http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/n_general.html#RQ25

Here are some great books for towel topper patterns

I love buttons. Don’t you?

I’m not, however, a huge fan of those balled up crochet buttons

that seem to appear with alarming regularity on garment, especially baby, patterns (unlike … Read More...

Here are some free hat patterns I’ve found around the net. Hope you’ll like them!

http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/hat-blippity-party.html

http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/deco-popcorn-bag-hat-croc.html

http://www.fuzzygalore.biz/patterns/london.shtml

Here’s one pattern you can wear three ways:

http://www.yarncat.com/3_Way_Cap.html

You just might need one of these soon:

http://bythehook.blogdrive.com/archive/101.html

How cute is this??… Read More...

I bet you’ve seen some of these before. Maybe you’ve seen all of them. But, not all of them are billed as Christmas ornaments or ideas. I think they would all make wonderful additions to our holiday decor or gifting. … Read More...

everyone needs a gift idea now and then. I’ve surfed around a bit and found a nice collection of patterns, some new, some old, some really old – some quick, some not so quick, some easy enough for beginners and … Read More...

Just when I thought I had seen all that crochet had to offer, I run across another new site showing how whimsical, flexible, and creative crocheters can be! On this site:

http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/crochet/

there are many pretty crocheted things (like the … Read More...

My favorite individual crochet website is that of Thata Pang’s.

http://dinamiccrochet.blogspot.com/

Thata is an Indonesian woman who must NEVER sleep. According to her bio, she is married, has a son, AND a job outside the home. I can’t figure out … Read More...

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22029/22029-h/22029-h.htm
There’s a lot of things one can make with spool knitting and it’s a bit easier to learn, especially for youngsters, than crochet or knitting. Tension is not such an issue with spool knitting as it is with crochet … Read More...

Well, not perfections, surely. But, finished nonetheless. Have I told you that I’m not a perfectionist? You probably have that figured out by now.

So, here is a picture of the finished pink purse below and the flower detail above. … Read More...

Look at this pretty sweater! It’s the first project I want to make from the new Doris Chan book, Crochet EverydayEveryday. Yesterday was my birthday – and, as usual, my dear husband forgot!! After 32 years of marriage, you’d … Read More...

Have you seen this excellent book?

Geometrics, A New Way To Crochet by Ruthie Marks.

The concepts in this book are mathematical and are not new – but are presented in a way that even an innumerate mathphobe like … Read More...

I heard about how much my friend, Ronnie, like this book, so I asked her to write a review for all of us. So, here’s my guest columnist, Ronnie, with her review:

The latest in the series from Crochet Shawls … Read More...

All over the crochet (inter)net, everyone’s talking about Twinkie Chan. Who is Twinkie? She’s part of a movement called ‘Indie Crafts’. There are lots of artists and crafters who are part of the Indie movement – Indie as in Independent. … Read More...

Crochet. I love all the new books and magazines out there with great color pictures of wonderful crochet sweaters, doilies, totes, shrugs, etc. I even like it that there are patterns for Barbie and Ken, teddy bears, and skateboarders.

I … Read More...

I tried it again. Crocheting with plastic bags. I spent quite some time online checking out how to prepare the plastic bags to create ‘yarn‘. There are two basic ways to do this:

First, cut off handles and seam … Read More...