This is a great idea for a quick Christmas (or just Winter) gift for an adult or child.  You can purchase like-new sweatshirts at thrift stores or get them at a very reasonable price at mass marketers.  Same for long-sleeve … Read More...

Here’s another collection of what I think are great gifting ideas in crochet.  I want to support those creative souls who design these beauties and offer them to the rest of us.

For your own table or as a hostess … Read More...

This year, I have decided to make a concerted effort to spend my gifting dollars locally – or at least in the U.S. – or to purchase gifts directly from the artisans who made them.  To that end, I’ve spent … Read More...

This motif really grabbed me! This is the winning motif and the winner of the book is Diane!

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I encourage everyone to take a look at all the entries for this Giveaway.  There were designs I had never seen … Read More...

One of the things I like best about crochet is how flexible it is.  First, I found and posted the beautiful Finnish shawl.  Then a friendly reader, Christina, translated the pattern for us (see Comments Section of the link … Read More...

I ran across this crafty winter hat that April designed for herself when she and her daughter were sledding.  For me (who seldom sleds), it’s a perfect hat for St. Louis’ very cold, damp, windy, wintry days when I … Read More...

When I saw this book, tatted Jewelry  I thought the designs were crocheted.  Imagine my surprise when I actually saw the title and learned that the designs are tatted.  I have done some needle tatting, but this book’s … Read More...

Here are two nifty ideas, one is a storage solution and one is to solve a home decor issue.  I hope you’ll find both to be helpful.

I like this simple to construct hanger for storing your scarves.  It’s constructed … Read More...

I know almost nothing about Finland or its language.  I do know that the ‘language’ of crochet is international.  Even if we cannot read the pattern, and, sometimes, as in this case, even if there is not a charted design, … Read More...

The hottest new thing in yarns are the so-called ‘ruffle yarns’. All the companies are making them. I’ve recently purchased one skein to play with myself. It’s really hard for me to resist experimenting with something new.  I’ve yet to … Read More...

Kristin Omdahl fans will be pleased to know that she has just released a new crochet book, Seamless Crochet, described as “techniques and motifs for join-as-you-go-designs.”

I can’t think of anyone who has told me that they’re in love … Read More...

Broken Blocks Scarf (Free Pattern For Personal Use Only)

THIS PATTERN HAS NOT BEEN TESTED AND IS PROBABLY NOT FOR A BEGINNER

2 Skeins Sheep(ish) Yarn – worsted weight yarn  Magenta(ish) is Color A; Teal(ish) is Color B

Thanks to … Read More...

Vickie Howell sent me a couple skeins of her new yarn Stitch.Rock.Love Sheep(ish) in two yummy colors – Magenta(ish) and Teal(ish).  Now, she doesn’t know me personally, but these were two very good color choices for me.  Magenta … Read More...

This ‘scarf’ started life as a wool sweater composed of brown wool squares complimented with off white tapestry style stitching.  It came to me from a thrift store where I found it and decided it would be a good choice … Read More...

Jane Austen wrote novels of the Regency Era in England, that period in history that was just pre-Victorian, when women’s fashions were a bit elongated and very feminine without being as fussy as the full blown Victorian Era.  The designs … Read More...

I think this pretty little dress is misnamed.  Rather than being called the ‘Mixed Up Dress’, I’d call it Angel Wings.  That’s what it looks like to me.  So pretty.

See what I mean?  Don’t these look like Angel … Read More...