Standard Guy Hats
Here’s the thing: I’ve discovered that little boys don’t have quite the extensive accessorizing capabilities as girls. No bows, pearly necklaces, headbands, flowery hats, sparkling bracelets… the...
View ArticleThe Yarn Stash Project: Week Six (Bears & Wool)
After last week’s confession, I did my best to use up some skeins of yarn, and I think I succeeded! Check out this beautiful wool yarn: Using the The Blue Leaf Headband pattern (found for free on...
View ArticleThe Yarn Stash Project: Week Eight (Brooches)
This week I felt like I stretched my fingers a little bit more (at least creatively thinking) and decided to work on some of the more difficult yarns out of my challenge box. You know, the ones that I...
View ArticleCrap I’ve Mad
The title of this post doesn’t have a spelling error – well, I guess this time it’s an intentional error at least. I don’t have time to add silly little letters to words so that I can fully be...
View ArticleBaby Cape Crochet Pattern
Do you have a super baby flying into your family soon? Or maybe flying over to a friends’ homestead? This is a fun little pattern you can use to whip up the perfect baby gift just in time for their...
View ArticleGet Your British On
Don’t get me wrong – I love me some red, white, and blue, but sometimes you gotta appreciate your own country’s history (and who might have influenced them). I’ve talked about our love of The UK’s Top...
View ArticleMeet My Dancers and See Why They’re So Important
Our very first foster child loved to play with baby dolls. And as I watched them playing with the pale-skinned, blue-eyed baby doll that we had on hand, I thought to myself, “Whoa, that doll looks...
View ArticleCrochet Nerd Details: Dancer Dolls 1-21
For my über nerdy crochet friends out there, here are all the details of my hella cool dancers I’ve been working on. Below I share the types of yarns I used, other materials, and then at the bottom of...
View ArticleThe Dancing Continues: Dancer Dolls 41-60
Wow, sixty dolls. I have now made sixty dancers – many different hairstyles, a variety of skin tones, unique limbs, culturally expansive… SIXTY DOLLS! I initially started this project because, as a...
View ArticleDancer Dolls: Batch 4
Y’all, I had so much ambition this summer. We took a glorious road trip as a family, and I packed up soooooo much yarn to make soooooo many dolls. I had plans to make forty-two. FORTY-TWO!! Well, I may...
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