The wonderful world of Crochet

I have to start this by saying that I love to crochet. It’s my me time where I can ignore everyone with good reason and no one expects me to remember a word they say. Wow, I’m really antisocial, or a prick… probably a healthy combination of both.
Anyway, since picking up lace crochet I have [...]

The Great Spatterdash Adventure

Yes, Melanie, this post is entirely dedicated to your spats. I am proud of my ingenuity and so I must gush at length. First, let me tell you that the pattern I was using (pattern from Arcane Stick Magic) which was meant for size 9-12 is much closer to a size 9 than a size 12. And [...]

Enviro-Knitting

Yes, the yarns have been around for ages, you’re grandma used to use them, Acrylics, Polyesters, and Cottons. Well there is a whole new batch of vegan fibers to choose from, and the old ones we remember have been totally revamped. We have a choice of corn fiber (pictured,) soy, and bamboo silk. We can go back to [...]

And for my next trick…

For the past two or three days, I have been recruiting my room mate Angie onto the hand-made band wagon. I have toured with her through the wonders of Etsy (including my friend Cheryl’s hand made/painted/bound notebooks,) And she’s started to get really into her own chosen craft of cross stitch. I’m happy, we are [...]

Crocheting and Writing will be the death of me.

I have started this sentence about twelve times now, I’m just not sure where to start. Obviously there is break-neck novelling going on in our household, and there is also a good amount of crocheting that has started to pile up, and I decided that I should change up my blog a smidgen. Since this [...]

1 and a half days to go!

I don’t really want to sit down and do the math, because in reality it is a much more complicated fraction than a half. It’s almost NaNoWriMo, and I think I am fairly prepared, easy to cook and/or slow cooker delicacies abound, and the house is almost entirely clean and ready for an entire month [...]

Leisure Junky

I have been busy over the past couple of days. Not that I’ve done anything of consequence when it comes right down to it, but I’ve kept myself happy. I’ve managed to look busy, and that’s all that really counts.
I have worked on the aforementioned crochet chain mail scarf, however the yarn that I was [...]

And the crocheted madness continues…

I should preface this post by saying that my most favorite thing in the world to make is a scarf. They are so straight forward that they leave acres of room for creativity. A scarf can also be worn by almost anyone without worry of sizing or style, it doesn’t matter how conservative you are, [...]

My Blankets

I am currently working on two yarn related projects right now, a crocheted double/queen sized blanket and a cable knit blanket that I am working in strips. I have only just started both of them, and the crocheted one will likely take a while to complete.
The crocheted blanket is fun, I think it was in [...]