Category: Crochet

What to knit with a single skein of handdyed sock yarn?

I have four very beautiful skeins of hand dyed yarn.  So beautiful in fact, that I am having trouble winding them into balls, let alone knitting them up.  But, at the end of the day it is just yarn, right? Right? Just say it is. I…

Sometimes you just need to do things a little differently

I have been taking it easy and loving it. I finally finished the Yarn Harlot’s the Secret life of knitters. As is expected from her it was funny, touching and just the thing I needed to read. I love how she talks about knitting, life and…

Productive Weekend

I made some a woven hotpad.  It is quite easy. Just cut 4 square of felt into strips, weave every two squares together, sew them down then sew the two woven squares together.   The little one wanted to learn sewing.   I made some progress…

Stashbusting

After using Alize Diva on a couple of projects, I had more than a few partial skeins and full skeins left. I am trying to declutter my life and space so I decided to use up the yarn in a very basic granny square blanket until…

Theme Red

I am not a red lover.  But I just realized I made a lot of red things since yesterday. First there was a red magic wand My four year old decided that she couldn’t be a fairy without a magic wand. I think she is absolutely…

Newsflash Thursday

Because this is just a newsflash. I finished last week’s socks Got a huge jar of Perler beads Made a coaster And a bracelet And knit a headband Oh and the Hexacket Hat Pattern has been released. It is available at Ravelry and Craftsy