When I was in the third grade, I first learned all about manatees. My third grade teacher got our whole class involved in a cause, Save the Manatee Club. We produced a video for a competition that they had, where a friend of mine and I wrote and performed a rap song about saving the […] Read more…
Crochet Patterns
Basketball Hoop Blanket
Did you know that March is the most exciting time of the year for basketball? It’s March Madness, when all of the best of the best college basketball teams face off to find a national champion. It is amateur athletics at it’s finest. Coincidentally, March is also national crochet month! What?! My two favorite things […] Read more…
Unicorn Sugar Cookie
Last month, for my youngest daughter’s third birthday, I decided to alleviate some of the stress of the food prep. For the first time in all my birthday party planning years, I ordered cookies! It is kind of a nerve wracking experience, ordering a food online. The timing has to be perfect in order for […] Read more…
Sweetheart Candy Dishcloth
If you remember, one of my very first patterns last year, was this Sweetheart Dishcloth. I still use mine all the time! I love love LOVE crochet dishcloths. That’s why, when coming up with something I could make for our teachers for Valentine’s Day, this idea came to me. These sweetheart candy dishcloths are cute and […] Read more…
The Christmas Gnome
How the Christmas Gnome story came to be… When my younger sister and I were little, we believed that little gnomes lived in the forest. We would go on these grand adventures through the woods where we hiked and picnicked, placing lettuce (they either really loved lettuce, or we did not), at the roots of […] Read more…
Bernat Baby Doll
This Bernat Baby Doll pattern might just be the pattern of all patterns. Ok, maybe not really, but it is super easy, works up very quickly, and has been the source of a great war between my youngest two children, until I had to put my prototype away for safekeeping, poor baby. I got this […] Read more…