Crochet ideas and inspiration for the independent crafter

  • Thursday on the Covid train

    Thursday on the Covid train

    Estimated reading time: 1 minute With apologies to AA Milne, I present my little Covid poem. There is a window where I sit There isn’t any other quite like it It isn’t open to the outside Behind its glass I must now hide Quarantined yet again Covid is a horrid…

  • Crochet in Pushing Daisies, Pie-lette

    Crochet in Pushing Daisies, Pie-lette

    Estimated reading time: 6 minutes When I watch TV, watch is really a loose term that mostly means I was in the room while the TV was on, but I was probably crocheting. The exception to this is the one hour of every day when I call upon myself to…

  • Crochet calculators

    Crochet calculators

    Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Let’s talk about crochet calculators! I see mentions of them here and there, but I have never used one because, despite hating it with my whole entire soul, I feel safer doing the math myself. This is not because I believe I am particularly good…

  • Review of The Beaded Edge

    Review of The Beaded Edge

    Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I like to take on new challenges in my crochet projects, from stitch patterns to beading to new techniques. I will admit that I struggle with borders. I know they are necessary to create a finished looking piece, but I do so hate them because…

  • The Charlotte Wrap

    The Charlotte Wrap

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I’m done at last! From my original inspiration of Paul Klee’s The Messenger of Autumn to a finished wrap this has been a fun creative journey! Though I scraped my plans for a marled moss stitch point to side wrap with inset flowers pretty quickly,…

  • 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…