Three Things

Thing #1: I’m slowly but surely making progress on Multnomah.  (And I do mean “slowly”.)  I’m nearing the end of the garter stitch portion, and then I’ll have to decide if I’m following the pattern as written or expanding the garter stitch section.  I think I’m leaning toward following as written. (All my photos turned […]

Knitting Multnomah

I’m still plugging away at the Multnomah shawl, but I’m not yet done with the garter stitch section (i.e. the easy part).  I guess I’m just a slowpoke knitter. Things I’ve learned during this project, so far: Knitting garter stitch (knitting only– no purling on either side of your work) may be super easy, but […]

Selfish Crafting ;o)

After spending quite a bit of craft-time working on (secret) gift items, I’m taking some craft-time to be completely selfish.  ;o) I started by making myself an Amineko Crocheted Cat. When I saw the first one that Pammy Sue made (she’s made another one since then), I thought it was an adorable pattern with a […]

“Look! It’s an afghan!”

I know I’m not the only one who gets excited at the sight of crocheted items in movies or TV shows. My poor husband gets to hear all about it.  “Ooh, look!  Crochet!”  Or in the case of this one program that consistently shows the family using the same two or three crochet afghans, “Look!  […]

Finished: Knitted Pincushion / Doo-Dads Cushion

I completed the three knitted rectangles for this pincushion back in October but put off assembling it because I didn’t know how to sew it together perfectly. Well, fast-forward however-many months and I still didn’t know, but I decided to just do it anyway– any-which-way. For some reason, I had a hard time visualizing how […]

Finished: Crochet Grocery Bag

I finally finished the mesh bag I started crocheting back in August.  I had trouble with the pattern, back then. (Apparently.  I don’t remember much about it, but my project notes on Ravelry don’t paint a picture of pattern love.)  So by the time I got to the part where I needed to crochet the […]

Finishing Spree

I’m going on a finishing spree (applies only to projects I can finish relatively quickly and easily– not to projects that have substantial amounts of work yet to be done).  It’s about time; some of these UFOs have been hanging around for months. – – – – – – – First up was the Celtic […]

Lost & Found

Don’t you hate it when you drop a crochet hook into the crevice between two seat cushions on your couch, hear a ringing, metallic *ding*, go get a flashlight, pop up the seat’s footrest, and lie on the floor to look under the couch, only to discover (after repeated searches) that the crochet hook is […]