I don’t talk about crochet all that much over here. Not because I don’t like to (I do and did it exclusively for years) but because I’m not often moved by crochet the way I am by knitting. I don’t know what that says about me. I should ask Dawn. She’ll know. Regardless, I was contacted by Gooch & Gooch to see if I’d like to review the book and raffle it off on CraftLit. I checked out the world of Kristi...

3GKindle+crochet patt on net +time=hat for Aussie boy hving ear surgery in LA. Hope to complete for weekend visit to LA w/Sam.

Yeeee heeeeeee. Here’s the link to the site I used to help me join the afghan squares. And here are some pictures of my work over the past 24 hours. You’ll see why I’m so happpeeeeee! The afghan–done! Brown is not my fave color (it’s SO 1974 in my mind…just one of those things) but it works. The Map o the World Afghan (the pattern is back at the Vogue site!!!)! I just finished Ireland–go green! Panel...

Ah! The new year! Last year I spent the First doing little more than spinning silk. This year I did that on the 31st. Heaven. Finished off a pile of Polworth from the last SOAR I went to. Light worsted. I have very little faith that I’ll be able to spin regularly this year either, but perhaps now that the wedding knitting is done… I have learned that ANY fiber prep has to happen during the cooler months. I just can’t seem to...