WOOLY WEDNESDAY IS BACK!

After a brief/long hiatus (depending on how obsessively you read our blog) Wooly Wednesday has returned with some serious crocheting inspiration. Just in time for the return of winter, here’s a cute crocheted flower garland!  Even if frost kills off the live flowers, you’ll always have these to decorate your dorm.  The pattern is here,Continue reading “WOOLY WEDNESDAY IS BACK!”

Wooly Wednesday: Spring Break!

Howdy there, yarners!  This week’s post is inspired by the lovely week off of classes.  If you’re traveling, have fun.  If you’re at home or on campus, and itching for some warm weather travel, check out this post from crochettoday.com, about the top 5 places for yarntastic vacations! Packing your bags already?  Take a secondContinue reading “Wooly Wednesday: Spring Break!”

Warm Up This Wooly Wednesday

Check out this great crocheting technique for a bobble blanket!  It comes from The Nearsighted Owl, and seems like a technique you could use for a ton of cool projects.  You know the drill; click through for details!

Let There Be Light

Wooly, wooly light.  Sure, you can outfit your entire body with knitted goods. But when you simply run out of body parts and easy-to-catch toddlers to cover in yarn, try this tutorial on designsponge for a lovely knitted lampshade!  Click through for details.  And no, I couldn’t find a pattern for the bodysuit.

Catch the Love Bug

If you’re worried about being alone on Valentine’s Day, don’t be.  Here’s a pattern for a Love Bug amigurumi.  Just you, your crochet hook, and this little guy.  Sounds terrifically sad like a very sweet night. Check out the pattern on Ravelry, courtesy of Heliinä Swerdlyk.  

Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue…

Flowers are pretty And this pattern is also quite striking. From rosehip.typepad.com, this blog post has instructions for lovely flowers perfect for Valentine’s Day. The flowers are done “in rounds”, which means that they are worked around in circular rows, beginning with a center ring; basically, making the center ring is the first thing youContinue reading “Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue…”

Wooly Wednesday: Cast Away Edition

Ah winter break.  When stretches of record-breaking low temperatures and lack of class combine to create a polar vortex of Netflix, yarn, lots of tea, and not much else.  Just me?  Ok. This is the perfect time to get creative with your crocheting, but what if you left your supplies at school, and you can’tContinue reading “Wooly Wednesday: Cast Away Edition”