Everything’s coming up roses
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m doing an Irish crochet doily. The centre is white and the roses are a deep burgundy colour. Having experienced thread’s propensity to bleed, I got smart this time and soaked all 16 roses in salt water to prevent them from bleeding. Good thing I did too because […]
CAL – Flowered Doily
None of the 9 projects I started this weekend were entertaining me, so when one of the Yahoo groups I belong to suggested that we do a Crochet-A-Long (CAL) for this doily, I decided to participate. Well in my type-A way, I got the entire centre done before the project even officially kicked off. I […]
Clapotis is finished!
From Knit I really love the way my Clapotis ended up. I knitted it in Patons Decor in the Mountain Top Variegated, and it took about 3.5 balls on a 5mm needle. When I wear it, it goes finger tip to finger tip and about half way down my back. It’s the perfect length for […]
They Came They Saw They Ate
Usually when I have the Kingston weekend with Janette and Peggy, it’s They Came, They Saw, They Shopped. However this year had a different dynamic – The CrochetDude (Drew in “real” life) joined us. He flew up from Houston on Thursday and was entertained by the Toronto Hookups ladies. We started with a Romni […]
Comfortghan delivered :-)
From CrochetI took the comfortghan over to Michael and Gisele and they were both very happy with it. Michael settled right down and snuggled with it – getting hugs from all of his hookers Gisele and her daughter Kat took me out to a Hungarian restaurant (their heritage). Well suffice to say I blew the […]