If you ask me, fall here in Israel lasts about two days. One week it’s still summer, and then almost without noticing, we’re somewhere between warm and cool, and that’s it, winter arrives. Our winters aren’t very cold either, so a lot of what I make ends up living somewhere […]
Sandra Regev
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This crochet bag pattern uses only three stitches, chain, single crochet, and slip stitch, and no shaping at all. You make two identical squares, join them into a bag, and add a strap. We all want a project that doesn’t ask much of us. You find this one easy to […]
I keep a small list on my phone. Not a shopping list exactly, more like a maybe list. Things I see other crocheters talk about, things I read about, things I think would help my hands after a long day of hooking. And then I look at the shipping cost […]
This heat wave nearly took the hook out of my hand. Some afternoons it was too hot to even sit with yarn in my lap. So everything I made this summer had to earn its place. Nothing decorative, nothing that would sit in a drawer. If I made it, I […]
Hello, my crochet friend. Have you ever gotten excited about a new pattern, sat down with your hook, and ended up with something that looks nothing like the photo? Before you assume you made a mistake, check one thing first. The pattern might simply be written in different terms than […]
This trick or treat basket crochet pattern is a simple single crochet basket worked in two colors, finished with a small crochet flower, and easy enough for a beginner to finish in an evening. It was made for the 2026 Halloween CAL with CAL Central, but the shape and stitches […]
Hello, my crochet friend. I have a cardigan that has been sitting in a bag by my chair for two years. I started it because I fell in love with the yarn. Then I ran out of yarn and it just… stopped. If you have one too, you are not […]
I go to the shuk more than I probably need to. Pots, plants, a bag of tomatoes I didn’t plan on, sometimes tiles I really didn’t need. And every time I’m walking back with my arms full, I think the same thing. I should just make myself a proper bag […]
The leafhopper cluster stitch is made by working two small clusters around the post of a stitch in the row below, joined together at the top. It creates a raised, layered texture that looks a lot harder than it actually is to make. If you can work a double crochet […]
The Harbor Cowl is a striped crochet cowl you can make in a single evening, worked flat in two cozy colors and then seamed into a soft loop. It uses three simple stitches you very likely already know, the double crochet, the single crochet, and an easy mesh, and it […]