My family is going through some very difficult things. To keep my sanity, when all the noise is pounding against the inside of my brain, I crochet. I pick up the hook, and I work the design in whatever way I choose. Before there was crocheted mandalas, crochet was a mandala. Your soul comes out in all the knots and…
I started a vintage/crochet/knitting, etc. shop with my children last year in order to help them show off their talents and make a little extra cash while they worked their way through college and the pandemic. We called it “Vintagey” because that’s kind of what it is–a little bit of the new and a little bit of the old–vintagey. My…
Happy Weekend, My Dear Readers, Makers, and Pals! I’ll be opening the Etsy store again soon. It’s been on vacation. Think cozy autumn, back to school, and fun. Here’s a preview. What are you working on? Small Pink Scarf (Copyright 2022, Tiffani Velez)
I started a version of The Mourning Cloak Butterfly Shawl back in 2015. You can find a link to my earlier version, and the story that goes with it, if you just google my name and “Mourning Cloak” or by going here, to my author site. After a recent visit to Shenandoah National Park with my sweetheart for our 27th…
I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted here. I’ve been busy teaching, writing, and working full-time. How very American of me to do a million things at once and get only a minute amount of actual work done. But my priorities have changed. I had surgery in the spring, then a severe allergic reaction, then Covid. It’s helped…
If I have a long project I’m working on, I knit or crochet in front of the TV or listening to an audiobook. Two years ago, I did a Friday film review series. I want to reprise that, adding a quick pattern with each review. What do you watch when you have a lot of crocheting or knitting to do?
Happy New Year, pals. Yes, the pattern book is still on the burner, but as you know, we are all just climbing out of the remains of 2020, hoping for a much better 2021. Right now, at least in the United States, the coronavirus is still raging and has taken a good many lives and livelihoods. I would be telling…