Month: November 2007

If you read Robyn’s blog or the Craft blog, you’ll know by now that Norah Gaughan has a new blog. Isn’t it great timing that, in cleaning out my studio, I discovered I have not one, but TWO copies of

I’m cheating on my current crochet project with some mindless knitting with stash yarn. Due to a few nights of movie watching and some waiting in line today, I’ve made pretty good progress on this vest, which I’m making to

When I first met Cat Bordhi, she was deep in the process of creating her new book New Pathways for Sock Knitters, Book 1 She had projects from the book and ideas were already brewing for future books in the

Creating crochet fabric with straight even edges is a skill that often challenges beginners. If you don’t start and end rows in the right place your rectangle can take on just about any shape (amoeba, perhaps?). Last night, I discovered

First the crochet. One of the things we recovered from my mother-in-law’s house after she passed away was this blanket. It’s wool oversized grannies made in natural colors of chunky yarn. It’s heavy and warm. I love the big blocks

Here’s the final stitch pattern from my yarn battle yesterday. While I was frustrated at not quickly finding the right stitch pattern, I have to say, I loved working with the yarn. It’s Fil de La Mer from Tilli Tomas.

I’ve been struggling with a swatch all morning, and I’m having a hard time letting the yarn speak for itself–I keep imposing my ideas, which are not working. I’m taking a break, and I’ll come back to it later. Yesterday,

In the spirit of the big online push to buy handmade this year, as well as my hope for less consumption overall this holiday season, what did I do? I went shopping. Namely to the DC Craft Mafia’s holiday craft

Normally, when you here the words “vintage” and “crochet” in the same sentence, your mind is drawn to the crochet kitsch of the 1970s. I have nothing against 70s crochet, but this new book, Vintage Crochet by Susan Cropper is

Originally published on Crochet Me, the Cool Warmth scarf set has been reformatted as today’s Craft Magazine Pattern Podcast. You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes. Technorati Tags:crochet, free pattern, scarf, craft magazine