I am itching for spring to come. Seriously- snow in April is the pits. This girl loves her BBQs, camping trips (no, I don’t rough it- give me a nice tent and a pile of bankets though I and I will be fine), staying up too late sitting outside just talking with the hubster and/or … Continue reading
I want to share a new pattern with all of you! I was hoping to get some actual pictures outside, perhaps even while at the farmers market…. but no dice. It was snowing while these pictures were taken (grrrrrr…..so sick of snow) It is my first crocheted pattern- so please be nice with any typos/errors…. … Continue reading
Happy Easter peeps! Hope you had a great weekend with friends and family and crafting! I know I did 🙂 Friday night I sat down to knit up a quick hat to use to pin some pretty flowers onto (yeah, there are more of them) … but instead this fell off my needles. Not sure … Continue reading
Most Saturdays I get up, and leave the hubster for an hour or so he can play video games and I drink coffee with my friend Megan. I have mentioned her before. She is the one who convinced me that running in a relay marathon was a good idea. Pretty sure she is drugging my … Continue reading
So this is the last blanket I will make (I am hoping) this winter – and it is a link that I discovered through the Hookin on Humpdays. Petal to Picots posted a tutorial- including how she selected the colors for the blanket…. if you remember, I shared the tutorial in response to the poll … Continue reading
I asked my readers a while ago what their preferences were for granny blankets, and the results are in! Turns out my readers like their grannies small, with lots of color and light edging. So, based of that- I wanted to share with you an awesome tutorial on Petals to Picots Crochet that I think … Continue reading
The Big Bang Theory inspired afghan is done!! This was a super fast, really fun project to do. I used a size G hook, and a bunch of random colors that I had too much of to toss. An incomplete list of all the colors include: Red Orange Coral Light Pink Dark Pink Bright Blue … Continue reading
I get bored. And when I get bored I like to think about random stuff and have wild crazy dreams. In this case, wild and crazy dreams is referring to what the perfect knitting/crocheting software would look like. But then I thought even more, I love to cross stitch, sew, paint and do other crafty … Continue reading
Ok peeps- so here’s the deal: I am sick of talking about this freaking blanket. No, it is still not done- about 2/3 of the ends still need to be weaved in and that will be a long process that I will break up over several days (or several weeks, whatever) And I am sure … Continue reading
All images in my post came from Crochetime: As Seen on TV (very cool site, you should check it out!) As mentioned in my last post, one of my favorite TV shows features a lovely granny square blanket that lives on the couch of a certain biologist and Sheldon’s girlfriend- Amy. The blanket appears to be a … Continue reading
A Simple Stitch 