This month is my one year anniversary on this blog. Its such an important event that I accidentally noticed it only yesterday. Yep, it was last August that I made my first post here at Roving Crafters.
Don’t bother to read that first post. I’m certainly not going to. A while ago I was told that bloggers should never go back and read their older stuff because they will likely hate it and be tempted to pull it down. That sounds like good advice and I’m following it.
I won’t live long enough to make everything I want to make. I don’t stitch fast enough and I keep getting distracted by other things like eating food, sleeping, and cleaning out the microwave. At the rate that I get things done, I have enough planned projects to keep me busy for the next 50 or 60 years.
I might get another 50 or 60 years on this earth. Maybe. If I’m very tough (only the tough can handle getting old), very lucky in traffic, and don’t meet up with any homicidal microbes, I could live that long. Maybe. I might even have enough wits and eyesight left at the bitter end to weave in my last yarn tail and wrap the final wool-y thing around my shoulders before scooting off to a condo in the sky. So if I stop looking at patterns right now, today, I have a razor-thin chance of finishing up everything I want to make.
But that won’t happen. I added four new things to my que just this month. I’ll probably add at least four more next month. Why? I can’t stop looking at patterns. I download them and read them like they were stories and if I like the story the pattern tells, I add it to the list of things I want to make.
I’m not sure this makes for a “real” Sunday Stitch but it is a Sunday, and this is what I’m working on. Also, I promised to show my cheater-cheater way to line a tote bag. So I’m shoehorning that into today’s post!
If you don’t sew, don’t sew well, or just like to cheat (who doesn’t?) then you may find this useful.
Continue reading Sunday Stitch – How to Line a Bag When You Don’t Sew
Today is Hooray Day for me because I’m (mostly) finished with my Rag Bag Crochet Tote.
I like the bag. The Feline Overlord likes the bag. Even Cowardly Boy Cat seems to like the bag. Best of all? I have plenty of pictures to show how I (mostly) finished it off, instead of a bunch of clever excuses like last time.
When you crochet in the round, you have to join. Its an unfortunate fact of being a yarn-y hooker. You can follow the instructions as they are written in nearly every pattern, and live with a visible join. Or you can pick up a few tricks and hide it.
Continue reading Crochet in the Round and Those Tricky Joins
That Rag Bag Crochet project I was supposed to finish this weekend? Yeah, its not done.
I have really good reasons… justifications… excuses though. Continue reading Err… I’m Not Done Yet
Have a little nothing-burger of a post.
I got my fabric yarn made up and I’m ready for some rag crochet!
So that’s what I’m doing this weekend.
(with extra help for those who live under feline rule)
I’ve done rag crochet projects like this before and here are two things I’ve learned
Continue reading From Sheets to Yarn – Starting a Rag Crochet Project
The crochet Bullion Stitch, aka the Roll Stitch, is one of those vintage stitches that you don’t see much in patterns today. But its still around…. hiding out in the occasional flower motif and adding a little something special to stand-alone embellishments. Its not the easiest stitch to make. I should say, its not the easiest stitch to make well. Which is why I cheat when I make my bullion stitches.
I do love a good cheat.
Continue reading Sunday Stitch – Making Crochet Bullion Stitches the Easy Way
**Please help me welcome Jenny to the Roving Crafters! She is a reader, a commenter, a friend, and a fellow blogger. I’ve asked her to share some of her best and worst crafting experiences with us. Enjoy!**
I used to be a mechanic, until some life events changed my career. I now enjoy spending my days alone; crocheting, blogging, and browsing this site. After a comment I left here on Roving Crafters, you might know me as “the lady with the ex-friend and the dog”. And I want to let Jenn and her readers know that because of that comment (along with many others!), I consider you all better “friends” than anyone I’ve met in person… but, you know, not in that weird way, like the character in my Crochet Horror Story – I just like you guys. Allow me to explain:
Continue reading GUEST POST – A Crochet Horror Story
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