Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Hairpin Lace Coaster
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) Before I tell you all about my hairpin lace adventures, let me just show you my painted crochet trivet after I blocked it. And now on to the hairpin lace. You may recall that I’m not overly [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Painted crochet finale
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) I just have a quick update today, since I’m packing after celebrating Mother’s Day with my mom to get ready for my vacation. I finally finished my painted crochet trivet! When you last saw my trivet, it [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Hairpin Lace?
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) I mentioned in my post for Day 6 of Knitting and Crochet Blog Week that hairpin lace is one of the crochet skills I want to learn. As I’ve been thinking more about it, I realized that [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Bullion stitch blocks finale
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) I missed my YOP post last week (only the second time I’ve done that), and that was a real bummer. But today I’m back with some more bullion stitch blocks! These will be going to the Binky [...]
3KCBWDAY6 – Improving Your Skillset
I’m an advanced crocheter, but there’s always more to learn – and more people to learn it from. As a crochet teacher, I consider it part of my own continued development to learn from other teachers. Since last July, as part of the Year of Projects hosted by the Come Blog-a-long group on Ravelry, I’ve also [...]
FO Friday: Grannies on parade
I finished up nine granny squares this week to donate to the Crochetlist April charity challenge, the Binky Patrol in Arizona. These were all made with acrylic stash yarns. Since the squares need to be 6 inches, I’ve made minor modifications to each pattern to adjust the size. The first two grannies are from The Granny [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Bullion stitch blocks, week 4, and more
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) After weeks of ignoring my bullion stitch blocks, I finished one up on Friday. Originally, my plan was to donate several bullion stitch blocks to Heartmade Blessings for the Crochetlist March 2012 charity challenge. But after the [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Painted Crochet
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) After a few weeks of taking detours from the lessons in Crochet Master Class: Lessons and Projects from Today’s Top Crocheters, I decided to dive back in with painted crochet. Ferosa Harold, from Trinidad and Tobago, is the [...]
Inca Eco Blog Tour, Day 14
I’m excited share my post today as part of the Inca Eco blog tour. As you may know if you’ve been following my blog, I’ve been working with Galler Yarns, a third generation family owned yarn importer, since last fall. I was attracted to working with Galler Yarns for a few reasons. Their yarns are largely [...]
Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class – Intermeshing detour
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) Last week, I talked about exploring other crochet techniques which were not included in Crochet Master Class: Lessons and Projects from Today’s Top Crocheters, and the general consensus in the comments section was that I should go for [...]
