Crochet wind spinners
On a visit to one of my favourite blogs I discovered a pattern for a crochet wind spinner. I just love wind spinners/twirlers in the garden. It is a wonderful project to use up the left over yarn (Red Heart … Continued
Shawls: Lean on Me
The asymmetrical shawl, Lean On Me, is a free pattern that is available on Ravelry. It was crocheted with one skein of yarn. I used Loops & Threads Swirl yarn that had 524 yards or 479 metres of lovely soft … Continued
Mosaic ‘Purse’onality
I got hooked on mosaic crochet during the latest lockdown in Ontario. Prior to starting the bag I had completed a few little samples to learn how to follow a graph and just to see how it really worked. I … Continued
Crafts: Heart Crafts
Valentine’s Day – is it a day created by card, chocolate and flower companies to guilt trip you into buying something for someone in your life? I think it is, but that is me. It is a fun day … Continued
I’m Hooked!
Hooked on mosaic crochet! I saw some gorgeous mosaic crochet on Linda’s Crafty Corner and my interest was peaked. I just had to check it out. Now that Ontario is in lockdown for 28 days it is the perfect time … Continued
Time to Stay Warm
As the end of October approaches, the days are getting chillier and it is time to stay warm with a new afghan. This one was started at the beginning of the stay home time in mid March for covid19. I … Continued
Crochet Socks
Recently I found a pattern for crochet tube socks. As my arthritis in my hands is getting worse I find I can only knit, especially on smaller needles, for a short period of time. Mind you I do persevere as … Continued
On and Off
On and off can refer to a few things. It’s how I am right now with my website. I just can’t decide whether to be on or off with sharing new posts. It seems a bit sporadic right now. Many … Continued
Shawls: Lost Souls
The Lost Souls Shawl was made awhile ago but as it was a gift for someone. Now it has been delivered I can finally share it with you. If you look carefully you can see skulls throughout this shawl. This … Continued
The Project Bag
I’m taking part in the Southeastern Ontario Yarn Crawl and one of the challenges was to create a project bag. I decided to create one based on my circle bag but on a bit smaller scale. So out came the … Continued
Shawls: It’s a Wrap
Crochet projects are perfect for winter, especially when they get bigger and drape over your legs and keep you warm as you work. I have two shawls on the hooks right now, one using the Virus shawl pattern and the … Continued
Crochet: Keep Your Place
I have quite a collection of bookmarks or bookmarkers, some have been gifts, some I’ve purchased, and some are home made. This crochet one is one that I improvised from a rectangular granny square pattern. I’ve made a couple of … Continued
What row am I on?
We all face this challenge when knitting or doing a crochet project – keeping track of how many rows have been completed. There are many gadgets that you can purchase if you look around. The pen and paper method, and … Continued
Knitting Needle Flowers
I was inspired by someone I follow on Instagram to make some knitting needle flowers. On a really hot and humid afternoon when it was far too uncomfortable to be outside I got out my little left over balls of … Continued
Stash Granny Afghans
These actually started out as granny stripe afghans but I decided after a few rows of each to change to a granny square pattern. I decided to change after realizing that I had already done 2 stash afghans in granny … Continued