I few weeks ago I reached my halfway mark for scarves – 25 out of 50. Last week, I finished my 30th hat. Though hats are smaller than scarves, the…
Pre-planning yarn chicken
I have two yarns I want to put together and I was trying to maximize the size of the scarf based on the amount of yarn that I have. I…
Make a pattern your own
These notes look like chicken scratch – I understand them, but the notes that I have in my pattern books aren’t for anyone else – just like when you are…
Ripping and re-crocheting!
Want to get it right this time Want to get it right this time Want to get it right this time “Complicated” – Poi Dog Pondering This is how I…
Infatuated with stripes
I am currently excited and infatuated with stripes in scarves. I do like self-striping yarns, but I want to be able to control the stripes. Though scarves are on the…
Sabbatical year reflections – scarves and hats
What I have learned during my sabbatical year which could also be called my year of scarves and baby hats is that my gauge for my foundation chain is very…
Pick a winner
Failures in crafting don’t mean that we give up; failures could lead to better ideas and greater inspiration.
Who’s your cheerleader?
“She didn’t get it from me.” I was with my mother and a lady we know complimented me on my hat and scarf set. She said I did a good…
In a charitable mood?
Many of my friends who work with yarn are knitters. I participate in a regular group and sometimes I’m the only crocheter there. This doesn’t bother me. I’ve been going…
Yarn speaks
Yarns speak, we must listen and make what the yarn wants to become.
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