Crochet
Busy weekend
My hook was flying this weekend. I finished a comfortghan for a member of Toronto Hookups who recently lost a family member. The squares were donated by our guild members and I compiled them into the finished ghan. And my shawl seems to have drawn great interest from fellow crocheters. I’m almost half way done […]
Sirdar YoYo Shawl
Honestly, I’m like a little kid with a new toy. There’s nothing wrong with my old toys, but they get tossed back into the stash pile when something new comes along…lol I gave into the temptation and bought YoYo by Sirdar. I hesitated to buy it because the price was around $45/ball, but when you […]
Silly Sari Silk Scarf
I was minding my own business the other day, quietly sitting at a guild meeting when WHAM! These colours jumped out and grabbed me. Sitting there singing a siren’s song was a beautiful piece of recycled Sari silk. I had to have it. Never mind that it was $30 for one ball, it had to […]
Cro-Quilting
Quite a few people have asked me about the quilted afghans that I design. While they are a lot of fun to do, remember that each square is made of smaller squares, each with ends to weave in. One afghan I finished had almost 1000 ends to weave in. This is not for the faint […]
Heck and High Water came to visit
Ok, I know I said I wasn’t going to stop working on the other afghan come heck and high water, but that was yesterday. I just honestly don’t like it, so it’s like pulling teeth to work on it. I realized that Christmas was only 10 months ago (total rationalization here), so I went to […]