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November’s Crochet Project – Christmas Countdown Gingerbread House

Usually I refuse to incorporate any kind of Holiday Cheer into my daily life until the weekend after Thanksgiving (a lady can only take so much red and green, carols and decorations, ya know?) but I've made an exception for this project because, well, I was so inspired by it, the pattern is free (!!!), it's incredibly cute, and it…
November 14, 2016

Granny Square Blanket – Complete

It's finished! It's finally finished! It took two full months and more brain power than I anticipated to complete (being a new-to-me stitch and all) but it's all done and I'm pretty happy with my first ever Granny Square blanket! A photo posted by Melissa (@evergrowingfarm) on Aug 28, 2016 at 4:16pm PDT I learned a ton along the way...including…
September 6, 2016

Granny Square Blanket…Almost There

With almost six weeks invested, in tiny increments of actual Crochet Time (mostly in the truck on the commute to and from work), and 54 granny squares created, my first Granny Square Blanket (er...throw) simply needs to be stitched together! It's almost silly how excited I am about this simple creation :-) Do tell...what are you creating these days? xoxo,…
August 2, 2016

Reading and Making

I am currently re-reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, a book drenched in history with deep, rich, story-telling...and Vampires. I have been searching for a book to read for what feels like forever, and have started several that I just couldn't quite get into. They all required too much thinking and what I really wanted was to just dive into…
June 22, 2016
A new hat for Sprout

A new hat for Sprout

With the weather warming and this toddler of our growing like a weed, a new hat was necessary to get us through the next couple of months. Simple as it is, I am very happy with how it turned out...and I think she is, too :-) After working on my #skyblanket for a year, I'm thoroughly enjoying #projects like this…
February 23, 2016
Sky Blanket – Completion

Sky Blanket – Completion

You guys, after all of the tracking and counting and working on this blanket for over a year in order to document 365 days of our gorgeous Northern New Mexico skies, I truly couldn't be happier with the result! Not only is this simple blanket beautiful and so very warm, but it represents tiny moments taken every single day of…
December 18, 2015