In the words of Mr. T, “I pity the fool.” Well, I would pity him if the joke had been not to release block seven on April Fools Day. But it was released and aptly named. The All Fool’s Day Square by Carolyn Christmas on Pink Mambo was a welcome diversion to would be pranksters… Continue reading Fools and Frogs: Moogly CAL Block #7
Today Block #7 of the 2021 Moogly Afghan CAL was released. Wait, block #7? If you’re scrolling back through the posts to read about blocks #5 and #6, let me stop you right now. We didn’t do posts! I know, right? We had this plan, and then….and then…no excuses. So this is the post for… Continue reading Chugging Along and Crocheting Along
I heard the statement lately (somewhere on the Internet, source unverified) that the expected pandemic baby boom had not happened. That’s not what I see from my point of view. In my small homeschool community group I have five pregnant mamas! Five! Well, currently four as the first of the babies has already arrived. We… Continue reading Baby Boom (Part 1)
When we saw Block #4 for the 2021 Moogly CAL, both Rah-Rah and I thought we had it made in the shade. A simple chevron pattern, how hard could this be? (Cue music from The Lorax…) The Block is Diagonal Chevrons by A Crocheted Simplicity. I don’t usually have much problem with new squares, but… Continue reading Looks Can Be Deceiving
You are all probably familiar with that moment. You take the training wheels off your kid’s bike, tell them they can do it, and they pedal a few times before…they run into a tree. This week, I took Rah-Rah’s training wheels off. I wouldn’t say she ran into a tree…but we might need to put… Continue reading A Crochet Savant
Ever two weeks. That’s when the squares of the 2020 Moogly CAL come out. Though this is my 6th year doing the CAL, it’s my friend Rah-Rah’s first. So, we decided to crochet together. You can read about that here. The Score Rah-Rah and I are currently tied at 2-2. The first square was a… Continue reading On Saturday We Crochet
Crochet is better with friends. That’s part of the beauty of a crochet-along. Even if you are not in the same location as other people (thank-you Corona), you can crochet along with friends. Basically it’s people working together on the same square at the same time. They share progress, ask questions, and display their squares.… Continue reading Crochet with Friends: 2021 CAL
If you look at my 2020 Temperature Blanket, you would have no idea that we lived through a pandemic, that our normal has changed, that our vacations were canceled, that we cover our faces in public now. Maybe that’s indicative of where our hope should lie in “times like these”—in our one constant in all… Continue reading Out with the Old
I seem to have a love for yearlong projects—things that I can create little by little adding continuity throughout the year. I have come up with a few temperature blankets in recent years that have been a huge success. Temperature Blanket Squared This blanket is a labor of love, but one of my absolute favorites.… Continue reading Temperature Blankets
When a friend asks you to make something for them, you say, “OK.” When they pay you to make something, there’s pressure to do it just right. A friend asked me to make her some pot scrubbers, but I couldn’t just do that. I needed to make her a dishcloth too. I was happy enough… Continue reading Ridged Dishcloth and Pot Scrubber (Free Pattern)
