A yarn-woven Garfield, a highland cow and a baby dragon are just some of the cute plush items displayed in the Etsy stores of crochet-pattern merchants. But shoppers at the online store, which ...

Genna Tatu, a Mississippi business owner, revealed she makes a hefty $80,000 a year via her side gig — creating and selling hand-crocheted plushies. “I fell in love with crocheting, and I was hooked,” ...