The Hook and I

OK, I blame Julie, who commented on Twitter about making peppermint fudge. She got the idea from one of my favorite bloggers, Hannah Kaminski, who is, not only a designer of adorable crocheted amigurumi, she’s also the author of My Sweet Vegan, for which she created delicious recipes and rocked the photography. Oh, . . . → Read More: Candy Canes, Chocolate, and Coconut Oh My!

Wreath Wrap on Flickr – Photo Sharing

I love this wreath adorning the door at designer Robyn . . . → Read More: How Do you Know A Crocheter Lives Here?

I was helping a friend make the diamonds and shells scarf today when I noticed an error in the beginning of Row 3:

Instead of “Ch 5,” it should read, “Ch 1, sc, ch 4″

Also, Angela was having a little trouble interpreting the end of Row 2, so I re-worded it to be clearer, after the semi-colon, . . . → Read More: Diamonds and Shells Scarf Errata

The Interweave Crochet Winter preview is up, and I have a simple little lace scarf pattern in there. (Does it seem like I was in a scarf rut this spring? Really it was all coincidence that I designed three in a row, I’m not usually a scarf-making person).

The idea behind this scarf . . . → Read More: Alpine Frost Scarf Preview

Right now, I’m in what I think of as the doldrums of my crochet book–the exciting beginning stages are over–I’ve done the creative work of coming up with the designs and choosing the yarns, sketching, swatching. And while I do enjoy doing the stitching (a lot, actually) the sheer volume I have to do . . . → Read More: A little Inspiration

Out of this world: British teddy bears strapped to giant weather balloon pictured at edge of space | Mail Online

These little teddies endured -54 degree temperatures and a ride into near-space on a weather balloon, but they survived due to the special clothing created and developed by the elementary students in Britian who sent . . . → Read More: Dear Space: Please Look After These Bears, Thank You

I designed this scarf for the new Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders book from Storey Publishing, edited by Judith Durant. The book came out last month and I recently got my copy. I also got the scarf back which is a nice treat–I’ve been wearing it a lot. (Even in the house where we keep the heat . . . → Read More: Diamonds And Shells

Last night when Selma asked to watch some TV I suggested that she might instead want to choose something out of her craft basket and finish it up. She found this punch-needle embroidery project that she had started during a summer class with Dottie at our local yarn store, The Net Loft. I love the colors . . . → Read More: Magic Mountain