A few weeks ago, I shared a picture of a pineapple shawl I decided to design and make for my Mom seven days before Mother’s Day. (Cue up the “What were you thinking??” comments from the peanut gallery.) I wasn’t sure if I would finish it on time, and I didn’t even know if my … Read more
View Larger Map Last week, I took my dream vacation and spent a few days at Pendle Hill in Wallingford, PA. The main purpose of the vacation was to relax, enjoy the silence, (wait, what is this? some kind of retro pop music playlist??), spend some time outdoors, and live an unscheduled life, and what’s … Read more
There’s a fair amount of similarity between last week’s WIP Wednesday/Yarn Along post and today’s post. I took a break from the Pineapple Doily Shawl since I didn’t take it on vacation with me and then promptly forgot to bring it to class with me on Saturday to work on along with my students. My cabled … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. 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 … Read more
I had two crafty coincidences this week. On Saturday, several students in my crochet class started on the Pineapple Doily Shawl by Laura Garsten. I first heard about this pattern on the Crochet Chat Podcast and several of my students decided to give it a try. Usually, I don’t make a project with the class … Read more