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Holiday Stashdown CAL

This year I am participating in the Holiday Stashdown CAL is the fifth and final crochet along of 2022 hosted in the CAL Central Facebook and Ravelry groups. We’ve brought together 22 of your favorite crochet designers to bring you free crochet patterns for winter holiday gifts, decorations, gift wrap, and more! Join us to make wonderful projects, chatContinue reading “Holiday Stashdown CAL”

Sharing a Family Classic

Every Christmas my Grandma Buttke would make a variety of cookies.   These were my favorite… Chewy chocolate peanut butter chip cookies.  Every year, I enjoy making them for the Holidays.   This year, making some in the classic version and then the rest with some… just for fun with some finely chopped cashews… Voilà!Continue reading “Sharing a Family Classic”

His and Her Cowls

As promised, I wrote up the patterns last night, took pictures this morning and here we are…. Her Cowl is made  with 2 skeins of LionBrand Wool Ease Thick and Quick, Metallic, Constellation, It is a quick and easy Tunisian pattern that works up in a few hours. His Cowl is made with 1 skeinContinue reading “His and Her Cowls”

Angels, bits and pieces

This morning, before going to work, I crocheted this little angel…. It is Angel 16 from the Big Book of Thread Ornaments from Leisure Arts.  I enjoy making these angels.  They are made in one piece, they work up quick and seem easy… Angel 27  I am also working on some of the other AngelsContinue reading “Angels, bits and pieces”