I’m a bit late posting this beautiful afghan. It was a Christmas gift for my son’s girlfriend. She has a huge thing for black and white buffalo plaid and I thought it would make a great gift. As usual though …
Category: What’s Hookin’

Finished Object Friday – Hufflepuff Baby Blanket
I finally finished a project! It’s been a few months but this one needed to be done before the end of October. I made another Harry Potter / Hogwarts baby blanket for a family friend. This time it was a …
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FO Friday – baby afghan, play food and a toy hammock
Whew! It’s been a very busy month but I was able to finish up a few odds and ends and even a new baby blanket. I had family visiting from Arizona last week and used that as my motivation to …
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WIP Wednesday – Snowflake afghan and play food
I might have mentioned that I’m trying to work through a bunch of old projects that have been sitting around for YEARS, yes, YEARS! Right now I’m hoping to get this snowflake afghan done for my daughter for Christmas. Yeah, …

Finished Object (FO) Friday – Minion freezer pop coozies
I’m slowly, very slowly, working my way through old half-finished projects. These Minion freezer pop coozies have been almost done for several years. All I needed to do was sew the eye on and add the mouth. It took me …
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Finished Object (FO) Friday – Pink ripples and Pokeballs
I actually finished this afghan at the beginning of the year and only now finally took pictures. This was supposed to be a Christmas present for my sister-in-law but as you can tell it hasn’t made it to her yet. …
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Color Block Mug Rug
I made a set of blue mug rugs over the summer but never finished weaving in ends of course. I loosely based them off of my favorite placemat pattern. I figured it was about time I wrote up the pattern …

Traveling Designer
If you have kids I’m sure you’ve heard of Flat Stanley right? He’s a paper cut out that gets sent from one family member or friend to another with his picture taken with them before they move on to the …

FO Friday – Cute as a Button Baby Blanket
I finished a project! Hooray! This is the Cute as a Button Baby Blanket test I did for Darleen Hopkins. The pattern isn’t quite ready to be published yet but I just couldn’t help sharing it with you today. I …

Work In Progress Wednesday – Afghans, pattern testing and a table runner
It’s been quite a while since I’ve done a WIP Wednesday. I lost my crochet mo-jo for awhile and it’s taken some time to get it back. But, boy oh boy, when it did it did with a vengeance! I’ve …
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End of year crochet finished projects round up.
Oh goodness I can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve shared my finished projects. Yikes! This is a cute little coffee cup cozy I tested for Darleen Hopkins. The place mat is another from the color block design I …

Finally finished some crochet projects
Oh it’s been so long since I’ve finished anything crochet. A few of these things have been done for months and I’m only now just getting around to showing them off. This is an afghan test I did for Julie …

WIP Wednesday – Placemat mania
Okay, not going to lie, I can not get enough of this placemat pattern. I keep thinking about different color combinations and layouts and just can’t stop making them. I’m still working with the 24/7 cotton yarn from Lion …

Summer Placemats
They’re done! Finally! I started these before my autumn ones and finally finished sewing in ends. I can’t tell you how much I love this yarn and this pattern. Once again I used Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton. It lays beautifully …

FO Friday – Pinwheel Afghan
Yay! I finally finished a project. This has been on my hook for a while now and I finally finished it off. It’s the Peppermint Pinwheel Afghan from Yarnspirations using two different colors of Caron One Pounder worsted weight yarn. …