This granny square cacoon shrug was inspired by a pin my daughter sent me. The beauty of this pattern is that it's easy to do and easy to make in your particular size!
Simply start with a crocheted granny square and keep growing it until it's about 105cm wide. Then fold it in half and sew…
Ah the many uses for yarn.... if you can think it you can do it! My poor Martin guitar has been getting scuffed from the very worn out rubber that used to cushion it so nicely in its stand... so I looked at it, then looked through my yarn stash and...crocheted a comfortable cozy :)
I…
What do you do with a bag full of granny squares? Should you buy more yarn and crochet a blanket? A poncho? A scarf? A baby blanket? What to do....
Make a happy bag!
The inspiration for this project came while searching the term "granny squares" on Pinterest.
I dug into my bag of completed granny squares and…
ok, so maybe it's not actually a trivet, you could also call it a hotpad
An older friend of mine showed me a few crocheted bottle cap hotpads that his grandmother had made a long time ago, and he still had and used! So I'm guessing they were at least 50 years old? Anyway, I liked…
Inspired by a color scheme I found online called "Sunny Days" these 5 colors came together beautiful in a version of The Sunday Shawl pattern. I crocheted this shawl over a couple of weeks, working on it in the evenings and happily gifted it to a special friend of mine! But before I said goodbye…
I began following The Little Bee (Alia Bland) from New Zealand on Instagram after seeing so many beautiful renditions of her Sunday Shawl pattern there.
One day she offered a discount, so I purchased the pattern on Ravelry and saved it, waiting for the right color inspiration to hit me. It wasn't until my daughter gave…
This is a fast and easy dishcloth that works great. A perfect summer project!
Perfect summer project
Materials: Lily Sugar n Cream
Crochet Hook: Size H
Level: Beginner
Row 1 - Ch 35 sts
Row 2 - SC in 2nd chain from hook and across = 33 sts. Turn.
Row 3 - Ch 1. SC HDC, SC across. Turn.
Row…
My Amazing "Shale" Shawl
My circular motif shawl posing...
My second attempt at the Circular Motif Shawl using a solid color. Turned out great! And super soft.
3 skeins Yarn Bee SOFT SECRET in Shale
Size G Crochet hook
Pattern Link
I wanted a solid color shawl that might be a little more "dramatic." The cool thing about…
My First Circular Motif Shawl laid out pretty.
This is a Red Heart free crochet pattern that I learned easily by watching the Crochet Crowd's Mikey Small YouTube video which demonstrates step by step how to make this amazing shawl. Left to my own brain and a written pattern I doubt I could ever have figured…