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365 Days of Flowers, Continued

I’m still not quite caught up on this one-a-day crochet flower project.  I think I’m only four days behind, so it’s possible to catch up in the next day or two. I have so many flowers to show that I separated them into two groups. First group: Second group: Stack of all the flowers so […]

365 Days of Flowers

Still in the process of catching up on the 365 Flowers project! (Yes, I still need to work on The Mittens.  I finished the thumbs and weaved in all the ends.  Next is swatching the furry yarn.  There’s also a doily that is just barely started.  At the moment, all I can think about, in […]

365 Days of Crochet Flowers

I happened to see a year-long project on Ravelry, and it looked like so much fun I decided to join in! Emily at The Loopy Stitch has challenged herself to crochet a different flower for every day of 2018.  She’s not sure yet what she’ll be doing with them all; for now, she’s just designing […]

Keeping Warm

We’ve been having a cold winter, by our standards– and it’s still only January, so who knows what the next month or two might bring?!  Perfect weather for indoor crafting! (…Though I actually do really need to get outside and work in the garden before spring sneaks up on us again…  Never mind.  Back to thoughts […]

Mostly Doilies

There was a remnant of Alize Miss Batik left over from “Etienne”, so I decided to make a tiny doily from it.  There were still leftovers, so I crocheted the tiny doily pattern again.  (One can never have enough tiny doilies, I guess.  They also make fun things to put in with gifts.  Even if someone […]

Heart Vines Hats

It’s been what feels like forever since I knit these hats, but it was really just a little over a year ago.  Though they were both knitted in under a month, I never weaved in the ends and so never took any photos.  Since I wanted to give them for Christmas, I was finally motivated […]