Free crochet pattern: Waves of Gray
Here’s another quick and simple pattern for anyone with a skein of yarn and a cold neck: it’s my second free Ravelry download pattern, and I hope you like it. I decided on the name of it about halfway through, [...]
Read MoreRecycled jeans & plastic container gift box
I hate to throw away plastic containers, so I recycled another one to make a cute gift box for homemade cookies this Christmas. I also used a pair of old jeans which had become holey in the knees, so it’s [...]
Read MoreFree crochet pattern: Waves of Gray
Here’s another quick and simple pattern for anyone with a skein of yarn and a cold neck: it’s my second [...]
Crochet bolero (not Canyonero)
For some reason, when I see the word ‘bolero’ it makes me think of that episode of The Simpsons with [...]
Simon Cowl
Ha! And indeed ha. OK, joke finished. This project was made because I had only 1 skein of gorgeous Manos [...]
Free crochet pattern: Icy Hombre Poncho
My old poncho had gotten so much wear recently that I decided to make a new one. I wanted something [...]
Recycled jeans & plastic container gift box
I hate to throw away plastic containers, so I recycled another one to make a cute gift box for homemade [...]
How to make a wine cooler from an old sweater
Oh how I do love to recycle old things and turn them into new things. This wine cooler is actually [...]
iPhone-friendly mittens
My hubby says these mittens look like crocodile hand puppets, so at least I have some way of entertaining random [...]
Rose brooch
Just a really quick little project to while away a few minutes one evening: it’s one of the 100 Flowers [...]
Kitty cat bed
Eeek! I just realised I had not added my cat bed to this here blog when I should have, so [...]