Oh, April! What a dreamy month. I love that the weather finally breaks and we get a beautiful background over which to celebrate Earth Day, or as many people are treating it now, Earth Month! My art has always incorporated lots and lots of recycling - for so many reasons. I love to use scrap... Continue Reading →
Today's offering is a free crochet tutorial for a peek-a-boo top that stars a sleek triangular cutout in the middle of the bust, a perfect silhouette in which to place fun features like crochet shapes or dangling decorations - or just let your natural charms show! I used my favorite glow in the dark yarn... Continue Reading →
Ah April! When the unpredictable (but sometimes actually nice) weather and the hope of longer, warmer days makes us all feel a little like fools, hopefully in a good way. For me, April usually marks the turning point of my business focus when I transition from winter projects to summer ones - and the first... Continue Reading →
So approximately 8 billion years ago, my very first post here on Morale Fiber Blog was the free pattern for the Lotus Mandala Throw Blanket. It's a doily-esque scrappy project that I originally designed in 2014, published for the first time in 2015, and is the predecessor to my now-popular Lotus Vest and Lotus Duster... Continue Reading →
Spring and summer always makes me eager to craft up cute festival items, despite the fact that I haven't gone to any events for over a year now. In the course of cleaning out my room while moving last month I happened upon a stash of teal upcycled sari ribbon and had to bust out... Continue Reading →
Despite the absolute buttload of snow that just got dumped upon my Midwestern home, I've already turned my mind to thinking about the magic of spring in the forest, getting excited for hikes on the not-yet-overgrown woodland trails to search for harbingers-of-spring, bones, feathers and other treasures waiting for the wild-minded. This means it's fingerless... Continue Reading →
I've always had a natural love of animals and being raised in the country meant I had a lot of exposure to all sorts of them - in particular I loved the white-tailed deer that would sometimes appear on the edges of the yard, majestic and graceful but powerful as well. Anyone raised around their... Continue Reading →
The latest of my older collection to get a remodel, the Simple Market Bag is ready for the big reveal! New photos and sizes and a great new PDF option: I'll try to keep the rambling short 😉 When this design first debuted on my blog as the Simple Stylish Market Bag, it was one... Continue Reading →
Just going to keep it short and sweet today, because I'm releasing a brand new full-length video pattern and I'm excited to get to the point! I wanted to do a video for my free Gnome Toboggan crochet pattern to help provide guidance through some of the trickier parts (like increasing in alternating fpdc/bpdc) and... Continue Reading →
For years now, the Gnome Toboggan has been my favorite everyday handmade winter hat. I've made tons of these squishy babies and I pop them on to keep my ears warm (or my bedhead hidden) for every activity from jogging to errand running to working outdoors. I originally designed this hat in 2016 but it's... Continue Reading →
