In crochet, it’s easy to know where to begin. As my mentor, Edith Proctor, taught me: it all starts with a chain. But where to end a crochet project is vastly more complicated. One of the best examples of this is Tracy Pipinich’s Groovyghan design. I had been inspired to make the project because I […] The post It all starts with a chain appeared first on Crochetbug ..read more

With winter just around the corner, I have been working diligently to finish a granny square cardigan so that I can experience the joy of wearing it while the warmth it provides matches the cold of the outside, but the last couple of days I reached a crochet impasse of sorts. While the sleeves of […] The post Working past a crochet impasse appeared first on Crochetbug ..read more

Inspired by a cold snap in late October that seemed to have sent summer packing, I have been working on a granny square cardigan every moment that I have. The future sweater has at least a gazillion color changes, which, in turn, means it has at least two gazillion ends to weave in, and the […] The post A gazillion color changes done, a gazillion more to go appeared first on Crochetbug ..read more

Until I came across the pattern for this boho granny square cardigan, I didn’t know that I needed one so badly. But now that I’ve seen it, and now that sweater weather is upon me, I have to have it—now! But as with anything, the foundation of which is a multicolor granny square, now doesn’t […] The post The pieces of a boho granny square cardigan appeared first on Crochetbug ..read more

After I finished my last blog post, I continued working on the sixteen-round granny square that forms the central motif of the back of the multicolor granny square cardigan I am making. I had already laid out the colors, and I decided that despite the fact there was no daylight left in the day, I […] The post The joy of making a multicolor granny square cardigan appeared first on Crochetbug ..read more

With the five crochet sugar skull yarn bombs in the rear view mirror, I woke up this morning wondering “what next?” As I searched my closet for just the right outer garment to put between me and the increasingly crisp fall air, I decided that a Peter Max inspired granny square cardigan I had been […] The post A Peter Max inspired palette for a granny square cardigan appeared first on Crochetbug ..read more

Before I got out of bed this morning, the days had already been getting shorter. Then the hour that was taken from the world last spring was restores in the middle of the night while I slept I awoke very rested but with less time to finish the two crochet sugar skulls I was working […] The post Four crochet sugar skulls all in a row appeared first on Crochetbug ..read more

It wasn’t until I had woven in the last end on my two very recently completed crochet skeletons that I noticed something had eaten October and it was almost November. What that means in practical terms is that I don’t have nearly as much time to get my two new crochet sugar skull yarn bombs […] The post Suddenly Almost November appeared first on Crochetbug ..read more

Just three days ago it was a balmy 76º F, and I was enjoying a breezy and pleasantly warm afternoon. Fast forward just 60 hours, and instead of balmy breezes, I was greeted by an October snowpocalypse in the Near North Valley: My dog, Clooney, loved it. He was delighted to have his nose to […] The post An October snowpocalypse in the Near North Valley! appeared first on Crochetbug ..read more

I have finally gotten into a crochet groove. It’s not that I don’t make any mistakes (I do), it’s not that everything goes right (it doesn’t), but whatever bumps I encounter along the way, I am now able to keep my eye on the prize—namely, finishing my four front burner crochet projects in a timely […] The post I get into a crochet groove appeared first on Crochetbug ..read more