A couple of weeks ago, I announced that I'd have a book of patterns coming out this fall. This is very exciting news. Not just for me, but for all the people out there who keep asking me for a pattern to some of the wacky designs I create off the top of my distracted… Continue reading What’s Mine Is Yours: Giveaways of a Sort
Category: Crochet
Book News
My Dear Readers, my first book of patterns will be out in the fall! Info to come soon.
Suffering and Creativity
Claudia Barbosa, Pexels Just hit up Google and you'll find a million articles insisting that suffering and creativity go hand in hand. I know a lot of people disagree with this notion, but really, there are many examples of when someone under great duress created their masterpiece. Immediately, I think of the Russians, as they… Continue reading Suffering and Creativity
A Little Something for Everyone
...many knitters and crocheters make items for a size of women that, mostly, don't exist--excruciatingly tiny girl-women. These patterns look great on models, but they look like potato sacks on the rest of us.
What Remains
It's been, I don't know, two months since we all went on lockdown due to Covid-19? I am one of the lucky ones, in that, I can teach college classes from home and I write and crochet within the comfort of my own beloved spaces. I'm an introvert by nature, so this whole staying home… Continue reading What Remains
Book and Pattern Pairing: Love and Ruin by Paula McLain and the San Sebastian Revolutionary Cap
I had hoped to have this review available for you all by Wednesday, but life is busy when you're entering the last quarter of your MFA (this is my last masters degree! I promise myself right now), beginning the first semester of the college classes you teach, assisting your high schooler with cyberschool set up,… Continue reading Book and Pattern Pairing: Love and Ruin by Paula McLain and the San Sebastian Revolutionary Cap
Share Your Latest Creation With US!
What are you up to these days, My Dear Makers? Knitting, crocheting, weaving, painting, writing...Whatever you're creating, please share your beautiful work here with all of us!
The Beloved Sweater Jacket
The Beginnings of the Amityville Sweater Jacket I know the trend is all skinny jeans and 80's crop tops these days, but I'll never lose my childhood love for 1970's sweater jackets and knee high boots in autumn. The one I'm creating now will probably look something like these ones, but even thicker, as I… Continue reading The Beloved Sweater Jacket
It’s As Good to Have Half-Finished Projects as It is to Have Half-Finished Books
Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know...Umberto Eco I don't know about you, but I'm one of those knitter/crocheters (and writer/readers, for that matter) who begins a project and gets so freaking inspired by the work of it that I come up… Continue reading It’s As Good to Have Half-Finished Projects as It is to Have Half-Finished Books
Crossover Stitch Table Runner–Free Pattern!
***Correction Made. See the end of pattern*** I just finished this lovely little piece over the weekend. It's relatively easy to create and is based on the Crossover Stitch, which creates an "X" cable into an entire row. Below, I have written the pattern and supplies. Let me know if you have any questions or… Continue reading Crossover Stitch Table Runner–Free Pattern!