The magazine Simply Crochet has recently released a special edition, the Amigurumi Collection!
There are so many cute patterns that it’s more like a book than a magazine, and I definitely want to make a few of the items inside!
I’m honored that my hat pincushion pattern that Simply Crochet published back in Spring of 2014 made it into this new publication:
Thanks, Simply Crochet!
**Edit: click here to be taken to the Revelry pattern page.**
My yarn arrived a few days ago! I’m excited about the Comfy Worsted and the Chroma Worsted:
I’ve started the Coming Up Roses Hat with the Comfy Worsted. The blue yarn ran out so the border is grey, but I like it.
After 10 odd years of crocheting, this is the first time I’ve used the backwards single crochet stitch (I think it’s also called the crab stitch?), and it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I like the border it made and I think I’d like to use this stitch as a sturdy blanket border sometime.
Well, that’s all the yarny stuff. I’m happy to say that we finally got in touch with the landlord and they’re putting a new metal roof on the house and redoing the entire ceiling in the back room that had all the leaks. That’s all scheduled to start today so I hope they actually come… the unpleasant smell of the drywall/attic is permeating the house… blech.
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KnitPicks had (and may still have) a promo code that gave you a free ball of Chroma with a $25 purchase, so I took advantage of that (I’ve never tried Chroma, have you?). I bought yarn to crochet the Coming Up Roses Hat, and whatever’s left I’ll use to knit a Totoro Hat. Dunno what I’ll do with the Chroma yet; depends on how soft it is, etc. Here are the colors of Comfy Worsted and Comfy Worsted Heather Special Reserve that I purchased:
I got more than I needed but I wanted to play with the colors in person before choosing the pinks in particular. This is the Chroma colorway I got for free (called Sugar Cookie):
That’s all I’ve got for today. I haven’t done much for the past few days (as far as yarncrafts go) but I’ve got an idea for a future crochet blanket that I already have yarn for and a few other things, as well! I’m gonna have so many WIPs… How many do you usually have?
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It’s been 2 years since we started the As-We-Go Stripey Blanket Crochet-A-Long! Doesn’t seem like that long to me!
Click the link above to be taken to the free pattern, where you can view it online or download it as a PDF (there’s a photo tutorial version and also a shorter version for printing)!
And I owe a huge thanks to everyone who’s made the blanket (I was really surprised by the number of blankets out there, and definitely honored!) as well as to Julie, the author of the blog Little Woolie, for the pattern inspiration! Check out her blog for so much lovely stuff!
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Here’s a final photo of my dog on the blanket:
Already frustrated. Firstly with myself for spending almost $4 on a pattern that’s just treble shells (I should have noticed that), and secondly with my scarf, which isn’t looking like the one on the pattern page (although I bet blocking would help, but probably not that much). Thirdly because the photos aren’t doing the beautiful yarn justice.
I’m thinking about ripping this out. I’ve already spent hours on it already but the yarn is so great I want to use it for an item I’ll actually use. The yarn is from Welthase on Etsy, by the way.
*sigh* I’ll look up patterns on Ravelry and see what else I could make…
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