Back in January, I joined the 12 for myself group on Ravelry with plans to be a more selfish crocheter this year. The vast majority of my creations have always been gifts. (In the past few years, I’ve been making more projects to sell or as samples for patterns, but I still haven’t made many … Read more
This month, I’m sponsoring Crochetlist‘s Charity Challenge on behalf of Bideawee. I’ve self-published a special e-book of crochet stitch patterns that make great pet blankets (with profits to be donated to Bideawee), and I’m working on a few of my own pet blankets to donate. Today, I’m interviewing Deborah Green, Bideawee’s Senior Manager of Volunteers, … 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.) Two weeks ago, I cheated and showed some old double-ended crochet projects instead of sharing something new for my Year of Projects update. Several people asked about double-ended crochet, so I planned … Read more
Last week, I had a technical problem on my blog and I didn’t get to share two finished projects that I’m pretty excited about. I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m the sponsor for Crochetlist‘s June charity challenge. I’m organizing a collection of pet blankets that will be donated to Bideawee for Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat month. I’ve … Read more
I’m still working on two of the same projects since my last Work in Progress Wednesday and Yarn Along post. My version of the Pineapple Doily Shawl by Laura Garsten seemed to be coming along quite well. I was working on it during the commute back and forth to my Saturday crochet class. But when … Read more