Reading Time: 12 minutes See if this sounds familiar. You found a great pattern, the blanket is adorable, the yarn is delicious, and you’ve got a fresh Diet Coke waiting for you and nothing else on the calendar. Netflix is…
Reading Time: 9 minutesWhen you think of a handmade gift, what comes to mind? Macaroni and glue? Fingerpaint smudges on construction paper from your three-year-old? Both solid options if you hate the person. But let’s focus on some handmade crochet…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Your blanket is done, or it’s close enough to done that you’ve been calling it done for four days while it sits on the arm of your couch collecting pet hair and side-eyeing you every time…
Reading Time: 6 minutes It started like every other crochet pattern you’ve ever done. You were minding your own business, following along with something that seemed totally reasonable, and then it just said “puff stitch” like that was a complete…
Reading Time: 6 minutesSo slight confession. I’m kind of addicted to bags. I guess it’s a girl thing. We like purses. We like decorative ways to carry all our crap around with us. But I also love crochet, and I’ve…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Congrats! You actually finished all your granny squares. You sat down with some yarn and a hook and approximately forty-seven open browser tabs (two of which have music playing that you aren’t sure how to mute)…
Reading Time: 7 minutesHey. Yeah, you. Come sit down for a second. I’ve been crocheting since I was 13. My mom handed me a hook, showed me the basics, and then essentially said “good luck” and wandered off. What followed…
Reading Time: 5 minutes So you’ve been crocheting for a minute now, maybe finished a few projects, and someone mentioned adding a “crab stitch border” to clean up those edges. And you thought, “What the hell is a crab stitch,…
Reading Time: 6 minutes Have you ever just wanted something homemade on your couch that didn’t have craft fair energy? Or scream “I made this at midnight in my basement while hiding from my kids”? Same. I wanted a pillow…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Magic rings show up in every pattern that works in the round, and if you don’t already know how to make one, you’re just stuck there at step one while the pattern assumes this is something…
