Today is International Day of Charity. This annual event was first established by the United Nations in 2012. The date was selected in honor of the passing of Noble Peace Prize winner, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who devoted her life to helping others. The UN invites everyone to commemorate the day by encouraging charity and … Read more
Most of my regular readers know that I am super passionate about crochet, though I also knit. Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to get to know Jessie Rayot from Jessie At Home online. Like me, she’s a crochet and knitting designer and blogger. We even had the chance to actually meet last … Read more
On Fridays, I share a link blast on G+, Twitter and Facebook to get you excited about crafting all weekend! In keeping with the #FlashbackFriday meme, I’m sharing patterns were first released at least 12 months ago. Instead of sharing crochet patterns, this week I’m doing a special link blast of knitting patterns! I’ll be back to the regular … Read more
I love to knit cables. There’s something really fun about watching them form beneath my fingers, and the resulting texture is great. This free cabled beanie knitting pattern is a tribute to cables and includes three cable variations. The yarn for the sample was generously provided by Quaere Fibre. There’s a large, forked cable in … Read more
I love crocheting granny squares, and over the years, I’ve tried many different joining methods but I’ve never settled on a favorite. I shared a tutorial for joining grannies with the mattress stitch last month, and with the Mystery Lapghan crochet-a-long underway, I thought now would be a good time to share another joining method. … Read more