FO Friday: Brooklyn’s Baby Blanket
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Way back in February, I learned my cousin had a newborn daughter via Facebook. Her name is Brooklyn. (Yes, like me, my cousin was born in Brooklyn, but he hasn’t lived there for about 20 years). I decided to make her a baby blanket using some stash yarn. I started with the motif from Frankie [...]
Brooklyn Jelly
It’s amazing what you find out through Facebook. For example, I had no idea my cousin’s wife was even pregnant until she posted pictures of her newborn, Brooklyn Sophia. Being of the old fashioned naming sort, I assumed that Brooklyn was an adjective describing Sophia. (As in “born in Brooklyn” Sophia.) Later, I came to [...]
Surmount the Stash – October Review
Perhaps this post should be subtitled,”How the mighty have fallen.” After doing some supersonic stashbusting in September, I had an unusually high level of stash acquisition in October. My accomplishments I used about 1,020 yards of stash yarn for various projects, including a square and a hat for charity, three ripple projects made as samples for [...]
FO Friday: September Charity De-stash
This week, I finally finished a project I’ve been talking about since last year: I donated 4,170 yards of synthetic yarn that I had no plans of using to charities. (That’s the equivalent of about 11.5 skeins of Red Heart Super Saver, in case you need a visual.) I’ve been participating in the Surmount the [...]
Year of Projects 2: I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
Like U2, I still haven’t found what I’m looking for (in an afghan motif). I’ve done a lot of swatching this week and I’m not that much closer to choosing a pattern for the bedspread I want to make my mom for her milestone birthday. At first, I was thinking that a hexagon motif was [...]
WIP Wednesday: Blocks, blocks, and more blocks
I’ve been working on six inch squares from stash yarn as part of the Crochetlist April charity challenge. These squares will end up going to the Binky Patrol in Arizona. What started as an effort to work through my stash while also working towards my charity crafting goal has turned into a slight obsession. The past [...]
3KCBWDAY1 – Color Lovers
Back in the day, I didn’t know I had a color problem. I went about my way, choosing colors at will. And then, one day in the late 1990s, it happened. I was minding my own business on the subway when an older man came up to me. He dramatically looked over my outfit (a [...]
Must-Have Beginner Crochet Books
Happy Thanksgiving! Just in time for the holidays, I decided to update my post on must-have beginner knitting resources with a crochet version. I’ve been crocheting for 27 years and have been a Craft Yarn Council certified crochet instructor and teacher since 2008. I’ve taught about 125 beginners to crochet since then, and my students often [...]
Crochet Lyceum: Crochet 101: Student Showcase Giveaway!
This post is part of Crochet 101, the first CAL/class in the Crochet Lyceum with Underground Crafter series. Visit this post for the full course outline and more information about how to participate. I was planning to post Class 6: Basic Finishing Techniques today, but frankly, I’m too tired to do the post justice, so I [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Freeform finale
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can find my first three posts on freeform crochet here, here, and here.) This is my first Sunday post for Year of Projects. I have been posting my updates on Monday, but since I have finished (!) my first project, I thought I’d post early. In [...]
