Road atlas paper beads and blue goldstone highway beads make up this Road Trip Necklace. This is my first set of paper beads and I can’t wait to make more!
Month: August 2017
The Story (and pattern) of a Crochet Ribbed Hat
This is the Stephen Hat, a crochet ribbed hat. I followed a fairly typical pattern and ran into some typical crochet problems along the way. What follows is the story of this hat and my own crochet journey in six parts.
Honey Buzzzz Scarf: Free Crochet Pattern
This is the Honey Buzzzz Scarf, a free crochet pattern I designed for the launch of Trainee Hero Crafting. I wanted to make a scarf with some open work and a bit of texture. After brainstorming and perusing stitch dictionaries, I decided to alter and combine a honeycomb stitch and a honeycomb trellis stitch, as named in one of my stitch dictionaries. Hence the name “Honey Buzzzz Scarf.”
Yarn Stash Lamp: Craft Your Craft Room Lamp
Meet the yarn stash lamp! This is an upcycled yarn-covered lamp for my craft room. Crochet chains cover the lamp, decorating it in the colors, texture, and character perfect for a craft room! I will share how to use your yarn stash to create a fun, one-of-a-kind lamp for crafting spaces.
Unraveling a Sweater for the Yarn: 6 steps
When I was in college, an older woman in my neighborhood confided conspiratorially to me as I admired her knitting, “do you know where I get my yarn?” I thought she was going to tell me about a hidden yarn shop in a nearby town. I wasn’t prepared for her revelation to change my crafting world “I unravel it from sweaters I buy at thrift stores.” A sweater’s worth of yarn for $3.99?! Later that day, I bought several sweaters at Value Village, took them home, and began to unravel them. I remember the long snakes of kinky blue yarn all over the living room of my apartment! What a mess! But unraveling was fun and I did feel good about recycling the yarn and getting some great blue wool.
Works In Progress: 5 Reasons for Abandonment
I have a box of secret shame in my craft room. This box is full of good intentions that met various life obstacles. It contains a tangle of gorgeous yarn and half finished projects. You guessed it: it is my works in progress box. Over the years, it has grown from a small basket, to a basket and a bag, and then to a basket, a bag, and an IKEA Lekman bin. I call them “works in progress,” but let’s be real: I have not worked on most of them for years. They are not in progress. They are abandoned. Works in abandonment.