Musings on Crochet, Amigurumis and Geekery.
Free patterns and tutorials of some things I’ve crocheted.
Remember your favourite shows when you were a kid? Ah, fond memories. I wonder how many were actually super annoying for our parents to watch with us? (I'm looking at you, Barney and Caillou.) I was fortunate enough to grow up with such Canadian classics as Fred Penner, Mr. Dressup, Polka Dot Door, Today's Special… Continue reading A Crocheted Mochi
Get it?? Pointless??? Cuz it's a circle. Ah, puns. Anyway, here is the latest shape-themed pattern. This one is a circle made from single crochet stitches in spiral rounds. The largest circle I've made using this pattern is 18 rows (which is a decent sized circle), but I've calculated the number of single crochet increases… Continue reading Guaranteed to be a Pointless Endeavour
Ok, on to more shapes! This one is a rectangle, and you can tweak it to be as long as you want. (Do you already know the dimensions of your desired rectangle? Scroll to the bottom to figure out the exact pattern you need!) Just like the square pattern, you work this one in rows… Continue reading More Shapes: A Rectangle
Whenever I look at the completed projects section of my Ideal Sphere page on Ravelry, I love how people have incorporated it into a huuuuge variety of projects! For a while now, I've wanted to go back and make more basic shapes for people to use as a spring board. And now I am! Yay!… Continue reading An Ideal Crochet Square
Well, Canada Day is right around the corner. This Canada Day, of course, is special because it's 150 years since confederation. If you'd rather not say "Happy 150th, Canada!" (because age is just a number after all) you can always go with "Happy Sesquicentennial, Canada!", because silly words are more fun to say. My Dad… Continue reading (Crochet) Maple Leaf Forever
Summer is here, the weather is beautiful, and people are Pokemon-Go-ing all over the place (myself included). It's been a relaxing first few weeks of summer, and I've had a lot of fun doing various creative thingies again (which I plan on posting about). Things may be fine in many of our safe bubbles, but the… Continue reading A Little Rainbow Love
*whoosh* *swings open saloon door and saunters in with crochet hooks* Just kidding. I've actually been here all along, I've just been working busily away at teaching and really not finding as much time as I've wanted to crochet. You know how you go through these spells where you don't crochet in a long time… Continue reading Inspiration and a Personalized Sphere
Woah, my desk is a mess. Although, maybe I prefer calling it 'controlled chaos', for, even though it is piled high with craft/school/financial/amigurumis/sewing machine/garbage/other random stuff, I still managed to find some partially finished scribbles of my Totoro pattern that I started a year and a half ago. Woot! (Random pattern scribbles complete with genuine… Continue reading A Totoro Pattern
So, I have to admit, I've been having an enjoyably busy(ish) couple of weeks. I'm well into my teacher's education program and I'm really enjoying it! I'm excited for the part where we get to go into a real high school class and actually get some hands-on experience teaching. That sounds like an awful lot… Continue reading A Little Queen Anne’s Lace
I went on a bit of a flower making binge recently. It was inspired by the fancy wooly goodness that I bought a little while ago. I decided that I wanted some sort of flowery scarflette thing for fall (and ohmygoodgravy it is certainly feeling so delightfully fall today). So, I turned to my good… Continue reading Flower Power
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