If this is your first time reading about my current crochet challenge, make sure you go back and read this post for a refresher of my self-imposed rules. As I post each square, I will post the name and difficulty rating given to each square by Diana Krenz in her book 100 Vibrant Granny Squares, which I’m using for this… Continue reading Crushing the Gauntlet
Having a hobby turned business is a labor of love. It can be a lot of work for a little money. But let’s be real, if I were in it for the money I either wouldn’t do it or would do it much better. The business part of my hobby is my way of justifying… Continue reading 2024 Year in Review
There is no such thing as a magic blanket. But blankets can definitely be magic. A friend of mine has a father who is going through a really rough time. He has been in and out of the hospital and is currently going through a stint in rehab (the physical therapy kind). He hopes to… Continue reading Healing in a Blanket
When Robin and I started the “Crochet with Friends” segment of the blog, we had lofty expectations, but neither of us knew how it would go. We did not succeed in writing a blog post for every square, BUT we did both reach the goal of not only finishing our squares, but completing our blankets… Continue reading A Year of Crochet, Progress, and Memories
In our homeschool co-op, my children learn a thirteen minute timeline from Creation to the present day. They are taught that they are an imperative part of that narrative. Each venture we pursue and each endeavor we achieve forms a part of our timeline. This is my crochet timeline. As a young child, my mother… Continue reading My Crochet Timeline
If you look at my 2020 Temperature Blanket, you would have no idea that we lived through a pandemic, that our normal has changed, that our vacations were canceled, that we cover our faces in public now. Maybe that’s indicative of where our hope should lie in “times like these”—in our one constant in all… Continue reading Out with the Old
It’s tax season. This means I’ve been giving my finances an extra hard look. I’ve decided to transition my items for sale from my Etsy shop to this page. I now have a shop right here! You can purchase made items or printable PDFs for patterns–a real one-stop shop.
It’s hard to believe that tomorrow is a new day, a new month, a new year, and a new decade all rolled into one. I have plenty of crochet plans to keep me going all year long. I have many old crochet projects to complete. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to… Continue reading 2019: Year in Review
It started innocently enough. After seeing multiple crochet scrunchies pop up on my Pinterest feed I simply asked, “Are scrunchies really back in?!” The answer I got was a resounding, “YES!” I had a lot of scrunchies growing up. With nearly waist-length, thick hair, I was very picky about my scrunchies. There were only certain… Continue reading Let’s Talk About…Scrunchies
I can’t get enough of the Personlized Baby Blocks Blanket. There are so many options of how to personalize it. This time I opted to do initials with sunbursts in the corner. You can buy the pattern here. But the Sunburst Square pattern is free here. This blanket was made for a little guy born… Continue reading Sunburst Square
