Showing and telling my new Highlander Blanket, and sharing tips and the process for you to crochet a scrappy granny blanket of your own.
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Google Home Mini Cozy
A crocheted Google Home Mini cozy has the potential to muffle the sound, interfere with the microphone, and make it impossible to see the LEDs. In other words, it may cripple the device’s ability to function as a smart speaker. I don’t care about these things, though, and if you don’t either, come and learn how to make a cozy for your own Mini.
Read More: Google Home Mini CozyFree Pattern: Crochet Mason Jar Cozies
Here’s a quick (and free) little crochet pattern: mason jar cozies! Great for hot drinks, cold drinks, or keeping your pencils corralled.
Read More: Free Pattern: Crochet Mason Jar CoziesMod Floral Mandalas: Free Pattern Excerpt and Giveaway!
It’s a pattern release party! Mod Floral Mandalas is here! Let me show you how to make the mini version (it’s a free excerpt) and then you can enter to win that mini plus a couple of coasters!
Read More: Mod Floral Mandalas: Free Pattern Excerpt and Giveaway!Crocheted mason jar cozy
An hour or two in front of the tv is all it takes to work up this handy little cozy that lets you enjoy hot drinks in your favorite mason jar without burning your fingers off.
Read More: Crocheted mason jar cozyFinishing the hexagon blanket!
Did you think this day would never come? It sometimes feels like that when you work on the same project for so many weeks! But here we are, the body of the blanket complete, perfectly rectangular, and ready for a decorative edge. As you can see above, I chose to do a granny-style border on […]
Read More: Finishing the hexagon blanket!How to make a straight edge on a hexagon blanket
Last week we covered how to deal with the big gaps on the sides of the blanket by filling them in with half hexagons. Today, we’ll talk about the zig-zaggy edges. By the time we’re done with this step, the blanket will be a perfect rectangle. If you look at the top edge of your […]
Read More: How to make a straight edge on a hexagon blanketHow to crochet a half hexagon
Today we are going to take your mostly-finished blanket and begin squaring-off the sides. I’ll be honest. This is the part of the project that really excited me the most when Boring Office Guy and I were first exploring the idea of making him a hexagon blanket. Most of the googling I did turned up […]
Read More: How to crochet a half hexagonWeaving in ends
Another week, another hexagon blanket update! How is yours coming along? As of Friday night, I had met my goal of doubling the number of hexagons I’d joined. I got it up to 36. I spent Saturday getting 18 more hexagons all done (except for their joining rounds), and I plan to spend the rest […]
Read More: Weaving in endsHow to connect one granny hexagon to two (or more) others
How is everybody doing with their hexagon blankets? I’ve heard from a few of you who said you started – yay! It’s fun to know that I’m not doing this by myself, and I really can’t wait to see how yours are progressing. If you blog about it, be sure to link to your post […]
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