Category: crochet

I made this afghan in 2012 to use up some scraps. It’s a giant granny square. The bright colours will cheer any room.

I am participating in The Crochet Crowd’s Stitch-cation Summer Crochet Challenge. Here are my first blocks using the “popcorn” stitch. In addition to learning new stitches for the blocks we are being challenged to use at least 8 different colours. I will make an afghan with all the blocks in this challenge.

The past two weeks we enjoyed a family vacation. The first week we spent it at my parent’s cottage and the second week we enjoyed my in-laws. As the children grow so quickly and we all have busy schedules during the school year, it is nice to slow down, unwind and catch up with family. I was very ambitious in the crochet projects I packed but I did successfully get the following worked on: Monster University’s Mikey Crochet Along   I wrote about Mikey on my craft blog, The Ruthless Crafter if you want to see where I got the

This past Winter 2014 I designed this Santa hat and beard for my 6 year old son based on the Cabbage Patch craze. It was the perfect hat for the cold winter that just passed. I created this pattern but did not write it down. To make it I mashed a few different patterns. Check out my Ravelry page to see more details on the patterns I referenced if you want to make your own.

This was a really fun crochet-along and the first one I’ve ever participated in by The Crochet Crowd. The final touches were the most fun as it became a family affair. Hubby came up with the idea of a uni-brow, Grandma J came up with the idea to make it fuzzy, and my 6 year old son wanted the mouth and teeth just so. Not sure you can tell but the bottom tooth is a half-tooth to represent my son’s new half-grown bottom tooth. Monster was completed July 29, 2014

On July 30, 2014 I completed my very first graphghan of Hello Kitty. I found the image chart online and designed the rest of the afghan around Kitty. I am very proud of how this turned out. It will be a gift for a friend.

Someone I know has skillets with metal handles. When I cook with them I always burn my hands. I saw this pattern online and knew it would be the perfect little extra gift for their Christmas gift bag. Thanks to Tasty Crochet for posting this FREE pattern. If you make it, remember to use cotton yarn as acrylic blends will melt with the heat!

In October my son’s Kindergarten class was learning about colours. To help them review they were asked to wear coordinating colours. One of the set days was Minion day (from the movie “Despicable Me”). What better excuse to make him a Minion hat to wear! Of course my daughter also wanted one. Thanks to this FREE crochet pattern from Crochet by Jennifer – they were very easy to make. I also had the kids wear blue pants and a yellow top so they looked like full body minions. Too cute. My 7 year old daughter chose the two-eyed minion option. She also