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bought lots of yarn…
KnitPicks had (and may still have) a promo code that gave you a free ball of Chroma with a $25 purchase, so I took advantage of that (I’ve never tried Chroma, have you?). I bought yarn to crochet the...
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coming up roses hat: begin!
My yarn arrived a few days ago! I’m excited about the Comfy Worsted and the Chroma Worsted: I’ve started the Coming Up Roses Hat with the Comfy Worsted. The blue yarn ran out so the border is grey,...
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hat pincushion appearance in Simply Crochet!
The magazine Simply Crochet has recently released a special edition, the Amigurumi Collection! There are so many cute patterns that it’s more like a book than a magazine, and I definitely want to make...
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coming up rose hat: ta-da!
After a bit of trial and error, my Coming Up Roses Hat is complete! I love working with the KnitPicks’ Comfy Worsted cotton yarn, but the pattern was a little off (or perhaps it was just me…). I had...
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citrus stripe blanket: begin!
Sometimes it’s hard to stick with just a couple of projects. The Citrus Stripe Blanket by Susan Carlson was impossible to resist! Photo used with the permisssion of Susan Carlson I’m using leftover...
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what’s on the bookshelf? crochet edition
I haven’t gone through my crafty books lately so I decided to look through and share with you at the same time! Here’s my modest collection of knitting & crochet books: Today I’m just doing the...
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what’s on the bookshelf? books with knitting & crochet
My mini-series of posts about crafting books is coming to a close. My knitting books and my crocheting books are great, but I have a couple left to share that actually have both in them (& more)....
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garter stitch blanket: ta da!
Started in May of 2014, this blanket really seems to have been a long time in the making. I am so, so pleased with how it turned out! Using KnitPicks’ Comfy Worsted yarn (75% Pima Cotton, 25%...
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“Izumi” wrap/shawl/stole thingy: begin!
What do you call these large lacy rectangles? Are “wrap,” “shawl,” and “stole” used interchangeably? Well, in any case, I’ve started one using the Izumi pattern by Bernadette Ambergen, and it’s for...
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a crochet cushion: begin!
Not sure whether to call these bobbles or puffs, but I’ve been seeing them everywhere lately and had to make my own richly textured fabric: It’s fun to work but it is a bit time consuming and takes a...
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crochet bobble cushion: front complete!
This took WAAAAAY more yarn than I expected. Had to change colors twice: I’m gonna make the back in a plain sc or dc stitch, hopefully all in the pink. I’ll update again soon, thanks for stopping by!
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recuerdos de infancia #2
This crochet pattern worked up pretty quickly, despite using Cascade Yarns Alpaca Lace Paints (colorway 9989) and an E hook. The pattern costs but is worth it. It’s blocking now: I’ll measure the...
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recuerdos de infancia crochet shawl: ta-da!
Using 691 yards of Cascade Yarns Alpaca Lace Paints (colorway 9989) and a US E hook, my Recuerdos de Infancia shawl is complete! This was a fun shawl to make, just like the first one I made years ago...
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new upcoming pattern release!
I’ve designed a crochet pattern inspired by a hat made by the women’s clothing store Anthropologie, and it will be released soon in a PDF! Here’s the hat the pattern makes: The pattern should be...
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Anthropologie inspired hat: pattern release!
Click here to download the free PDF! Here is a screenshot of the first page of the PDF, so you know what you’ll need: Please let me know if you encounter any errors or have any questions. I’d love...
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snowbelle trapper hat: ta-da!
This took one evening to complete, but I had more issues with the pattern that I would have expected for something that was $5. The pattern was easy enough that I probably could have figured it out...
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WIP update
Aside from the 3 hibernating projects that have been around for ages, I’ve got 5 projects going on (and have a Ravelry queue a mile long)! Please tell me I’m not the only one who does this, haha....
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fun containers (yes, containers)!
How do you store your crochet and knitting stuff? I like the practical but I also really love the unusual, especially combined with sentimental, and that perfectly describes what I keep [some of] my...
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honeymoon yarn haul!
My husband Chris and I honeymooned in Asheville, NC. It’s a beautiful mountain town with lots of great shopping and dining and sightseeing, and we went right as the leaves were turning colors on the...
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Yoshi’s Woolly World amiibo
If the title sounds like a foreign language, let me explain. Yoshi’s Woolly World is a video game recently released by Nintendo for the Wii U console. Like the Kirby’s Epic Yarn game, everything is...
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