How many neck tubes can one person make? This one is to match the hat that I made Jake for Christmas. It’s a ribbed half-double-crochet using bulky yarn. He decided he wanted the top a little more narrow than the bottom….when I was already done making the width of the… Read More »Orange Cowl
I like these weird little deeply scalloped capes often seen in illustrations of medieval clothing for upper-middle-class people. Sewing one would simply be too easy a method for achieving an interesting and precise scallop shape, so I decided to try and crochet one instead. Without a pattern. It took several… Read More »Medieval Scalloped Cape Crochet
It has been a very bad week. For the world and for me personally, the past two weeks rank among the worst. Crochet is a small comfort, and the product is comfortable too. I joined a knitting circle at my local library for the winter to get me out of… Read More »Crochet Bubble Cowl
Spring is almost here! What a roller-coaster of a winter. Mostly absent of snow, we’re finally getting a few big storms towards the official solar end to the season. After several days in the 60s in February I thought maybe I was too late in making this gift of a… Read More »Purple Cowl
Getting back into crochet with my best rectangle yet! I made a color-blocked winter cowl. In an attempt to get a better handle on the basics, I made this entire cowl using single-crochet stitch, with an emphasis on consistent tension and as straight an edge as I could manage. I’m… Read More »Winter Crochet Cowl