Blog Posts - Yarn

Shades of Green Knit Afghan ePatternFeeling a bit green or maybe a bit Irish? How about knitting your favorite afghan in different shades of green to match your decor or just to have your favorite color afghan in your home.The Shades of Green Afghan...

Krosno do plecenia kwiatów, flower loom , hana ami, motif matik nazw jest naprawdę wiele, ale wszystkie łączy jedno stworzysz na nich przecudowne kwiatuszki. Cena takiego krosna nie jest duża, ale zanim zdecydujesz się na zakup warto najpierw s...

Krosno do plecenia kwiatów, flower loom , hana ami, motif matik nazw jest naprawdę wiele, ale wszystkie łączy jedno stworzysz na nich przecudowne kwiatuszki. Cena takiego krosna nie jest duża, ale zanim zdecydujesz się na zakup warto najpierw s...

  Happy International Women’s Day!  Photo credit: Jeff Lipsky You know, I love me some girl power and I love me some yarn bombing so this event made me smile. To celebrate International Women’s Day & National Women’s History M...

This Easy to Crochet Scarp Yarn Afghan highlights your colors with a V-stitch. I used up my scraps of Caron and Bernat Yarns but this would be pretty using multiples of 3 or 4 colors and alternating them. You can crochet this free pattern in any...

In my last post I mentioned that I'm making a "scrapghan". It's an afghan that I'm using my "scraps" to make, well, and some other skeins that I've had to use to make the colors cohesive. I've basically been doing a variegated and solid and keeping w...

As a child of the 70’s,I remember walking into my friends homes as seeing huge woven yarn wall hangings of macrame against dark,brown wood paneling. Sometimes they were in an animal shape like an owl, and other times they were free-form full of...

I finally finished my poncho the other day and decided to whip up a floppy hat to go with it. I take terrible selfies so no photos of me in it. I love how warm it is.I'm currently working on a "scrapghan", an afghan made with my yarn scraps. It's loo...

Categories: DecorTags: backdropsbouquetsbudget-friendly ideascolorful decorfavorspompomswedding decoryarnyarn decoryarn wedding    Yarn is a great material to use it for wedding decor: it’s budget-friendly, simple to handle an...

Crocheted snowflakes are the perfect kind of snowflake! No shoveling, no slick roads, no cold. In fact crocheted snowflakes put together into an afghan can be very warm and cozy, and perfectly delightful to have in a pile in your living room. Afte...

 I've made some progress on my poncho this past week. I finished the front and am now 1/4 way through with the back. I can't wait to get it done so I can piece it together and finish it.I'm testing this post on my tablet, to see how easily I can...

Last fall, I had the intention of using up leftover yarn from this afghan to make a shawl. So I started crocheting my latest favorite stitch, the diagonal box stitch seen HERE and HERE, which starts at one corner and grows into an ever larger triang...

Cotton balls  czyli bawełniane kule , hmm jakoś niezbyt fajnie to brzmi po polsku ,  to obecnie dekoracyjny must have. Uważam , że są bardzo ładne i miłe dla oka, ale jakoś niezbyt chciało mi się je robić, niestety  albo i s...

I have been wanting to make an organizer for my crochet hooks ever since I got my new cushion grip hooks. I checked out a few patterns and then decided to just wing it and come up with my own.It didn't take me very long to make, a couple of hours yes...

One-Skein Baby Projects Crochet PatternsQuick to Crochet baby projects is just what we need sometimes to make up inexpensive items for a baby shower or a gift for a friend or family member.  This year we're in baby mode because of all of the new...

ColorScope Tool for Yarn Projects If you are not sure which colors of yarn or how much to use for your next crochet or knitting project a cool tool to try out for under $10 is the ColorScope tool. It can help you select colors and what proportio...

Flower Pot Scrubbies to Crochet - Free PatternThe pot scrubbies make incredible homemade gifts!  Add them in with a gift bag along with towels and other kitchen accessories.  It use to be when crocheting a pot scrubby you would have to purc...

Starlight Afghan ePatternYou’ll love this Crochet Peppermint Swirl Afghan and it will look fabulous in your home for the Holidays! The Starlight Crochet Afghan pattern is a holiday crochet favorite. So when Leisure Arts sent me the ePatte...

Textile downfall Pakistan 2015 – A couple of days before, I was reading local newspaper mentioning major downfall in textile industry. It was a huge loss to Pakistan’s economy. More than 30 Textile #Mills are totally shut down and 50+ h...

Now that I have fully settled into and embraced apartment living (because of awesome things like when I told them my screen was damaged, went to work, and came home to a new screen!), I’ve also learned that certain things are more important to...

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