The Georgian Cowl

I LOVE mosaic crochet!  I first learned how to do it a few years ago from designer Tatsiana of Lilla Bjorn.  I have been in love with it since.  I have so many drafts ideas in my sketch books it has gotten to the point that I do not know which one to start with.  Thank goodness for the practicalities of life that intervene and help us get down to business.  My local independent yarn shop wanted me to teach Learn to Mosaic Crochet.  Continue reading “The Georgian Cowl”

My Top 14 Favourite Crochet Blogs

Lilla Bjorn – Circles of the Sun (overlay Crochet)

I love to teach Learn to Crochet classes at my local independent yarn store, The Galt House of Yarn.  It is a really great experience and one I hope I don’t ever have to stop. (Of course things have been paused due to COVID-19, but I am planning for the future and am trying to get some WIPS done to have more project options for teaching.)  The course usually spans 3 classes, one Continue reading “My Top 14 Favourite Crochet Blogs”

The Braided Beanie

I am so excited to show you this!  I have been so busy working on learning, or trying to learn, WordPress and working on some larger projects that time has flown by and I have not posted anything.  I was also in dire need of a quick fix of “completion satisfaction” to motivate me to finish some of my bigger projects so I made this hat. It is worked from the bottom up and Continue reading “The Braided Beanie”

The Myra Scarf

The Myra Scarf

One of the things I love about teaching Learn to Crochet or any Crochet class is that you get to meet new people.  New people have new ideas and new requests.  My favourite request is when one of the ladies picks up a knitted project in the yarn shop or shows me a picture they have seen and asks “Can I crochet this?  Where do I get a pattern for it?”  This is the challenge…can I crochet this and put it into a pattern?  And so this pattern came from one such request. Continue reading “The Myra Scarf”