A Simple Guide to Blocking

Blocking. Seems hard right? NO! I remember my first doily ended up being all crinkly and bumpy. And when the pattern called to block it, I didn’t even know what that meant. A novice crocheter at the time, I had to google what blocking was. But, now as a more experienced crocheter I’ve gotten some … Continue reading →

A Crocheter’s Worst Nightmare

I’m sure it’s happened to you before. You find a pattern you like, but it’s not exactly the size you want it to be. So you just buy a little more yarn hoping it’s enough. Well, it wasn’t. So, now you have a project that still looks pretty good, but maybe on the small side. … Continue reading →

Leibster Award

Thanks so muchOff the Hook! for nominating my blog for the Leibster Award!!   The idea of this award is to highlight blogs with under 200 followers that deserve a look. Here’s how I hold up my end of the bargain: 1. Post eleven facts about myself. 2. Answer the questions the tagger has set … Continue reading →

Solomon’s Knot (Love Knot) Scarf

Don’t you just love it when you find yarn you’d forgotten you had? Well,I sure do! A few days ago I was looking through my yarn stock and I found this lovely chunky yarn I had bought awhile ago. I wanted to make a chunky scarf out of it, but I wasn’t sure what stitch … Continue reading →

A Crocheters Confession

  This was me. I didn’t want to knit. I loved crochet. It’s awesome-you can make circles, flowers, and pretty much everything that’s not square. (I’m a little biased.) But, this weekend I had a little extra time and I taught myself to knit. There I said it. I know know how to knit. I … Continue reading →

Boot Cuff–Crochet Pattern

I found this lovely boot cuff pattern from ELK Studio. It was super easy and very quick to make! My only suggestion would be if your boots are sung around your calf, then use yarn that’s less than 4 weight. For my boots that were more snug around my calf the cuff was a little bulky. … Continue reading →

WashCloths

I had some extra yarn from my garland project so I thought I would make some washcloths. I had been working in the basket stitch and thought it would be really nice for a washcloth or dishcloth. It has some texture so it will be able to scrub a little. You can find the pattern … Continue reading →

The Basket Stitch–FPDC and BPDC

Front post double crochet (FPDC)  and  back post double crochet (BPDC) are really handy stitches to know, they are what I use to make cables in crochet. They can also make some cool patterns. If you alternate them you can make a basket stitch pattern. I would say that it’s a thicker pattern that is great … Continue reading →

What can you do? A Tale of Scrap Yarn

The dreaded problem we all have. An obsession that can’t be tamed. Yarn!! You know you love going into the craft store just to buy yarn. And they always say buy more than you think you’ll need, and I always do. But what happens to all the left over yarn? If many of you are … Continue reading →

Crochet Garland–Part 2

I absolutely love flowers. They are probably in my top 10 things I love. So of course I need to have them in my garland. In Part One I said that I really like the idea of mixed motifs so I found a few flowers that I really liked and just repeated the pattern. I … Continue reading →