Over the Thanksgiving holidays, my 9yo daughter made her first crocheted doll. She kept begging me to show her how to make one, and I thought she was ready. I started her off simple, the only thing she needed to know was single crochet, how to increase, and how to decrease. No written pattern was […]
I’ve really been enjoying Sarah’s scarf, which she’ll be calling windblown leaves, I think the name is appropriate. During the process of creating this scarf my daughter got to see me “practice what I preach” , which is…Never give up! I faced a few obstacles (mainly because I’m not as knowledgeable about crochet as knitting) […]
I’m pleased that the scarf I’ve been crocheting is actually looking like it’s supposed to, yes I fixed my silly crochet mistakes. In the above picture, I still had made a few errors, on the third row, but I’ve since corrected them and crocheted a few more rows. I’ll post pictures either later today, […]
I really enjoy tackling challenging projects… I was still having issues crocheting the double double treble group, so I looked at the scarf on the patten test, and figured out a few things I was doing wrong. Also helpful, was revisiting Sarah’s pattern testing post. I remembered that she had done small swatch, for another […]
I stumbled upon triple treble crochet by accident.. Last December, when I l learned to crochet, after learning the basic stitches I just did my own thing. I called it ‘playing with stitches’. While playing with stitches, I would do various yarn overs, to see how it would look. It was a lot of fun […]
The past few weeks have been extremely busy completing clients projects, fall gardening, canning, back to school, soccer practice, and numerous other activities that had to be accomplished. But I’ve still managed to weave my fiber arts into my busy schedule. The featured dress below, was made last evening while my daughter and I were […]
Last year, I discovered Ravelry. Ever since that discovery, it’s been my “go to” forum for crochet and knitting news. By the way, you can find me there as OpalT, The site is chock full with patterns, a variety of forums, and so much helpful advice that it’s become a valuable resource for anything crochet […]