I’m really pleased to share that I won two 2013 crochet blog awards. Kathryn from Crochet Concupiscence awarded me her 2013 Awesome Crochet Blogger Award for Best Crochet Interviews for the third year in a row (!). (On a side note, wow, the pressure is really on now to come with some fantastic interviews! Luckily, I already … Read more
Back in November, the folks at Mountain Colors Yarns sent me these two hanks of a new-to-me yarn, Twizzle, to play with. I loved the look of this yarn so much that I had to snap a picture right away in the post office. Twizzle is very soft – a fiber content of 85% Merino … Read more
Temperatures are dropping in New York City. Yesterday, it was so cold I could barely stand being outside for even a few minutes – which I did anyway, just to take pictures for this blog post (and to buy cat litter). I bundled up with my current favorite cold weather scarf, my sample for the … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. 75 Floral Blocks to Knit: Beautiful Patterns to Mix & Match for Throws, Accessories, Baby Blankets & More by Lesley Stanfield opens with a foreword from the author and an “About This Book” section to orient its readers. The twelve page directory is a quick reference with a thumbnail of each block … Read more
Last week, I finished my last Year of Projects post of 2013 with a cliffhanger: how many more projects could I complete in 2013? I ended up finishing just one more project, a baby blanket for my cousin’s newborn. (My cousin was in labor when I wrote the post, and has since delivered a healthy baby … Read more