizza, movies, and hands-on learning
- Ashlee's journey from self-portrait photography to confidently sharing her crochet art online
- How focusing on the art rather than herself helped overcome social media anxiety
- Why Ashlee embraces creative blocks as necessary "rest periods" for the mind
- Maintaining joy when your creative hobby becomes your full-time career
- How Ashlee draws creative inspiration from poetry, music, nature, and even non-yarn craft supplies
- Treating your creative practice like a garden that needs nurturing and care
- Why "abstract" first projects have character and the importance of practice over perfection
- Ashlee's exciting plans to merge quilting with crochet
- Managing the challenges of putting your art online while staying true to your creative mission
