Essentials Co-op Blanket (paid pattern) I’ve been on a very specific design kick recently–very specific because the blankets I’ve been designing will not have a large following. But I don’t care. These blankets are for me and the other people who both crochet and school their children using Classical Conversations–in particular the Essentials program. (You… Continue reading Essentially…It’s a Blanket
Around the world, Christians are being persecuted right now…today. It is nothing new. From the times right after Jesus’ crucifixion it has happened. In the 1500s and 1600s the Covenanters sought to separate themselves from the idea of the king being the head of the church. They signed multiple covenants declaring that Jesus was King… Continue reading Blue Banner (Paid Pattern)
Some people go to work from 9-5 week in and week out. They work one job. They get paid. I have many jobs. First, I’m a mother and homeschooler, second I direct our homeschool co-op, third I run this site and design and sell crocheted items, fourth I use my college degree periodically in editing… Continue reading Homeschool Co-op Blanket (Paid Pattern)
Every baby is a gift. A baby who was planned. A baby who was a surprise. A baby who was adopted. This blanket honors all babies. Every single gift. When this pattern was being conceived (see what I did there?), I had the rainbow first. These modern rainbows are everywhere these days and I wanted… Continue reading Modern Rainbow Baby Blanket (Paid Pattern)
This day has been two years in the making. Two years ago, I published the first pattern in the Spring Blossoms Pattern set, and today, I finished the last. The Spring Peony Blanket Pattern is now live and for sale on my Etsy shop. Not only that, but you can instead choose to purchase a… Continue reading Spring Peony Blanket and Spring Blossoms Bundle (Paid Pattern)
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)
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
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)
I started this pattern a few years ago. I took the method of joining from my Colorblock Blanket and added some snazzy touches. I’m not sure why I put it down, but it probably was because I ran out of yarn. I unearthed it a while ago when I was cleaning my yarn room (sorry,… Continue reading Hearts and Crosses (Paid Pattern)
I love a good corner-to-corner blanket when I’m using one color of yarn. It is an easy pattern and makes weaving in the ends so easy. But I also love a good graphgan, and the corner-to-corner blanket is the perfect vehicle. I hate weaving in ends. It’s no secret. I’ve talked about it before, but… Continue reading Spring Iris Blanket (Paid Pattern)
