Reaching Out, One Stitch At a Time
This summer my 15 year old daughter went on a mission trip with our church’s youth group. They spent a week working in soup kitches and doing outreach ministry to the homeless – which included handing out blankets and food – and even doing some…
A couple years ago my sister asked me to make her an American Flag afghan. Needless to say, I put it off. I knew if I was going to do it I wanted to do it correctly and I knew the patterns out there weren’t…
We’ve all seen them….. those gorgeous crochet patterns that you just have to make. Then you notice that it’s marked “advanced”. At this point you have 2 choices. Keep looking for something else, or try to tackle it. I know from experience that if you love the…
Have you ever wanted to make a gingham baby blanket but didn’t want all the color changes? With this blanket you make each square separately holding 2 strands of different colors together. When you’re done you sew them together. No color changes. Gingham Baby Blanket…
When I released the Stella Asymmetrical Shawlette and the Stella Cowl, I had some ideas for a few other patterns using the same stitch combo. So, when my uncle asked me for a scarf using the same concept I jumped on the change for another…
When I start planning out some designs for the new year I like to go back and reflect on the previous year. I love doing this every year and this year was no different! My top 10 patterns of 2019 had some consistent favorites (ex:…
Picking a word of the year has grown in popularity over the last few years. I’ve been doing it every year since 2014, and to be honest, those first couple years I didn’t take it nearly as seriously as I have the past 3 years.…
If you love scarves the Berry Bliss Infinity is going to be a great addition to your winter accessories. Scarves are great because you can wear them with your favorite winter coat, wear them to keep your neck warm, or just wear them as a…
It’s ugly sweater party season! This year I got this crazy idea in my head to try and crochet an ugly sweater out of tinsel. My kids rolled their eyes (they know I’m crazy sometimes) and said “Go for it.” So, I did . .…
Do you ever get frustrated that you make resolutions and then end up (unintentionally) breaking them? I used to all the time. But what if a different approach works better? Last year was the 2nd time I made a different kind of list. I wrote…
With less than a month until Christmas is anyone starting to panic? Have you found the perfect gift for everyone? Or do you want to make something but have no idea what you want to crochet? No need to panic. Here are 10 crochet patterns…
It’s the last day of our 3rd annual 10 Days of Thanksgiving crochet event! Today’s theme is “Something for Me”. Today we’re doing something a bit different. We’re each offering a pattern for $1.00 (or get all 4 patterns for $4.00). But in addition to that some…
I can’t believe it’s already day 9 of our third annual 10 Days of Thanksgiving crochet event! Today’s theme is “Last Minute Gifts”. Each day we will be offering 4 different patterns (one from each of us) for only $1 each. You’ll be able to get all…
