Patterns, projects and techniques
http://www.yarncat.com/turkey_butt.html
In keeping with the website theme of Turkey Day, I’m offering the link to one of my all time favorite crochet patterns. I have a friend who collects turkeys so I made one of the for her. She ‘got’ … Read More ...
Found these online and thought you might like to see them too. Simply remarkable!
With the coming of the winter holiday season – Thanksgiving, Christmas, Channukah, New Years, Kwaanza – we often have a lot of deadlines to meet. We often have more budget than cash. We always need a roadmap for gifts, festivities, … Read More ...
Do you know about Carolyn Christmas and Gourmet Crochet? I love the look of the site and Carolyn’s designs. I’ve been a fan of hers for a long time. I purchased Carolyn’s patterns before I knew she had a website.… Read More ...
Have you seen this crochet pattern book? I’ve had it in my hands several times, wondering if I wanted to buy it. The last time I looked at it, I FINALLY SAW what the patterns were! They are just crocheted … Read More ...
I had the opportunity recently to visit a LYS that I haven’t been to in about two years. When I walked in and greeted the owner, my eye was immediately drawn to the yarn shown here:
It’s lovely stuff … Read More ...
I have a beef with the LionBrand website. It’s a great site – oodles of free patterns for crochet (and knit), great pictures of yarn and finished garments, etc. I have no beef with that. It’s all good.
But, why … Read More ...
If you’ve been paying attention to a lot of my blog entries, you’ll know that I love to recycle common household articles, especially fiber-based items, and I love beads. I was digging through Etsy for a few minutes recently … Read More ...
WRAPPED IN CROCHET: Scarves, Wraps, and Shawls by Kristin Omdahl
As promised, here is a preview of some of the outstanding patterns available in this book. Omdahl shows the depth of her designing skill with this array of projects.
“Labyrinth” … Read More ...
WRAPPED IN CROCHET: SCARVES, WRAPS, AND SHAWLS
KRISTIN OMDAHL
What? ANOTHER book about crochet scarves?? Why not something more impressive, fresher, newer, more fashion forward?? Kristin Omdahl has expanded her crochet horizon with many of the designs in this … Read More ...
Despite some rather dramatic events in my recent life, unrelated to crochet (which is why they call if Life, isn’t it??), the winner’s gift in the Blueprint Crochet (Robyn Chahula) contest just got in the mail this morning. Actually, two … Read More ...
What does cauliflower have to do with crochet? Not much. This is just an example of an everyday fractal. Fractals are amazing mathematical shapes first described by Gaston Julia and Benoit Mandelbrot. You can google those guys and read til … Read More ...
One of the most attractive crochet vendor websites online is maggiescrochet.com. There is always something enticing there. I find the photography and the projects pictured to be yummier than any other site.
I already own this book – and can … Read More ...
Crochet Techniques by Renate Kirkpatrick has a great cover – colorful and appealing. The attraction doesn’t end there – but was not exactly what I expected from the title. There are several sampler projects in the book, each with well … Read More ...
