Cat Mad Crochet

Crochet ideas and inspiration for the independent crafter

  • End weaving continues

    End weaving continues

    Estimated reading time: 2 minutes First, a warning. The Shingrix vaccine is serious business. I want to believe I would be much farther (Side note: I like the word farther. I think it is underused. I’m going to use it here even though it seems to be a bit contested…

  • Review of Amanda Perkins Desirable Crochet Motifs

    Review of Amanda Perkins Desirable Crochet Motifs

    Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Most motif books are pretty standard: Here is a motif, here is a diagram of the motif, here are written instructions for the motif. If it’s a good book with respectable morals, there is a little chapter in the front about working with motifs and…

  • The edges take shape

    The edges take shape

    Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I have finished the main body of the wrap! For a minute, I thought the end points were going to be different, but no. I did it correctly. I am so very pleased with it and myself. The majesty of the unwoven ends is a…

  • The Violeta Wrap

    The Violeta Wrap

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Confession: I have no idea what I did with my time before I started to crochet. Obviously, I know generally what I did, but what did I do when I was sitting quietly? What did I do when I was watching television? Chatting with a…

  • No more frogging, but the ends are piling up

    No more frogging, but the ends are piling up

    Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I am over halfway done with this project! It turned out the last attempt is the final form for this wrap, and I am quite happy to have hit upon it and overjoyed with how it is going. Behold the number of ends I have…

  • A piece of nature to keep the horrors at bay

    A piece of nature to keep the horrors at bay

    Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Estimated rock hunting time: Unknown Hannah has found a very nice rock, which is not surprising because Hannah has been a rock collector since she was very young. She is a connoisseur of rocks that are pleasing to hold and enjoy, even if they are…

  • A frogging we will go!

    A frogging we will go!

    Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Oh Harbinger of Autumn, how you vex me! I had such dreams of the perfection I would create only to have those visions smashed by the reality of my own shortcomings! I have been frogging and reworking and frogging and getting very frustrated. I think…

  • Bright Star and its teasing crochet, part 1

    Bright Star and its teasing crochet, part 1

    Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Estimated time spent re-watching Bright Star over and over and then dreaming of the crochet: A lifetime It was the sort of wet, weird, sad weekend in which I find myself watching Bright Star again. Fine. Truth be told, I watched it twice. This time,…

  • A wrap takes form

    A wrap takes form

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I continued the story but departed the text! No simple stripes! No neat fade! Nope. Not for me. I’m doing my own thing inspired by Paul Klee’s work entitled The Harbinger of Autumn.  I like the different shades of purple and blue and the bright…

  • Too much time to plan is a dangerous thing

    Too much time to plan is a dangerous thing

    Estimated reading time: 5 minutes I have to make a wrap and make it fast. Because I am a fussy little princess about yarn, I have to wait for the yarn to come in the mail, taking up precious time, so I’m planning while I wait. What I know is…