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Off the Needles: The Kerchief Cowl

yaRRns By Sep 14, 2014 1 Comment

In some of the knit and crochet groups which I am a part of on Facebook, there is a thing called “Someday Sunday.” Someday Sunday is all about the patterns that knitters and crocheters want to make and some of the patterns have been gorgeous. I had my own Someday Sunday, The Bandana Cowl shared on the Purl Bee website. I…

Frog it or Finish it?

yaRRns By Aug 29, 2014 3 Comments

Hello to all my fellow hookers and knitters! The long weekend is here and it’s time to answer those critical questions about that project that’s been lingering on the hooks or needles…should we Frog it or Finish it? I have a hat that needs to be completed. Yes, it is another turtle hat and they DO work up quickly but I…

WIP Wednesday: It’s Scarf making time!

Last year The Bee asked me to make her a “ruffle scarf with Halloween colors.” I was surprised because when she requests a yarnthing it is usually the yarn thing that I am making for myself . Actually when I was making a ruffle scarf for someone else she made the frowny face which teens perfect and declared that scarf…

#HOTH: Heroes in a Half Shell

yaRRns By Aug 04, 2014 No Comments

HOTH is a new crochet term I use and it means Hot off the Hook. It being new means that I will be using the term until even I am sick of the term. You have been sufficiently warned. Ahem. Now then, I have had a pattern for a Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtle inspired hat in my Ravelry cue and…

On the Needles: The Diamond Dazzler

My WIP pile is beginning to get dangerously high and I am ready to either chuck it, frog it or stuff it into a bag until I forget about it. I keep starting and stopping projects because I have no discipline No clear crafting goals I just keep losing interest I mess up, get frustrated and then 3. Last week,…