I get a new coffee cup cozy and resume work on the Tetrisghan
Today was the start of a new week, and once I got my son off to school and had attended to the other myriad “must-do” chores, I made myself a crochet to-do list, and at the top of that list was this:...
View ArticleTwo more coffee cup cozies and a Tetris inspired half-double hyperbolic plane
I set aside the Tetrisghan today so that I could make a few things to send to a friend I have known since the third grade. She has been confronted with one of those life-changing challenges that helps...
View ArticleThe week in review: May 5 through May 9, 2013
For me, the week begins on Sunday. It’s the day of the week I am most likely to get done all the things I hope to get done, and this past Sunday, (May 5) was no exception. Yesterday’s trip to the...
View ArticleI make progress on the “Put a cookie on it” prayer shawl and finish a “put a...
I would not say I am obsessed with crocheting cookies, but they will not leave me alone, so today, after I had made measurable progress on the “Put a cookie on it prayer shawl”: The post I make...
View ArticleI rethink the cookies for the shawl and write up the coffee cup cozy pattern
Today I began appliquéing the cookies the “put a cookie on it” shawl-to-be, only to find that the cookies, despite looking very charming, were a bit clunky on the eminently drapeable shawl, so I went...
View ArticleA couple of Kindle cozies
I had thought that my next project would come from the recesses of the yarn annex which was where, in preparation for having the carpets cleaned last September, most of the stuff in my crochet empire...
View ArticleWhat you can get done when you neglect vacuuming
When I got up yesterday, I had every intention of checking off everything on a long list of household chores, the most time consuming of which was to vacuum all the pet hair that currently decorates my...
View ArticleAccessories for accessories
I am at a bit of an impasse with the granny square bags that have (for the moment) taken over my crochet. On the one hand I have a clear vision of what I want them to be, but I don’t really see how to...
View ArticleThe days are just packed
This coming Friday will mark the winter solstice for 2018. It will be the shortest day of the year, but it will give way to the days getting longer rather than getting shorter, and with the work I have...
View ArticleThree unfinished crochet projects
In the game of beat the crochet clock, it seems that this year I will have both some wins and some near misses as I work to bring closure to three unfinished crochet projects I am currently juggling....
View ArticleMy yarn search takes a detour
My search for the perfect yarn to make an adult sized crochet Viking helmet did not go exactly as planned–instead of leading me to the yarn I know that I have somewhere, it instead took me on a detour...
View ArticleBefore and after, and more before and after
Crochet provides a clear “before and after ” demarcation to my life. Before I learned to crochet, I had no idea what a consuming occupation it would become for me. I was unable to look into the future,...
View ArticleI start on a pink scrap yarn granny square
As 2019 draws to a close, I find that every crochet project I work on leads to yet another crochet project that makes a compelling and valid claim on my time, and today’s winner was a pink scrap yarn...
View ArticleThe saga of the scrap yarn granny squares continues
When I got the idea to make five scrap yarn granny squares, I didn’t give much thought to the time that using what I have would take. Having completed a journey of a thousand rehabbed crochet squares...
View ArticleA crochet counter cozy for a gift I didn’t know I needed
Sometimes you get a gift that is exactly what you needed, but you had no idea that you did. This year I got one such gift, and what was immediately apparent was that in order to use it without risking...
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