Cat Mad Crochet

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For various reasons, I am taking my old blog down. It was a good place to learn about blogging and how I want to present myself to the world, but it’s time to let it go. However, I wanted to preserve the patterns I had posted there. There are seven of them. All of them are free.

This is a muff I made for my daughter. It features ribbed cuffs and a reversible center pattern. It is presented in traditional crochet notation.

This is one of my early and most successful patterns from the old blog. It’s an open, lacy wrap that works up nicely in many different yarn weights. I wrote this pattern to help people new to pattern reading and crochet learn how to read and understand patterns by providing the pattern in standard notation, in written out words, and in a detailed explanation of what is going on.

This was the first pattern I ever released. The title comes from the terrible time I had working out the math between the different stitch patterns. Honestly, I thought I was done with math when the college I attended had a non-lab science instead of math course requirement, but no. Math. It’s everywhere and so annoying!

This pattern is written in standard notation, fully written out words, and with an explanation of why I made the choices I did and/or what I is happening with the various steps in making the scarf.

My older daughter wanted a cowl and I wanted to play with the effect colors had as they interacted with each other. I used only red, purple, and dark gray, but they played so nicely with each other that it led me to another such project later. I made this with lace weight yarn. The pattern is presented in traditional notation, written out in words, and with an explanation for what is happening with each step. I really wanted to help people new to crochet get started with more complex patterns. It turns out, writing out patterns makes me deeply unhappy, so I stopped.

This was my color experiment after the cowl pattern. I held two strands of lace weight yarn together to work this, but it was a bit too open when I finished, so I fulled it just lightly. It’s warm and cozy and very colorful. I also really enjoyed seeing how each color reacted to the one beside it. Some colors look brighter, some more subdued, some more vibrant. It is presented in traditional notation, written out in words, and includes notes on what is happening with each step of the pattern.

I realized after the next shawl pattern that I did linked double crochets incorrectly, which is still hilarious to me. I can do them correctly now, and, thankfully, the pattern works either way. The pattern is presented in traditional notation, written out in words, and includes notes on what is happening with each step of the pattern.

This is a moss stitch scarf. It is a basic and happy pattern that yields a warm, colorful scarf. It is written in traditional notation, written out in words, and has an explanation of what is happening in the pattern.

I wish I had the stomach for writing patterns this way. There are so many new crocheters out there wanting to learn how to read patterns written in traditional notation, and I would love to help them. I also think working a more complex pattern while one learns how to read the notation makes for a more pleasing effort. If you are reading this and would like to partner with me on pattern writing, drop me a line. Maybe we can work something out. Or perhaps the blog will be successful enough that I can hire someone. Fingers crossed.

And there they are, the patterns from my old blog. If you have any questions, notice an error, or otherwise want to talk about any of them, drop me a line.

I wish you safety and security and a sense of peace now and always.