Quilt FO: “Rainbow Slant”

Oh-so-long ago, I blogged about how I liked this quilt pattern I’d seen online, “Rainbow Rows”, by Lissa Alexander.  I ended up making a version of it– if you use the very loosest definition of “version”. Basically, it ended up as a collection of 9-patch blocks made of light-and-dark four-patches and larger squares of low-volume […]

One Truly Crumby Quilt

I like the idea of naming things, but sadly, over the years I’ve come to accept that I’m maybe just not that great at coming up with names.  I tend toward the obvious/literal, and if I try to venture out from that into something more creative, I feel like I’m being obscure or pretentious or… […]

FO: “Ahmanet”

I have one more doily blocked and photographed, and it’s a doozy! Pattern: “Ahmanet“, by Grace Fearon Thread: America’s Best Country Cotton, “Denim” (discontinued) “Ahmanet” is the largest doily I’ve crocheted for quite some time.  (Maybe it’s even the largest ever; “Pretty Baby” might have turned out larger but with fewer rounds…) After blocking, it […]

FO: “Elysium”

According to my Ravelry project page, this doily came off the hook in October, but I didn’t block it until the latter half of February.  High time it gets its moment on the blog! Pattern: “Elysium”, by Grace Fearon This is a particularly lacy doily with something of the look of frost or a snowflake.  […]

Christmas Projects (2018)

I ended up not doing much in the way of Christmas projects for 2018. The advent scarf went into hibernation mode.  (I’ll pick it back up again, eventually, when I’m in the right mood.) I did make some progress on those long (long, long)-overdue hedgehog mittens, but they’re also in time-out.  Next up is attaching […]