In one of my kitchen cabinets I found a stash of unsweetened Kool-Aid packets and in my working yarn stash I found a couple of four skein bags of undyed…
Inspiration is everywhere
A few weeks ago, I found a crochet-a-long for an afghan that piqued my interest because the center section would allow me to make a creative top down hat. I…
Choose your yarn and pattern wisely
There are times when you abandon a project and can’t even unwind it because the yarn doesn’t unravel well. I was working on a scarf that I had set aside…
Halfway there
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.
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