Yesterday, I had a crazy idea. At least, it might be a crazy idea. It could also be brilliant. We’ll see. But, at the heart of this crazy idea was a GIANT crocheted snowflake, which, to complicate things slightly, I wasn’t sure that I could actually make. But, never one to shy away from a …
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Christmas
Tutorial: Crocheted Snowflake Ornaments for Craftzine.com
My Crocheted Snowflake Ornament Tutorial—including the complete pattern, step-by-step instructions with photos, and a full crochet chart—is now available on CRAFT! Project: Crocheted Snowflake Ornaments My steel crochet hooks belonged to my grandmother. They’re nothing fancy—some are a little bit bent, and all of them are scratched up from years of use—but every time I …
My Yarn Garden
Around the holidays, you may have noticed that I got pretty excited about crocheting flowers. Though all of the brooches that I made have long since been given away as gifts, you can still see them all in one place here. Go ahead, check out my yarn garden! Vicky’s Lily Brooch Mom’s Rose Brooch Aunt …
Crocheted Teenage Angst
I made this hat as a Christmas gift for Stone, my awesome teenage cousin. Now, it’s been more than a decade since I last sported the big scrawled “A” in public, so I wasn’t sure if it was still, you know, cool. But, I was pretty sure that he didn’t want one of the crocheted …