Hook size- C, 2.75 mm

Toward the end of 2019 I was struggling with designing. I spent the first part of the year in a creative frenzy that all came crashing down in September. Nothing worked. I hated everything that came off my hook. It was all so tired and done before. I lost every bit of my crojo. I was adrift in my fog of zero creativity. Christmas rolled around ...

I had big dreams for this design when I was planning it, but this one had other plans. It wanted to stay at a manageable size and keep a fun hexagon finish. Despite multiple shape changes it still remains relatively simple and fun to work.

Pattern will be available December 9, 2019

Hook size- 0, 1.75 mm

Hook size- D, 3.25 mm

The 6th installment of The Things doily series. Texture and overlay in a tighter design make this one a big bang in a little package.

When I finish a design I often give members of my group the opportunity to suggest names for the design. There are always a lot of great suggestions and I occasionally pick one of them or a variation of one. This is one of those occasions.

This design had no plan, no theme or color palette. The yarn I used called to me as I was cruising online retailers looking for something new, natural, and luxurious to play with. The colors that jumped into my cart screamed my name. Rich jewel tones and earthy greens with a few neutral tones. All colors I use quite often, but never all together.

Hook size- 0, 1.75 mm

This is my first attempt at stepping out of my comfort zone. I have become dependent upon changing colors and moving my starting points wherever I needed them to fit the design. I challenged myself to break out of the giant, colorful box I have put myself in. This small, delicate piece designed to hang is worked continuously with no cutting or ...

Hook size- 1.75 mm

Thing 3 is an accompaniment to Thing 1. You will be using the same cake of yarn.

Thing 4 is an accompaniment to Thing 1 and Thing 3. You will be using most of the remainder of the cake of yarn used in the first two pieces.

Hook size- H 5 mm

If you’ve worked any of my patterns before you may have noticed my introductions usually include the inspiration for the design and fun facts I found interesting while researching that particular project. I give everyone the backstory to the design. This one has a longer story than the rest:

The Halitrephes Maasi jellyfish, also known as the fireworks jelly, can be found 4,000 feet underwater near Baja, California. The jellyfish is almost invisible until illuminated where it then reflects the light in a bursting, fireworks pattern.

I wanted to play around with the idea of making a smaller afghan and a wearable piece out of the same design. The idea in my head was to release one document download with two variations included. I thought it would be a fun little twist to the worked in the round mandala designs I love so much.

In the mid 1990’s strange, circular drawings were found on the sea floor off the coast of Japan. Beautiful, circular drawings in the sand measuring approximately 7 feet across. It was discovered that the artist behind these sand mandalas was a newly discovered species of puffer fish. The small, approximately 5 inches, male puffer fish would wor...

Unicorn Farts is the perfect design for the little girl in your life. Texture and overlay worked in the round. Something a little different and a little fun.

During the final phase of designing Kaleidoscope Garden I was approached by someone looking for a peacock design. The moment I read the words on the screen I saw in my mind so many bits and pieces of what could be something amazing. I was intimidated by my vision, and stalled the start of the design by researching. I spent hours upon hours look...

Kaleidoscope Garden is a textured, shape changing eye catcher. Butterflies, dragonflies, and flowers (some easy to spot and some hidden in the design) throughout.

Rectangle blanket worked in the round using standard US crochet terminology. Uses well known and some less common stitches.

Ziggy’s Odyssey is my first mandala blanket pattern. It works well as a multi-color stash buster or a limited color scheme blanket. This pattern uses basic stitches and some less common stitches.