My Next Big Project

Awhile back, I bought yarn to make a blanket for Brad. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with it. Today, I made it my mission to figure that out. In my search, I came across a video showing how to work this pattern. Brad likes the look of the Jacobs Ladder. I

Crochet mentors

List the people you admire and look to for advice… There are three main people in the crochet world  who I admire the most and look to for tips and advice.

What have I been working on?

Here are some of the things I’ve done over the past couple of weeks. Brad had a couple of jobs yesterday that were about two hours away. I went with him and stay in the truck while he worked. I made these cute pot scrubbers. I like the cute swirls. I made MIL a rainbow

Update: Susan Bates Hooks

I posted a couple of weeks ago about getting a Susan Bates hook to try. I wasn’t sure I was going to like it, but promised to come back with my review. As you can tell from the picture above, I now have all the sizes! I was shocked at how much I liked the

Technology upgrades in the marketplace

How has technology changed your job? Technology has changed infinitely since my first job back in 1985. Back then I was keeping the books for my grandparents’ resort. We didn’t even have a PC in those days, so all the records had to be kept on paper and stored in filing cabinets. All communication had

New stitch patterns

I’ve been working on new stitch patterns today.

Taking it to the next level

My crochet journey is getting ready to go to a whole new level! Brad bought me this stitch dictionary. It’s amazing. Not only does it teach 125 stitches, but it also teaches the increases, decreases, and shaping patterns so I can learn how to make things in all shapes and sizes, not just squares, rectangles,

Basket Weave Stitch

I learned the basket weave stitch today. This is one of the stitches I have been putting off learning. All those front and back posts really seemed daunting. It really wasn’t as hard as I expected it to be. Now I have to decide if I want to put it into a larger scale project,

Crochet and craft of course!

What do you wish you could do more every day? There are so many creative things I want to make! If I worked twice as fast or had twice as much time, I still don’t think I would run out of things I want to make.

My First Susan Bates Hook

I got my first Susan Bates Hook today. Now that I have taken it out of the package, I am much less confident I am going to like it. For the two years I have been crocheting, I have used Boye hooks or an off brand tapered hook. I have heard so many crocheters rave