sigh Crandall. He makes me both proud and nostalgic at the same time. You see, this tiny little crab was one of my first designs. Not THE first, but pretty close. He’s waited so patiently for 8 long years to be officially introduced to the world. Or maybe it wasn’t so patiently. Perhaps that is […]
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FO Friday (er, Saturday)
Apparently it’s been a while since I’ve shared any of the crafting projects I have been working on. I found oodles of pictures – some back to Christmas time! In an earlier post, I talked about the socks my sister received before Christmas. I love making hats and I find they’re an easy gift to […]
Christmas Crickets
There probably is a story about Christmas and Crickets (update: The Cricket on the Hearth), but the crickets I’m referring to here are related to the fact that this site has been silent the last couple of weeks. We celebrated an extended Thanksgiving weekend with family, decorated Christmas trees in 3 locations, attended a birthday […]
Indie Designer Gift-A-Long (GAL) 2016
The excitement is building: it’s the time of year for the Indie Designer Gift-A-Long! What is the Indie Designer GAL? This is an annual event where independent knit and crochet pattern designers have the opportunity to showcase some of their creations and inspire others to make them. The Gift-A-Long is essentially two events: The first event […]
Pattern release – Heaven and Earth Shawl
I know I’ve been quiet lately. Work has been insane, life in general has felt chaotic and overwhelming, and to top it off I’ve had to put several recent designs in “time out” because they haven’t been behaving. Fortunately, this was not one of those designs! I’ve been in love ever since conception and it’s […]
Crafting #bizwins
I can not begin to tell you how much I have learned in the last 10 months about business in general, craft businesses, marketing and promotion! Sometimes my head is swimming with all that I’ve learned – and how much I realize I still could learn. One of my business guru “idols” is Tara Swiger. […]
Pattern release – Granny Toy Hammock
Another pattern that came out of necessity. Like a lot of children, our daughter has an abundance of stuffed animals that are usually sitting on the floor. I know you can buy toy hammocks but of course I would rather make one. The hardest part is determining the size needed to fit between window and […]
Mystery Sampler 20 Bag
It’s pattern release Monday again! This time, I have a special pattern for you. It’s a great stash buster and learning experience rolled into one design. The pattern is called Mystery Sampler 20 Bag. The “mystery” isn’t that you are making a bag – it’s that the rounds are determined by a random number generator! […]
Pattern release – Houndstooth Trivet
Are you sick of me yet? I did say that I have a bunch of older patterns I’m trying to get caught up on. This is one that I actually had tested last year (the year before?) but the tester had a comment that made me want to revisit this once more before publishing. This […]
WIP-frenzy
I’ve had cast-on-itis lately. I keep starting projects and not finishing many. I also haven’t posted much here as I tend to only post my Works In Progress (WIPs) on Instagram and not here. Part of my crazy beginnings have been due to changes in my schedule. This is how I currently have my whole […]