When I sew with leather, I usually stick to using my sewing machine and simple leather crafts. When Kimberly from Straight Stitched Designs asked me to teach a hand sewing leather project at her Maker’s Retreat this past fall, I was excited to learn another side of leather. It didn’t take long for me to…
Today we’re taking a little detour from my crochet basics series, and putting the skills we’ve already learned to make these fun bubble puff crochet garlands! You can make them in any size, in any chain to bubble puff ratio you want! They’re great for different occasions, and they can use up scraps of yarn…
I’ll admit…it’s an ongoing process to recognize being a food allergy family as a blessing rather than a curse during food holidays, like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter…pretty much every holiday. 😉 It means we usually have dinner with just our family of five, but I love how it’s brought us closer in many ways. We also…
This post is sponsored by WeCrochet. Check out their beautiful yarns and hooks at crochet.com! For this lesson in my Crochet Basics series, we are learning how to double crochet and make a beautiful infinity scarf! If this seems like a big jump in skill level from the bows we made in lesson two, both…
If you have been following along with my Crochet Basics Series, I have released the first two lessons: How to chain stitch and how to single crochet. To show you that you can really make something fun and useful at ANY level of crochet, I have rounded up 18 projects you can make with just…
This is lesson two in my Crochet Basics series: How to single crochet! After you learn this stitch, I show you how to make a cute bow in almost any size, that works great as a hair bow or a bow tie. This project builds upon the first lesson: How to chain stitch. So, if…
Have you been wanting to learn how to crochet, but just getting started seems overwhelming? I am SO excited to kick off this Crochet Basics series to teach you how! The learning curve for crochet can sometimes feel pretty steep, so I’ve broken it down stitch by stitch, video by video. And then we make…
