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)
It’s the 5th day of March and I’m finally getting around to updating the Temperature Blanket. Actually, I’m going to be proud of myself for even being this close to up-to-date. I hate to think of how far I’ll lag behind as the year goes on. I also didn’t want to post pictures on the… Continue reading Fluctuating February
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 picked up some Peaches & Creme cotton yarn and Red Heart Scrubby yarn from Walmart the other day. I knew I’d be making dishcloths, I just didn’t know what they’d look like! Does that ever happen to you? Or do you only buy yarn when you have a project in mind? I think we… Continue reading Double Duty Dishcloth
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 finally did it! I had a vision for a star square, and after a couple of weeks of working on it off and on, I’m finished! I can’t wait to make this patriotic square into a full blanket! Below is the free pattern. If you have any questions or find any errors, let me… Continue reading Patriotic Star Square
It’s probably no secret. I’m trying to make something out of this blog. I’m slowly learning the blogging ropes. They say in crochet blogs, you have to produce patterns to get traffic. I’m working on it. I stood in the yarn aisle at Michael’s a few weeks ago, and inspiration struck. Not only did I… Continue reading A Tall Order
My kids are homeschooled, but we have a once a week Community Day where we meet with others in the area who are also using the Classical Conversations curriculum. Tomorrow, we celebrate Valentine’s Day. It’s a practice I normally would have scoffed at, but there are a lot of things my kids don’t get to… Continue reading The Day About LOVE
It snowed in Western Pennsylvania…again. Schools were cancelled along with church activities. The local college even delayed classes. My short, little dog can’t even use the bathroom unless we shovel him a spot. Ah, snow! In Western PA, we don’t get a lot of sunshine between November and April. Today I decided to make my… Continue reading I’ve Got Sunshine on a Snowy Day
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
