Prairie Star Motif (w/ additional 5th round)

Here’s the Prairie Star Motif, so named because that’s the first thing that came to mind when I looked at the finished product. It’s a very simple motif– and a small one, too, as written.  My first sample worked out to just shy of 3.5 inches square.  (If you wanted it bigger, you could easily […]

Pillow-Makin’s ;o)

I’m accumulating the “makings” for a new throw pillow, using the Prairie Star motif… Can’t ever have too many throw pillows, right?   – – – – – – – Meanwhile, the cyber-stalking of the (crochet book-containing) package continues.  This afternoon, it arrived in Atlanta.  Progress!  Next stop– Montgomery?  Or will it head straight for Mobile?  […]

Prairie Star Motif

So, I started playing around with the idea of designing crochet motifs– just to see if I could.  It’s a little (ok, a lot) intimidating to me, so I’m starting out small and slow. Possibly the biggest intimidation is this feeling that there are so many motifs out there, it would take a largish, elaborate, […]

More Hook Talk

I’ve been using one of the hooks I gave a polymer clay handle a lot, this past week.  It’s really grown on me, and I feel just as at home crocheting with it as I did with the uncovered hook.  I haven’t tried an uncovered hook since getting used to the polymer clay-handled ones, so […]

Crochet Hooks & Brand Loyalty

I ought to know better by now.  No matter how (relatively) minor– or even trivial– a subject may appear from the outside, if you look close enough, you will find people passionately invested in it.  (g)  Today’s examples are crochet hooks and brand loyalty. I use Boye hooks (though I do have a few acrylic […]

Pot(holder)head

I have gone on a potholder- and dish scrubber-making spree.  I don’t think I’ve crocheted anything else since my last post.  Just potholders and scrubbers.  This is partly because I want to add to my stash of retro crochet potholders (which I will hang behind the stove as “useful décor”) and partly because I can […]

Clay-Covered Crochet Hooks

Ever since I started crocheting seriously, I’ve planned to “eventually” try covering a crochet hook with polymer clay.  (Not surprising, considering that before I became obsessed with crochet, I was similarly obsessed with polymer clay.)  Yesterday afternoon, I finally gave it a try. I chose a few hooks that I have duplicate sizes of, which […]

Photos Aplenty

To make up for the last image-less entry, here are some hastily-snapped photographs… – – – – – – – I forgot to mention that I crocheted a little doily for my mother’s birthday. I tried out the heart-shaped doily from Patricia Kristoffersen’s 99 Little Doilies, using the left-over thread from when I crocheted her […]

Still Alive; Still Crocheting. ;o)

Time for the typical “why I haven’t been around lately” post.  ;o) I’ve been busy with other stuff, I guess.  (?) I’m still crocheting on my Big Secret Projects (two of them).  Well, I had put them aside for a while, but I’ve picked them up and I’m nearing the end of of Phase 2 […]