Ripple Mania CAL, Week 5: Adding ripples to motifs

The last PDF for the Ripple Mania CAL was just uploaded!  This week’s PDF is all about how to turn granny square or hexagon projects into ripples.  There are two more weeks to join in before we can start competing for the awesome giveaways!  Stop by Ravelry to join in on the CAL. Ripple Mania … Read more

Ripple Mania CAL: Week 4 – Squaring Up Your Ripple

This week is all about squaring up a ripple – how to combine a ripple pattern with a straight edged stitch.  This week’s Ripple Mania PDF includes a baby blanket project. I’m also very excited to announce two more sponsors for the Ripple Mania prizes: Magique Enterprises and Lion Brand Yarn are joining Red Heart and Leisure Arts by contributing … Read more

Surmount the Stash – October Review

Perhaps this post should be subtitled,”How the mighty have fallen.”  After doing some supersonic stashbusting in September, I had an unusually high level of stash acquisition in October. My accomplishments I used about 1,020 yards of stash yarn for various projects, including a square and a hat for charity, three ripple projects made as samples for … Read more

FO Friday: Scrapbusting scarf and other goodies

It’s been three weeks since I last participated in F.O. Friday, but I’ve actually finished quite a few projects in that time. I made three secret projects using this yarn, along with about eight swatches, for Kollabora, a new maker community. The big reveal was supposed to be this week, but it was delayed due … Read more

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