There is a lot of promise in a yarn name. If the yarn has “soft” it’s name, it had better be soft. If it has “quick” in it’s name, it better work up quickly. I picked up some Lion Brand Mandala Thick and Quick yarn in the Labyrinth colorway. I have fallen in love with… Continue reading Thick and Quick?
Mild. That’s what I would call 2020 so far in terms of weather. We’ve had very little snow, temperatures above normal, and even some sunshine—unheard of in January in Western PA. Having finished my 2019 Temperature Blanket (Split-Square Temperature Blanket) a week ago, it seemed time to finally begin my 2020 project. Tonight, I caught… Continue reading Rising Temperatures: Temp Blanket 2020
It’s hard to believe that tomorrow is a new day, a new month, a new year, and a new decade all rolled into one. I have plenty of crochet plans to keep me going all year long. I have many old crochet projects to complete. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to… Continue reading 2019: Year in Review
A friend of mine recently had a baby. This is not an unusual occurrence in this stage of my life. But she had kept her pregnancy off of social media, so while I knew about it, I had no idea when she was due. There was a blanket that I saw that was perfect for… Continue reading A Little Baby and a Whole Lot of Yarn
When I was growing up, our city had a service called Time & Temperature. There was a number we could call (on our corded phone). The only thing it did was tell you what time it was and what the temperature was. Ahhh…the things we had to go through before the Internet really was a… Continue reading Time & Temperature
In our home school, my kids just finished a unit on meteorology and climate. It was fun to learn about the different kinds of weather, the ocean currents, and that sort of thing. (Because it’s home school, I just finished the unit, too.) There were definitely some interesting tidbits, but didn’t necessarily always relate to… Continue reading Meteorology Becomes Cool
What’s the phrase? If you don’t like the temperature in *insert your state here* just wait 10 minutes. Weather is unpredictable. That’s what makes it so fun to track with yarn. I once heard that humans are not able to pick random numbers, colors, etc., because our brains will find a pattern. Well, the weather?… Continue reading Tips for Temperature Success
Compared to last year, my first three days of my new blanket are tiny. It honestly took me longer to sew in my ends than it did to crochet it. Here in Western Pennsylvania, we started the New Year with temps in the 60s. That yellow at the center of the square is unlikely to… Continue reading Happy New Temperature Blanket!
Earlier this year, I shared squares #1-17 in the 2018 Moogly Crochet Along. This is the third year I participated. My 2016 squares are still waiting to be joined. My 2017 squares (though I only did half) were put together and given to a family in need. This year, I plan to get my squares… Continue reading A Little More Bright in the Gloomy Winter: 2018 Moogly CAL
It is only 8 hours from 2019 and I find myself contemplating the past year. Did I reach my crochet goals? Did I finish enough projects? Did I become more successful? I’m pretty sure I stopped measuring success by the world’s standards a while ago. This crochet blog business is not easy. I’ve been blogging… Continue reading 2018 Wrap Up
