Do you like to make Halloween costumes for your kids (or yourself)?  If so, you might like some of these nifty crochet ideas.

lick on the link below to get to the pattern for this: Looking for more Halloween Crochet … Read More...

Have you ever participated in a CAL (crochet along)?  Neither have I.  Oh, a bunch of readers will have participated in them.  I can’t really determine how I feel about them.  The Mystery CAL’s seem like they might be more … Read More...

I’m always on the look out for new and enticing crochet blogs.  There is so much creativity out there that it’s hard to keep up with it all.  Here are a few of the newer blogs I’ve run across.

http://madcrochetingfool1.blogspot.com/… Read More...

Cold weather is on its way. My mother in law is visiting from tropical India. She gets so cold in our temperate climate. Last time she was here, I crocheted her a pair of these classical legwarmers.

http://www.knitting-crochet.com/crochet/legwar.html

Now, she … Read More...

150 Crochet Trims , Published in 2007, this book is a delicious collection of crochet edgings and some motifs (especially flowers), complete with color pictures and written instructions.  What’s missing?  Schematics.  Susan Smith has assembled a pretty collection of trims … Read More...

There are several books in print which cover many of the techniques demonstrated in this book, published in 2006.  It’s a handy size hardback with my favorite spiral binding.  Why aren’t all books made like this?

Included are 127 pages … Read More...

If you don’t have a yarn winder, you’re missing out on a great crochet tool.  Pull skeins of yarn, like RH and similar brands, don’t absolutely require winding into nice little cakes, but those hanks that are twisted into a … Read More...

Seems as if people are always asking for free patterns for crochet flowers.  There are so many ways to use these lovelies.  Applique them to purses or jackets, join to create a textured shawl of capelet, add to a headband … Read More...