food, crochet, merriment
Ok, admit it. When you first saw this cute little cracker crochet–was your first response, “NO WAY! That’s amazing!”
That’s exactly what I thought too. Lucky for me…
the pattern was easy enough…
that l fully intend…
to have a pond full soon!
Original pattern from Twinkie Chan
My mom made a potholder for me with a pattern like this and it has always intrigued me. Because I have loads of cotton yarn, once I found the pattern, I decided to try it.
It really is the perfect project to make while you’re listening to a podcast or audio book–which I do a TON–and you still want to keep your hands busy. It’s made all in one piece in a continuous round. Watch the video and you’ll get it real fast.
This is a great one for the Present Box–if you have one of those.
I used a 5mm or H hook–because I like it.
Go forth and crochet away!!
This sweet project was truly a labor of love that took nearly a year to complete. It was April’s turn to choose an afghan and she chose the pattern and all the colors. She really has the best eye for all that, so I was thrilled that she didn’t tell me to just wing it. That would have gone badly!!
I stitched the squares together with a simple single crochet. I know there are fancier ways to do it but this worked just fine.
The edge came from the deep ridiculous recesses of my brain and I’m sure I couldn’t do it twice–Haha. I just kept going around until it looked like I wanted it to.
In the end, we both thought it was perfect.
For you April….with love.
Mom
Original pattern is called the Island Time Granny Square by Mallory Krall
For Daney-boy’s birthday this year, I made him this Valentine’s garland for his mantle.
I know what you’re thinking…
“Why would a big burly dude like Dane want a froofy Valentine heart garland?”
Well, I’ll tell you.
See, this particular big, burly dude happens to lovvvve decorating for the holidays…
any holidays.
In fact, I’m sure, right this minute, he’s trying to figure out what I can crochet for Groundhog’s day or Harry Potter’s birthday or…or…or…
You get the point.
And you know what?
I’d probably do it too.
Because I have a special place in my heart for my sweet kids who all seem to adore making life a little more fun and having something magical to look forward to.
What I really hope is that they come by it…
naturally.
Note: The pattern I used is the Frilly Heart Coaster by Hygge Crochet Co.
I’m going to start this by saying that my daddy was a pastry chef.
He passed away about 17 years ago and we’re still at this very moment, trying to figure out what to do with some of his things.
That’s always the case, right?
You want to keep a thing but there’s really no room for it.
Or you don’t want to get rid of a thing but have no idea what to do with it.
Well, that is exactly the dilemma I was faced with. So many of daddy’s cake things that were a billion years old and not really usable but still had so much of him in them. You know?
That’s when a lovely idea struck me.
My dad loved decorating cakes.
Not me.
I’d rather poke myself in the eye.
But give me a crochet hook any day and then we’ll talk.
What if there was a way to smush the best of both worlds into something clever and unique for my entire family?
Could I possibly doooo that?
Turns out, I can.
Everyone chose their favorite color and POOF!
A little bit of Grampa and a little bit…
of me.
See those pretty wind spinners? Me.
See those ancient piping tubes turned into sweet little bells?! Grampa.
April–our color expert–didn’t tell me what colors to use. She sent me a few swatches so it would be perfectly perfect.
Lyndi chose green and blue. Kind of Earth Day-ish colors.
Jillian has always loved pink and yellow. They were even her wedding colors.
Of course Dane, our very patriotic patriot chose red, white and blue.
And Rhen–the die hard Vikings fan picked purple and yellow. The green and black are a nod to Bob Marley, no doubt. Haha.
Merry Christmas my sweethearts.
With love from Mom…
and Grampa.
Note: The pattern I used for this is Anemos Wind Spinner by Brunaticality