Before I learned crocheting or knitting I couldn’t understand why someone would want to use pretty hand crocheted or hand knit washcloths or dishcloths. It didn’t make any sense. I could just buy a much cheaper version from the store and I wouldn’t feel sad when…
Category: Yarning
Beach bag season (well almost)
It is not beach bag season just yet, but it is crocheting beach bag season for me. I was mainly stash busting and decided to make a bag. But I ran out of yarn so it is shorter than I originally wanted but it is still…
The sock yarn has arrived
I ordered sock yarn from Countess Ablaze on etsy and it arrived and I am in love. My daughter asked for purple socks, and it seems to me that I actually like purple a lot I just never knew it. The skeins come beautifully wrapped in…
Bunnies {free pattern}
I am obsessed with trying to find ways to use up scraps of yarn and leftover partial skeins. If you don’t believe me or haven’t been following long enough you can check these out: Pencil Sleeves, Curvy Pouch, Picture Frames, Pencil Toppers and Coasters. I have…
I am having serious knitting trouble
I can’t find the time to knit and when I do there are so many distractions and when there aren’t distractions I am slow and the one thing I did finish was too small. Exhibit A It is way too small for my daughter. She tried…
I forgot to share the mittens
I totally forgot about sharing these She loves them. Which makes me really happy. We went out yesterday and I realized that she was decked in handknits. She was wearing a poncho, a hat and these mittens. It is nice knowing that the things I make…
Pencil Sleeves
What do you do when you want to knit, but don’t really want to knit? You make pencil warmers. I am definitely not the original owner of this idea, I have seen pictures of this before, but I looked for similar patterns on ravelry and online…