Crochet
Shoemaker’s Daughter
I am always making blankets for other people – weddings, births and countless Heartmade Blessings comfortghans for people going through difficult times. I’d say I’ve made over 20 afghans in the last two years. And given them all away. It’s gotten a bit cold here at night, so when I went to get out my […]
Ho Ho Ho!
In honour of the two snowflakes that fell in Toronto today, I thought I’d post the pattern for my Tunisian Christmas decoration that I taught in Kingston, so here you go! The good news is that the class went very well, with the majority of the hookers finishing their Ho’s…sorry couldn’t resist!
Patons Soy Wool Stripes Purse
I finished the Tunisian messenger bag today. I blocked the heck out of it to reduce the curl and then I knitted a facing instead of crocheting one – it made it much easier to have a proper turn. From Crochet I used 6 balls of Patons Soy Wool Stripes. Not a cheap purse by […]
Christmas Countdown
I’ve started early (or late depending on your point of view and degree of delusion) for Christmas this year. I’m teaching two Tunisian crochet classes in Kingston next weekend at Wool-Tyme, and as always, I’ve designed a piece for the class to do. I know that they won’t be able to do the big-Ho in […]
To Felt or Not To Felt
I’m almost done designing a Tunisian purse with Patons SWS. I thought I’d try an experiment to see how it felts. From Random Shots Update: I definitely am not felting this one. I really didn’t care for how it turned out, but it did make a much thicker fabric than I was expecting. It lost […]