Items of interest
I was thinking I have nothing to post about. Then I looked out the window and noticed this tree. It struck me that it looks very odd at this time of year. It’s a...
Category: crochet
A place of trust
It’s Thanksgiving. I’m cooking a pecan pie. A little later, will roast squash and brussels sprouts, make mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes. We are going over to a cousins’ house. Even so, I cook...
Tunisian crochet hats
In my slow study of routine over the past year-plus of pandemic isolation, I’ve come up with a special time of day I call “mindless mornings.” It starts after tea is prepared, or maybe...
Socks! And ball winder
I finished my first pair of socks! Made with crochet, using the Tipping the Scales pattern from The Crochet Project. It was a challenge. I had to frog the ribbing several times before I...
Tipping the Scales socks
It’s becoming a tradition to crochet something this time of year. I love Joanne Scrace’s and Kat Goldin’s The Crochet Project and this year they offered a mystery crochet-along for socks. Perfect! I’ve been...
Spun Gold shawl
I didn’t go to California for Becca’s birthday party. I really wanted to make her a gift instead, so I crocheted a shawl. Pattern: Spun Gold from The Crochet Project I love Ravelry. Finished...
working on
a baby blanket for the pizza man and his wife. Amazing how muscle memory retained how to crochet after so many years. The Midwife Blanket And it’s cold and going to get colder and...