At the beginning of my vacation this summer, I set some goals for myself in order to find creative ways to rest and stay off my phone as much as possible. One of my goals was to keep knitting throughout the summer. Pretty quickly, though, I ended up crocheting instead. I don’t have the same experience with crocheting as I do with knitting. The more I crochet, the more I realize that there is so much more to learn. In the blog post I published two weeks ago, I shared that I have learned a new crochet technique called the magic loop. I was looking for an easy crochet project…

This summer, I was determined to keep knitting throughout the summer. I have to admit that it’s been hard for me to keep knitting. Almost every year, I seem to prefer crocheting instead when the weather gets warmer. The same thing happened this year. But I don’t see that as a failure. Knitting and crocheting are both such fun ways to be creative. But I have to say that I have so much more experience with knitting than crocheting. I have so much more to learn when it comes to different crocheting techniques. And when it comes to crocheting, I sometimes feel like I don’t really know what I don’t…

Summer is in full bloom, and I am continuing on my challenge to not stop knitting and crocheting during this summer. These last couple of weeks, I have been crocheting a basket. As most times, I have gotten the inspiration from a few different crochet patterns. It’s hard for me to stick to one specific pattern as I always seem to have quite a specific idea in mind and don’t seem to find exactly the pattern I am looking for. Free Crochet Basket Patterns The first website I always go to to check for free knitting or crochet patterns is Drops Design. Here is a link to the patterns on…

This last few weeks I have been crocheting a tote bag for the summer season. Crochet tote bags have a summery vibe and makes me think of relaxed days at the beach. I have never crocheted a tote bag before so this was really a new challenge for me. The yarn I used was quite thick so something really nice with this project was that it grew on the needle very fast. Crochet Tote Bag Patterns I started out following a crochet pattern I found on drops design. Here is the link to that pattern: https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=7839&cid=17 When I had finished the bottom part I chose to crochet double crochet stitches…