Beanie

Welcome to Week 2 of the Stash Busting Challenge! If you’re just dropping by for the first time, this is an awesome event put together by Janne of Joy of Motion and Hortense of Knitting with Chopsticks where we work through our stashes of yarn and put it to use. Every week in April, a …

Are you ready for a challenge?!    The lovely Janne of Joy of Motion and Hortense of Knitting with Chopsticks have put together a great way to use up all our stashes on fun and useful projects: The Stash Busting Challenge! We all have a stash of leftover bits and bobs of yarn that we …

Looking for a new crochet hat pattern? As I refreshed all the pattern pictures for my own beanie designs, I realized how much I love wearing beanies. I always liked the way they looked on me, but maybe it was sitting down to get so many product photos that made me really excited about having …

I love knitting, but sometimes, I just don’t want to spend hours on a blanket or an intricate pattern. Sometimes you just want to start and finish a project in one day. A few weeks ago, I decided to come up with a pattern that I could use all the time without worrying about time, …

My love affair with velvet yarn continues this week with a new crochet beanie pattern! Last week, I shared the pattern for my Tempest Beanie, a velvet dream of bobbles. Because velvet yarn really works so well with textures and raised stitches, I wanted to make something that felt a little more refined with my …

Picture this: you’re working on a beanie with the most gorgeous pattern. You’ve followed all the steps, it’s the right size, and you used your warmest yarn to make this extra special beanie that you’re actually going to keep for yourself. Then you go to try it on –and your chain is so tight you can’t …

It’s beanie season and while I’ve shared a few beanie patterns, I wanted to talk about crochet hat sizes. The first several crochet hats I made looked perfect but never actually fit the person I would make it for. I made one of my friends a hat and needed to redo it three times before …

I love coasters, and these crochet coasters are a combination of some of my favorite things. The other day, my cork coaster just crumbled and since I couldn’t stand the thought of putting a drink onto my desk with a coaster underneath it, I whipped up these cute little watermelon slices with some cotton yarn. …

I was thinking about a few different patterns to post today, and although I had some new ones ready to go, I kept coming back to the beanie I made over the summer. It’s thick and warm, and I can’t get over the looked of the raised ribbing. It was way too hot for it …