This FREE Mama Chicken Crochet Pattern was a very spontaneous affair. After I made my Super Quick Easter Chicks, I thought they looked awfully lonely without a mother. And then I thought: If I make a Mama Chicken, I might as well make her into a bag so that all the little chicks can have a safe […]
Perfectly Paisley Crochet Pattern
Good morning. We are all about the Paisley today. And so I bring you my Perfectly Paisley crochet pattern. I am very fond of paisley and can lose myself in the intricacies of some of the designs around. So when it came to designing a wing for my Mama Chicken, it just had to be […]
Super Quick Easter Chicks (Crochet Easter Chicks)
These Crochet Easter Chicks will take hardly any time at all and they are perfect for stash-busting! This is a really simple FREE pattern.
Gemina: Crochet Giraffe Puzzle
Gemina the Crochet Giraffe Puzzle Update July 2014: This pattern is no longer available as a stand-alone pattern. Instead it will soon be available as part of a book by Annie’s Publishing. It feels like years since I posted my last crochet puzzle pattern (although it has just been a month). And so I am […]
Grandma Perkins Magical Flower Child Crochet Pattern
Magical Flower Child Crochet Pattern by Pan Perkins Once again my friend Pan is kindly sharing one of her crochet patterns with us. And as Easter is coming up, it would make the perfect little addition for your Easter basket. This Flower Child crochet pattern will yield a little hollow doll that inverts into a […]
Grandma Perkins’ Crochet Fortune Teller
Crochet Fortune Teller Pattern Do you guys remember Pam Perkins and her Amazing Flying Doily? Well…she’s sharing another of her free patterns with us. This time it is a Crochet Fortune Teller. We used to make these out of paper when we were little. We didn’t put fortunes in them, however. We used to put […]
Super Good Homemade Baby Food: Lentils
Awesome homemade baby food that will please your pocket AND baby’s taste buds. Takes a while to cook, but there is hardly any preparation.
Eleanor: Crochet Elephant Amish Puzzle Ball
The pattern for this Elephant Amish Puzzle Ball is based on the original Crochet Amish Puzzle Ball and is part of my Amigurumi Amish Puzzle Animal series (Amamani for short). The puzzle consists of 3 segments (or rings) that have to be assembled to form the Elephant. Update July 2014: This pattern is no longer available as a stand-alone pattern. […]
Rhinosaur Puzzle: Fascinator and Bow Pattern
Rhinosaur Puzzle Fascinator and Bow Just a few words before I share Celeta’s pattern with you… Celeta was one of my testers for the Crochet Rhinosaur Amamani and she came up with this too cute fascinator and bow for her Rhinosaur, Ruby. She kindly agreed to let me share her pattern here with you. Thank […]
Rest in Peace Oupa Collin
Oupa Collin Uys 20 January 1926 – 19 February 2013 There is no easy way to start a post about deathgrandchildren I will start at the beginning. My grandmother’s first husband, Evelyn Hough, passed away from emphysema when my mother was knee-high to a grasshopper. Her second husband, Fritz Goetze, passed away when I was […]
