by jsthreads | Jan 10, 2021 | Crochet |
When I found out the Mattel Child toy I received for Christmas was the same one that people were customizing, I thought it would be fun to find a little crochet hat pattern to make him a hat. However, outside of a super cute knit Santa hat, I was having a hard time...
by jsthreads | Nov 25, 2019 | Crochet |
I recently completed a beautiful crochet along (CAL) that I wanted to highlight on my blog. What is a CAL, you ask? It’s where a group of people, usually over the internet, work on the same project at the same time. I came across this particular CAL and group on...
by jsthreads | Oct 7, 2019 | Crochet |
According to Amigurumi Today, amigurumi is “the Japanese word which describes small knitted or crochet stuffed toys, often in the shape of characters, animals, mini foods, household objects, and scenery.” I first started crocheting amigurumi almost 10...
by jsthreads | Sep 16, 2019 | Crochet |
This week, I thought it would be helpful to talk about yarn weight! Besides coming in all sorts of colors and textures, yarn also comes in different thicknesses, called weight. You can find the weight of the yarn on the label of a skein (another term for a ball of...
by jsthreads | Sep 2, 2019 | Crochet |
To kick off officially integrating crochet into my blog, I thought it would be fun to start September off with a pattern round up! For those of you who might not know what a pattern round up is, it’s basically a collection of themed patterns. I spent the latter...
by jsthreads | Jul 1, 2019 | Crochet, Interview |
Earlier this year, I came across a really neat Etsy shop, OvertonFancies. I saw an article on Facebook about the life size dragon pattern in this shop and was curious to see where it came from, and when I looked through the other listings in this shop, I was blown...
