I am finally finished typing up and can now offer to you two new crochet patterns! FREE for the making! Two things for warmth...one for your hands... And one for your shoulders... You could even crochet them with coordinating colors! Ooooohhhh....that would be fun! Both are simple designs using basic crochet stitches. I designed them for my beginning to … Continue reading Two New FREE Patterns to Crochet!
Category: Knitting & Crochet
A New Pattern: Roomy Tunic!
I've actually had this pattern out in my ETSY shop for a few weeks and just have not taken the time to let you know about it. I've been wearing mine and loving how it fits and how comfortable it is. The added cowl is just perfect for the cold weather we're having. This is a … Continue reading A New Pattern: Roomy Tunic!
What Do You See?
When it snows, I'm like a bear in winter. No, I do not sleep. In fact I sleep less than usual. But that is because I go into a kind of creative hibernation. So much of what I see just before and during the snowstorm gets translated into something I can touch and feel. It may seem … Continue reading What Do You See?
If Knitted Socks Could Speak
I'm thinking about socks these days. How much I like to knit them. How much I like to wear them. How they go so many places as they're being knitted. How they go even more places once they're knitted and on my feet. They seem to be the perfect humble work...both the knitting and the wearing … Continue reading If Knitted Socks Could Speak
Cast On
Here's where it all starts. Make a slip knot and begin. Cast on a desired number of stitches and then work the rest of the piece from there. There's no way around it really. You have to cast on. Even if it's only two stitches. Or two hundred. This is how we begin. Yet it … Continue reading Cast On
Fiber As Medium
Making lines with a pen is grand. Splashing on a little watercolor is divine. But drawing and painting with fibers seems to take artistic expression to a different plane altogether. Freeform crochet allows me to create lines for sure. As I choose the yarns in all their varied colors and textures, it's as if my … Continue reading Fiber As Medium
Dreamy Poncho Revisited
Several years ago I designed this poncho from leftover yarns in my stash. It is one of my favorite things to wear when the temperatures turn cool and is often a conversation starter. Sometime last year I started a second one using all greens and have just recently finished it. While it is still too … Continue reading Dreamy Poncho Revisited
Knature & Knitting
I often stand in a place of beauty and I see it in fibers. Wools, cottons, silks, acrylics pop out of the landscape or garden I'm viewing. Colors and textures get translated into yarns. And when I go to my favorite LYS I see them: the bright colors of cocks comb and cosmos, the lovely … Continue reading Knature & Knitting
Pssst…September Newsletter is out!
Here's a peek at something you'll see and read about in this month's Newsletter! You can get it here... But why not go ahead and sign up for it to come to you each month for FREE in your email-box! Lots of inspiration for your knitterly pursuits as well as the classes I'm offering this … Continue reading Pssst…September Newsletter is out!
Knitting Up the Un-Ravelled Sleave…
After last week's move of three kids into their new "homes", I've needed this week to mend. Oldest daughter is now happily situated at Wingate University for her final year. Middle son is LOVING his first days as a freshman at East Carolina University. And youngest is enjoying her new "big kid" room she moved into … Continue reading Knitting Up the Un-Ravelled Sleave…