Little Blue Riding Hood

I was searching for cowls and scarves and winter whatnot when I saw this hooded cowl on Design Adventures. I thought "how cute is that" and showed it to my three year old who promptly asked me to make her one. So we went to the yarn store and I let her pick out a color. First she picked out gray since the one in the picture she saw was gray (sort of), but then she decided that she wanted this blue...

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Double Cable Fingerless Gloves

I've been adventurous and designed my own fingerless gloves. I tried the Brooklyn Pattern again from the last post with a different yarn; I made one and it looks better, but I just wasn't feeling attached enough to the pattern to make the other one. Instead I kept looking at the Spiral Molly Floves. I really liked the cable in that one, but I didn't want to make that same one again. So I broke off...

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Fingerless gloves round 2

I'm on a fingerless glove kick. I found this pattern from Crochet Dreamz. I really like how it looks in her pictures, but not so sure with how mine turned out. Maybe it's the yarn choice, I used Lion Brand Wool Ease. I think I'll try it again with a 100% acrylic yarn and see if that helps.I think the wool made the stitch lose some of its definition. Instead of a button I made up a little rose...

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First pair of fingerless gloves

The weather has started turning a little cooler and I've started thinking about winter. I've been finding all kinds of fun patterns for cowls (which I love) and also for fingerless gloves. I wasn't sure if I liked them, but apparently my sister-in-laws really like them and my mom is a fan too. I found this pattern for a pair of what she calls floves. They actually have half fingers which I like a...

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Intro to Sanity by Stitches

I'm experimenting with blogging about my crocheting in order to get feedback and advice. I'm pretty new at crocheting (and blogging) so we will see how this goes. I learned to crochet about three years ago when my daughter was born, then stopped, which happens a lot when I start something new. But recently I needed to find a way to be creative for a sanity outlet. I decided to pick up my crochet hooks again. I started to make baby booties since something is in the water at my church and...

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