Yay! Today is the first day of my first CAL. I’m so excited! I have worked this pattern a couple of different ways, but I’m most excited by this one. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Throughout the pattern, I will tell you when to change colors, but I won’t tell you which color to change… Continue reading Circus Star CAL Part 1
As I’m working on the pattern for the Circus Star Blanket, I’ve decided to run it as a Crochet Along. It will be four weeks long and start with the first pattern next Monday, March 12. Here’s my prototype: The pattern we will be working on has some changes made to fix the buckling in… Continue reading Join the Circus Star Baby Blanket Crochet Along (CAL)
Every two weeks I look forward to the new square pattern for my Moogly CAL. This week when I opened the page, I said, “Wow.” It is a seriously beautiful square. The Crocodile Dahlia Square by Katie D. Creations, contained a stitch I was familiar with–the crocodile stitch, but the block was worked from the… Continue reading The Outside-In Square
I used to be one of those people who couldn’t read more than one book at a time. I wanted to enjoy the book from beginning to end and not muddle the story with another work. Alas. While I still prefer that method for books, I have a pile of crochet projects awaiting finishing. These… Continue reading Works-s-s-s in Progress
I’ve decided to call this cute 36″ square piece the Friendship Blanket. Why? I think in life, we take a little of what we’re given here and a little from there, and we weave it together to become who we are. So it is with our friendships in life. We are held together by a… Continue reading Friendship Blanket
I was inspired by others in the Moogly Crochet Along group who chose to do their entire afghans in a single color. I love color, so I don’t normally tend toward a monotone palette, but what really stood out were the different textures. When not distracted by colors, each row is actually a little more… Continue reading More Squares, Please!
For two years now I have participated in the Moogly Crochet Along (CAL). Every two weeks a new pattern is posted for a 12×12″ block. The patterns are from different designers and introduce us to new stitches and techniques. I posted a bit about the Moogly CAL last spring. I did not complete the 2017… Continue reading Crochet-along Blanket
I discovered Sewrella through my Happy Yarn Mail a few months ago. She does the whole thing out of her house by herself, but she also has a blog that she uses to help support her young son. This week on the blog, she decided to run a Mystery Crochet Along. The premise was simple–each day… Continue reading The Mystery is Over
If you’ve been following me on Facebook, you may have noticed the tag #CAL. Who is CAL? CAL is not a who, but a what. CAL stands for Crochet Along.
