Vintage Acrylic

My mother found some vintage-y acrylic yarns at a yard sale and thought I might like them.  (Answer:  Yes, I would!)  I’m sure I’ll find a use for it, and in the meantime, I love looking at the old wrappers. The colors and fonts! (Mainly the fonts…) They’re all either “Orlon” or “Acrilon”.  Do modern […]

My Denim Stars & Circles Quilt

So, I may have mentioned that I was thinking of making a “stars & circles”-style quilt. (Maybe a time or two in the past couple of days, even. (g)) Well, I’ve already spent some time cutting out the denim circles. When I took that photo, I had between 70 and 80 circles. I have over […]

More Circles and Stars

I’ve seen these quilts labeled in a number of ways, including the following: Stars and Circles Quilt / Circles and Stars Quilt Cathedral Window Quilt Circles and Diamonds Quilt Robbing Peter to Pay Paul Quilt Whatever they’re called, I like ’em.  (g)  I’ve written about them once or twice before, and now that I’m in […]

Denim Circle & Diamonds Quilt (Again)

(As if I don’t already have enough to keep me busy,) I think I’m going to give the denim “Circle & Diamond” (Cathedral Windows)-style quilt a try.  (If I can get it to work.  If it turns out to be too much work with my simple sewing machine and limited skill, I may just make […]

Luna Lovegood Scarf in “Mermaid”

I’ve written about the Luna Lovegood scarf pattern before, because this is my second time crocheting it.  This time, I was making the scarf as part of a Christmas gift for my mother.  I decided to try a more finely textured yarn– Gloss Lace in “Mermaid”, another yarn ordered from Knit Picks.   It was […]

Millicent Scarf

This scarf– another pattern I stumbled across online and saved for future reference because I loved the look of it– was my introduction to a couple of things.  It was my first time crocheting (and blocking!) wool and my first time going beyond double crochet to even taller stitches.  (Check out this project on Ravelry, […]

Queen Anne’s Lace Scarves

(I’m trying to catch up on my sewing/crochet-related blogging, one project at a time. After that, I hope to do better about keeping fairly up-to-date, here. Of course, with items made to give, that can be a little tricky. You don’t want to risk the future recipient of an item seeing it on your blog!) […]

Not everything should be crocheted…

Or knitted, for that matter.  Here’s another one for the “What were they thinking?” file– a 70’s crocheted (granny squre) men’s neck tie. I feel so sorry for any poor sons, grandsons or husbands who might have been subjected to this hideous idea.  What must they have suffered?  ;o)

Scrubber, Scrubbie, or Tawashi?

Scrubbers, scrubbies, tawashi– whatever you call them, they’re apparently a popular crochet item.  I made a bunch of them to stick in with Christmas gifts, and now I’ve whipped up a couple to keep.  I like them because they’re simple, quick projects that don’t require a whole lot of attention, so I can listen to […]