I have a confession to make: Over the summer, I cheated on crochet, my first craft-love, my one and only. How did I cheat? It pains me to say this, but I learned . . . embroidery! Easy access to inexpensive kits and warmer weather coupled with the lack of personal creativity, came together in… Continue reading A Confession and a Promise
Imagine this: you’re on vacation and you get an email from a friend telling you about a yarn sale. You could ignore the email, or you could click on the link and treat yourself. I’ll let you guess what I did. Lion Brand yarn was offering a Christmas in July special–a Santa sack filled with… Continue reading Christmas in July
A warrior is someone who is “engaged or experienced in warfare” (m-w.com). According to The National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, MS is “an unpredictable disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body.” In other words, those with MS have a battle happening… Continue reading Crocheting for a Cure: MS Warriors
Knock, KnockWho’s there?OrangeOrange who?Orange my favorite color. Orange may be famous in knock-knock jokes, but in the real world, it can be a very polarizing color. Some people love it and some people hate it. I love it. I think there are two reasons I like orange (and, hilariously, they contradict each other). First, my… Continue reading Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say…
A few years ago, I introduced you all to the Moogly Crochet Along (CAL) which I have participated in either fully or partially for the past six years. Interestingly, I still have sewn together my squares from 2016. It keeps going on my to do-list, but then falls off of it. It wouldn’t be hard,… Continue reading Jumping on the Bandwagon
It has been a long time since Baby Boom (Part 1), but people keep having babies. I love babies, and I love giving babies baby blankets. After having a Baby Boom in our homeschool co-op a couple of years ago, we have had another with six babies being born in just a little over a… Continue reading Baby Boom (Part 2)
It’s a liger. It’s probably my favorite animal. It defends itself with its growing skills in the field of magic. -Napoleon Dynamite According to Napoleon Dynamite a liger is a mix between a lion and a tiger: a pretty special thing. The project I just completed is pretty special too. In a Tizzy by Polly… Continue reading A Liger in a Tizzy
It has been far too long since I have written a post, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy. I’ve taken to mostly posting on Instagram (@thehazelnutskein) because it is quick and easy. I apologize to those of you who appreciate a longer post. I hope to post at least once a week from… Continue reading Commissions, Blankets, and Balance
There is no such thing as a magic blanket. But blankets can definitely be magic. A friend of mine has a father who is going through a really rough time. He has been in and out of the hospital and is currently going through a stint in rehab (the physical therapy kind). He hopes to… Continue reading Healing in a Blanket
This pattern can be purchased on my ETSY site for $1.99 here. “To Know God and Make Him Known.” That’s the slogan of the homeschool co-op that we’ve been a part of for the last nine years. I’ve been making a lot of patterns related to homeschool lately, but that is what has been on… Continue reading A Constant Reminder (Wall Hanging Paid Pattern)
