The weather has been turning my mind toward hot sunny days - indeed, it was up to almost 70 in the sunshine yesterday - and this inevitably results in crocheting halter tops! I've started toying with a new design recently but couldn't resist diving into some old patterns too. After all, I had a half-finished... Continue Reading →
I've been working super hard since fall to expand, update, and improve my popular Elf Coat design and today I'm so pleased to announce that I have rolled out the updates for the new Elf Coat Pattern regular sizes (version: 2.0)! All of these updates have been applied to both the FREE blog versions of... Continue Reading →
Update! : To see all available sizes of the FREE Elf Coat pattern as well as all the add-ons to the design, please visit the Elf Coat FAQ page for links! One thing my popular Elf Coat Tunisian Crochet Pattern really needed was some pockets! We all love to have a place to stash our... Continue Reading →
True to form, I've circled back around to reworking an older design at almost the exact anniversary of it's original release. Five years ago in January I released the Boho Fringe Poncho as my tenth paid pattern. Today, I'd like to introduce this same design as it's been reformatted, tweaked for improvements, and released FOR... Continue Reading →
This classic pattern of mine from 2015 looked like the perfect project for my consistently-freezing self to whip up a few weekends ago, using a small stash of inherited yarn... believe it or not, I meant to make that face And as I am wont to do, I thought of some things this design needed... Continue Reading →
I loooooooove faux fur (and real fur when I can get it thrifted) so I happily bought a lot of Lion Brand's new Go For Faux yarn when it hit my local hobby store shelves, and have already used it in some of my new fall designs. The Thick 'n' Quick version is so bulky... Continue Reading →
The following is a ramble-y lead-up to my new FREE crochet pattern design, a super simple and warm triangular shawl with a touch of adventure - keep scrolling for the free Novella Shawl pattern or get the downloadable, printable, ad-free PDF in my Ravelry Store , Ko-Fi Shop, or Etsy Shop now! Backstory: Or, How... Continue Reading →
Fandoms come and go for me. If you've been reading this blog for long enough, you'll remember projects, photos and posts inspired by popular media and geek cultures - GOT and Harry Potter and Krampus to name a few! I've made Video Game Guys and Coralines and Pikachus for friends that may or may not... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I think I'm a really slow designer compared to other crochet artists out there! When I dream up an idea, and hone it down, it may still be months before I perfect it and apply it to a project satisfactorily, and then more time still to sculpt the pattern and create the materials to... Continue Reading →
Let's say for the sake of imagination that there's a story featuring an adventurous youth and his acerbic canine best friend, who live in a slightly macabre and trippy video game world and have adventures. We'll call it "Adventuring Friends." I think that in that world, they'd probably have a sentient portable video game console.... Continue Reading →
