Tag: crochet

A sad farewell to crochet

I tried resting my hands. I tried finding different ways to move my hands. I tried different kinds of hooks.

Random technique links from other people that I think look useful. I haven’t necessarily tried all of them. (If you

I’ve been playing with an idea. This isn’t it exactly, but it’s a sneak peek of something related.

Announcing the Katherine Whorl spindle hat pattern! (Payhip link) Many spindle whorls are decorated with little circles, and so this

This week’s regularly scheduled post isn’t going to happen (due to a confluence of personal events), so it’s a good

Last week, I was playing around with variations on the foundation base chain, and came up with this two yarn

What’s this fancy edging for this knitted swatch? Well, I started with this: The crocheters among you will probably recognize

I saw a link to a phototutorial for making this cast on on Pinterest, so I tried it out for

Here’s an interesting way of increasing to start knitting cables, from Luise O’Neill of Impeccable Knits. A tutorial for a

In both knitting and crochet, there are a number of places where one begins a piece by making a slip