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Teton Springs Hat

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Last September, we were invited to stay in a cabin in Island Park, Idaho, which is just outside Yellowstone National Park. I was excited to go! I had only been once, and it was about 15 years ago. It would be so fun to return as a family and enjoy Mother Nature together. However, 3 days before our trip my son had his accident. We were invited to stay in the cabin again this year and we were excited to make plans to go. The cabin sits up in the mountains, surrounded by trees and the smell of wet dirt and pine. The trip was a kind of renewal for us. We are finally done with all the "firsts" Click for more

Pixel Heart Afghan Square

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Hello everyone! Have you been joining in on Moogly's Afghan crochet along? I was honored to be asked to write up a square for the project. I admit, I am not very great with blanket and afghan squares. When I sit down to write the pattern, my heart wants me to make something unique, and not a rehashing of the same granny square. But I am not great with designing them. If you guys saw the design Click for more

Crochet Fox Slippers

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This post contains affiliate links. Click here for more information. Thank you!  Last week, I released an article about some tried and tested methods for making slippers non-slip.  As I was doing research and trying each method out, I made some slippers to test out the methods. I used mostly my own crochet slipper patterns, because I had finished pairs on hand, but there were a few I Click for more

Schoolyard Striped Hat

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Septembers here are pretty darn unpredictable. They could be chilly. They could be like a second August. They could start out like August and end like November. So we need to be prepared!   A couple of years ago, I had a friend reach out to me about some crochet hats. She was making some for an elementary school class and wanted to make sure each child in the class had one. I decided to Click for more

How to Make Knit and Crochet Slippers Non-Slip – 7 Tried and Tested Ways

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This post contains affiliate links. Click here for more information. Thank you!  I get asked this question quite often, crocheters wondering how to make make crochet slippers non-slip. Unfortunately, until writing this post, I wasn't really sure. Fortunately, I decided to figure it out! I had heard of a few methods in crochet groups and Facebook comments but hadn't tried any of them Click for more