Scrap yarn crochet

In the wake of finishing a large project: in this instance, the beach blanket made/inspired by the Better Homes and Gardens Granny Square Sampler: there can be (quite literally), a lot of loose ends to take care of. In an effort to tackle the project detritus that has accumulated, I identified this coffee table: and […]

Oh, what a tangled web we weave!

I go through phases with my hair. Currently, I wear it just below my shoulders, and I find that a hairband is a wonderful accessory for keeping hair out of my face. I had no idea that my current hair style would lead to a crochet epiphany, but it has. Here is a photo of […]

My office has once again devolved into a kind of minor chaos the return of which seems unlikely to end any time soon. I am in the middle of switching from one cellphone to another, I have the center panel of my state fair project laid out on a paper template in the very middle, […]

I have, of late, been working (as I often do) to bring order to my work space and the innumerable tangles that unfinished projects create in an effort to pick up where I have left off and finish themselves. While I fight the forces of entropy I have also been making an effort to use […]

I am still in middle of my efforts to downsize my life and as part of that effort, I frequently find myself sorting through bins of things deciding what stays and what goes as I work at making room for whatever is next. My long time and regular readers may remember that this past December, […]

Nine days ago I began work on a project. It was supposed to be the first in a series of two pet mats, instead it became a basket. Here is a view of the interior: And here is a view from the side: So how did this happen? How did this project start as a […]

With the sangria granny square bag now consigned to crochet history, when I had time to crochet, I focused my attention on a long overdue blanket for a now little girl. I had gotten this far: when I found myself a bit stymied as to what color would come next. I liked the way the […]

Today was the first of March, and where I live, it came in like a lamb. With two months of finishing UFOs in my review mirror, I the first thing I did when I got to my crochet was to start on a project my oldest son requested: A kitty litter cat mat. Using this […]

Had I spent my entire weekend working on the kitty litter cat mat, I would have finished it. But I didn’t spend my entire weekend working on it. I got sidetracked, and instead of getting the border done and the ends woven in on the future kitty litter cat mat, I found that by the […]

When I first began this particular crochet journey, I thought it would take me two or three weeks at most. Then, when the first month past, I kept thinking I was one day, possibly two, away from finishing. I also though (mistakenly), that the more cats I made the easier they would become for me […]

When I first began this particular crochet journey, I thought it would take me two or three weeks at most. Then, when the first month past, I kept thinking I was one day, possibly two, away from finishing. I also though (mistakenly), that the more cats I made the easier they would become for me […]

One thing about crocheting with yarn scraps is that as soon as you think you have finished with one ball of them, another ball (or bag) of scraps appears to take their place. Which is where I found myself just as I finished the major crochet work on these three scrap yarn crochet cats, which […]

Truth be told, when it comes to yarn and “using what I have,” I have a lot to choose from. Some of it has been purchased, but a lot of it has been given to me. Over time I have become a kind of yarn repository, that place where you can unburden yourself of your […]

One of the things I love best about the late spring is that the days are still getting longer, and if the weather is right, I have more time to crochet en plein air with the daylight revealing the colors to me. One of the complications of the late spring is that we also sometimes […]

In the wake of finishing a large project: in this instance, the beach blanket made/inspired by the Better Homes and Gardens Granny Square Sampler: there can be (quite literally), a lot of loose ends to take care of. In an effort to tackle the project detritus that has accumulated, I identified this coffee table: and […]