I seem to be a bit unfocused when it comes to my crochet. I have several projects going at once. It seems this is a common problem among yarners, especially if they are big projects. One of the big projects I have in my bucket is this beautiful Lighthouse Afghan that I purchased from Annie's [...]
Category: Crochet
Unconditional Love
Twenty five or thirty years ago, one of our aunts attempted to teach my sister and me how to crochet. My sister managed to stay with it, but I lost interest. I don't know why. I liked to read, and cross stitch, and I was active in a bunch of different things at school. I [...]
Ivy League Top
I spend too much time on Pinterest. This is just my crochet board. I know I'll never get to all the things I have pinned, but I have a lot of ideas for the Next Thing. One thing I am currently working on, though, is this top. Now, I don't speak or read Russian, so [...]
A Friendly Blanket
I was done after the Hat Project. That was what I told everyone. I was just going to push through to the end of October, and then life would go back to normal. And then I noticed this Wildlife Afghans book had a deer pattern, and I immediately thought of a good friend of ours [...]
A Little Blanket Edging
While I was working on the Hat Project, the ladies group at my church decided to work on its own project: prayer blankets to offer to members and friends of our congregation who might need a pick-me-up or reminder that there are people out there who care for them and are thinking about and praying [...]
The Hat Project
So you need some hats... I work with an American Heritage Girls troop, which I love. One of the girls in my troop started a service project in October 2020 to collect handmade hats to be distributed through one of our local soup kitchens, which serves about 2000 people in an average month. She was [...]