There’s a particular kind of cold that isn’t really about temperature. It’s the kind where you just want something around your shoulders, something with a little weight to it, while you sit still for a few minutes. That’s the poncho I made this one for. Quick answer: This crochet poncho […]
Crochet Patterns & Tips
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If you want a stitch that looks complicated but works up in a simple four row repeat, the arcade stitch is a lovely one to learn. It makes rows of open fan shapes, a little like small arches lined up side by side, and it works for scarves, blankets, and […]
For years, if you’d asked me, I would have told you blankets are not for me. Too long. Too much yarn. Too boring to sit with the same stitch for weeks. I make scarves, tops, bags, things that finish. And then, without really planning it, I made four blankets. Quick […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]