I will admit it! My family LOVES a good cup cozy pattern. And it isn’t hard to see why. Practically a good cup cozy will protect your hands from the heat coming through your Starbuck or Costa takeaway cup, especially when made with cotton yarn. …
The Dala Horse is my very first mosaic crochet pattern! I am hoping it will not be my last. I have an idea for a blanket that is very much a ‘me’ blanket and I think it will turn out just gorgeous in …
The Basket of Apples corner to corner afghan block was designed as part of the Harvest Blanket CAL. This event was hosted by E’Claire Makery in November 2022. It was the second corner to corner project that I had designed for this event. The first …
When is a wine bottle cozy a go-to crochet pattern? Last year my husband caught me off guard. He called me from work to tell me we were going out for the evening. Turns out we were invited to a friend’s house the week before …
This Nordic Snowflake blanket is a great crochet pattern. It is as snuggly as it looks and uses corner to corner techniques. I have had the idea for this Nordic Snowflake blanket in my head for about 18 months now. The problem is that as …
Welcome to the Community Garden Blanket CAL. After the success of the Friendship Blanket and Bouquet of Flowers Afghan CAL I know that lots of you will love to give this one a go too! Why call it the Community Garden Blanket? This is another …
There are lots of free crochet blanket border s out there, but this one is definitely worth stopping to check out! It is an intermediate pattern, but only because of the dc2tog! But don’t worry about those! I have a photo tutorial for these stitches and …
Are you an avid reader? Is someone you know? If so, you can’t go wrong with making a bookmark. My daughter seems to think books are like WIPs – it’s fine to have 6 books on the go! It drives me bonkers just thinking about …
When Shannon from The Loophole Fox and Agat from Made by Gootie asked me to be part of their Harmony Blanket CAL I knew I wanted to use the bobble stitch to create a timeless but modern design. They had an idea to host a …
I found the zipper join while researching for the Community Garden Blanket CAL. I wanted a different type of join from the obvious single crochet or slip stitch join. A lot of people don’t like the joining part when it comes to assembling the squares …
Unisex crochet hat patterns – we need more of them! Do you agree? Despite it’s name, the Hannah Beanie is a unisex crochet hat pattern. So why call it the Hannah Beanie? I like to try to create ‘collections’ based on stitches or stitch combinations. …
This stag afghan is an easy corner to corner project …. really! It might be an afghan but until you get to the antlers there really is not a lot of colour changes at all! Once you reach the antlers there is not too many …
