{"id":100831,"date":"2025-10-15T10:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=100831"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:50:10","slug":"haunted-house","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.mortaine.com\/blog\/portfolio\/haunted-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Haunted House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>I crocheted this cute haunted house this week. I couldn&#8217;t find a good crochet pattern\/tutorial for something like this that wasn&#8217;t AI garbage, so I freehanded it. 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