It got me. The disease known as Granny Square Brain has got me, and it won’t let go. This is one of those disorders that keeps you awake at night, thinking about color schemes. If you want to get any sleep at all, the only option is to just give in to the fever for […]
Read More: Granny Square BrainCategory: crochet
Crochet: like portable polymer clay. sort of.
Before I picked up a hook for the first time, I considered crocheting to be a craft most closely related to knitting. After all, you often hear the words “knit” and “crochet” in the same breath. But it didn’t take me long to realize that, for me, crochet is more like polymer clay work than […]
Read More: Crochet: like portable polymer clay. sort of.Flufy’s Granny Square Blanket, part one
I don’t know if I’m just more in-tune to it lately, or if there really has been a surge in the popularity of granny squares these last few weeks, but ever since I started work on Eamonn’s blanket, I’m seeing them all over the place. I had intended to show you this new blanket when […]
Read More: Flufy’s Granny Square Blanket, part oneThe year in review(ish)
Another year, another Project 365. This was my third one, and I so enjoyed it! These are a few of my favorite images. You can see the rest on flickr or picasa (your choice – I’m in both places at the moment, waffling between which I prefer more). This time around I gave myself a […]
Read More: The year in review(ish)Amigurumi Link
It’s been somewhat quiet in Blogland these last several days, but I have to believe there are a few of you out there still checking in, just as I have been reading a few long-time favorites, too – mostly via my tablet, from under my quilt, while next to a crackling fire. Oh, I have […]
Read More: Amigurumi LinkOverboard
I look forward to this day every year: the day after I close down the shop(s) for the season. It’s a day to take a deep breath, relax, and then jump headlong into the Christmas preparations I’ve been neglecting all month! I’ll be making my gift-giving list later today, and getting myself all organized – […]
Read More: OverboardCustom-made crochet hooks, anyone?
Yesterday was the day I’d been waiting for: no appointments, no other work that couldn’t be postponed… So I dove into hook-handle-making. By the afternoon, I had made enough hook handles to determine my best practice for future orders. By evening, I had sanded and buffed the daylights out of all of the handles I […]
Read More: Custom-made crochet hooks, anyone?A handle for a hook
It seems my granny square cane idea didn’t pan out. It’s not that it’s a bad idea, it’s just that it needs some work. I only had about an hour to spend on experimentation this week, and while I didn’t end up with a useful design in the end, I did generate a few more […]
Read More: A handle for a hookIn progress
If I waited until I had a finished project to show you before I posted, it would be some time before you heard from me again, I suspect. So I thought I’d show you what I’ve got on the needles, on the hook, and in the sewing pile. I’ve got about a million in-progress projects […]
Read More: In progressOf hoodies and granny squares
So, it appears I am a softie. As the mother of two growing boys, I don’t often get requests from them for handmade things. And so when one of them says, “Mom, can you knit me a sweater?” you can bet I first pick my jaw up off the floor and then I say, “of […]
Read More: Of hoodies and granny squares