Venturing into the Written Realm…

My first attempt at a doily was one of Trish Kristoffersen’s “99 Little Doilies” (which, as you may know, contains written directions-only patterns).  I chose it because I thought it looked simple– no fancy stitches involved.  And it probably was simple.  However, I had two things working against me (in addition to the fact that […]

Crochet Mood Therapy

Meh.  I am just not feelin’ it (as they say) today.  I even think I may be slightly depressed, which isn’t helping me get motivated to do all the crap that needs doing– one of which is letting some things go/moving past them so that maybe I won’t feel slightly depressed anymore.  So much easier […]

Afghan Itch

Since finishing the booties and dodecahedron, I’ve been making doilies (on my third at the moment, and need to block the first two).  My plan was to spend my crochet time this late spring / early summer making doilies and possibly weaving in ends on two finished afghans (my Sunny Seaside Moorish Mosaic and the […]

The Nerve of Some Craft Stores!

The last time I went to Michaels to buy some sale-priced yarn, I was disappointed to notice that they seem to be shifting their stock of Caron Simply Soft from the 7 oz. skeins down to the 6 oz. skeins.  And they’re not changing the sale price to reflect the shrinking skein (so I kind […]

Booties & Dodecahedron

I made a couple more crochet items to put in with our baby shower gift. First:  Rainbowy Dodecahedron (Here’s the project page on Ravelry, where you can also find the pattern.) Instead of making the full-sized pattern, I stopped after round 10.  I think it turned out plenty big enough this way (for a baby/toddler […]

Cirlce of Friends Afghan Completed!

You know how you hold off blogging for a while because you don’t want to completely ruin the surprise of a gift?  And meanwhile you accumulate quite a mental list of things to blog about?  And then when the gift has been given, you find you’ve just kind of fallen out of the habit of […]