About a week or so ago I saw the crochet houndstooth pattern on YouTube and thought I’d give it a whirl. Traditionally houndstooth is with black and white but that…
Dyeing Experiment early 2023
Every year or so I have the urge to dye some yarn. Usually, I will buy some Easter Egg dye kits at the end of the season and make some…
Back to Basics
I like using openwork stitches that work up fast. My favorite is the Granny Stitch. The term loosely lumps many fan or shell stitches together when they are worked in…
Gliding into 2023
Before we get too far into the New Year, I need to share my totals for 2022: 115 hat and scarf sets 12 red scarves 36 hats plus… a few…
19 Days Until Christmas
Nineteen more days until Christmas. This is just a little pep talk for people who are stressing about making a gift or not making a gift. If you’ve decided to…
55 days until Christmas
It’s Halloween and that means that there are 55 days until Christmas! Time to get moving on those holiday gifts! No tricks… Just a treat and tip that the holidays…
Ninety-one, ninety-two… ninety-nine and a half
One hundred sets! I went on a cross country train trip to San Diego and crocheted, it was delightful. As I prepared for my vacation, I made the decision not…
Ahead and behind
I am a little behind on the goals I’ve set for myself. I crochet fast. It’s not a race, just years of practicing my craft. It’s the beginning of September,…
Giving up… again
I saw a yarn online and thought it would be interesting to try. It’s a nice red and black that I could use for the red scarves that I make….
How do you use your leftover yarn?
For me, one way of using up leftover yarn is to make oddball hats. There is never the right amount of yarn for a project. When you buy something just…
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