Crochet »
My mother-in-law taught me to crochet the first year I was married. I quickly grew to love it particularly afghans. I discovered afghan crochet a couple of years later and haven’t looked back.
RSS Feed to Hobby Stash » Crochet
Sampler Quilt to Crochet
The Sampler Quilt to Crochet pattern is now available. I wrestled with the idea of charging for this pattern and finally decided against it. I crochet because I love to, not because I want
Read More »Popcorn Pinwheel Afghan
I made a sample of the popcorn pinwheel used in Fran Johnson's popcorn pinwheel bedspread using #10 crochet thread with a #7 needle and fell in love with it. But I knew I would
Read More »Jazzy Journey
Wonderfully soft, snuggle-weight afghan in a quick and easy crochet pattern
Read More »Popcorn Pinwheel Bedspread
Are you looking for the pattern?? After seeing Frances Johnson’s creation,I must admit I was enamored when I saw the original YouTube video of Frances Johnson. After seeing the video, my quest began to
Read More »31 Vintage Bedspread Patterns to Crochet
Ever since I watched the Popcorn Pinwheel Bedspread video, I’ve been wanting that pattern. This morning while searching for something else on Amazon I ran across a kindle version of 31 Vintage Bedspread Patterns
Read More »Sunshine Sampler – Row 3
I took a little recess from this afghan while I updated the design on the site, but am now back on track. I finished the 3rd of 5 rows last night
Read More »Sharon’s Rose
Sharon’s Rose is actually a knitted pattern in Leisure Arts’ Afghan Book 2. I used the Tunisian knit stitch suing the chart provided for the middle section and then made differently styled side panels
Read More »Indian Design
Indian Designs is actually a knit pattern in Leisure Arts’ Afghan Book 2. Using the included graph, I adapted it to Tunisian crochet and used the basic afghan stitch. The gauge is not quite
Read More »Pleasing
Variegated in Vogue has some really nice patterns featuring the use of variegated yarn. My favorite, by far, is Pleasing. It uses the interesting technique of crocheting the length of the afghan leaving an
Read More »













