This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! Felting Would Be Easier if I Had a Decent Washing Machine I’m still felting, but things have calmed down a lot since I first started back in the summer. One of the things that is helping to quell this mad addiction is the fact that my …
Author: Patrice Walker
→I've been crocheting for over 40 years and blogging since 2004 - two of my favorite things in the world to do besides walking the beaches of windward Oahu, Hawaii.
Stormy Weather Leads to Leaky Roof Apparently not much. Well, that isn’t altogether true. It’s just that you have to pack in as much activity during daylight hours because you really can’t do much at night without electricity. Last week, the state of Hawai’i experienced a pretty “exciting” 72 hours, from Tuesday through Friday. High winds and heavy rain came …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! Crocheted Flowers on Felted Bags Yes, I am still felting and will probably continue to do so for the foreseeable future. I finally got the little flowers that I crocheted felted. They turned out very nicely. I’m not sure if I’m going to actually add them …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! Yes, I am still felting like crazy, although I’ve calmed down a bit since the last article I posted on the topic. I think I actually went a week without felting anything. I’ve added some crocheted pieces to my collection of felted items, but, yes, I …
(Note 6/24/11: This post was written when this blog was on the Typepad platform.) Blog Montetization Sounds like a mouthful, doesn’t it? But I wanted to ramble a bit about it because it’s a subject that’s been on my mind for some time. I realize it’s a little off the topic of crochet, but since this is a blog, I …
I’ve been promising and promising you a post on my favorite yarn shop, Aloha Yarn, for some time now. But life just seemed to keep getting in the way. Despite that, I decided today to push “life” aside for a moment so I can tell you about this great, little store. Yes, it may be little in size, but it’s …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! Now that my friend, Cherryl, received her wedding gift from me the other day, I can finally talk about it. I’ve known Cherryl for a good 25 years; she’s a wonderful friend. So of course, when I found out she was getting married in …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! In my last post, I talked about my first felting experiments with small knitted pieces that I hand felted. In this post, I’ll talk a little about my first washing machine felted project, also knitted, as well as a few crochet felted pieces I’ve done. Felted …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! No, this isn’t a post about my latest romantic escapade (hah! I wish!); it’s about something I’ve thought about for a while, but never got around to doing anything about until now. And that’s FELTING!! Inspired to Felt by a Visit to My LYS What got …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! Knitwear Design Software A while back, like a couple of years ago, I purchased the Knitwear Knitting, Crochet and Machine Knitting Design software, thinking that I would use it to create patterns for crocheted garments. The software is designed primarily for knitting, but you are supposed …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! Marty Miller’s Spiderweb Cardigan I finally got my daughter to take some photos of me (with my NEW! digital camera) in the Spiderweb Cardigan I’ve been talking about for a while. Oh, did you notice the “dreads” are gone. Yep, I caved a couple of weeks …
Adrienne Models Her Crocheted Sierra Skirt I finally finished the Sierra Skirt that I was crocheting for my daughter, Adrienne. Doesn’t she look cool in it!?! The “mostly” in the title represents the fact that she didn’t want the full fringe that the pattern calls for, primarily because she didn’t want it to be dragging on the ground. So I …
“It Ain’t Ease-y on a Sunday Morning!” Remember that Lionel Richie song, “Easy on a Sunday Morning”? I found out this past Sunday that ease is something I totally forgot to consider as I continue the saga of the Sierra Skirt that I am crocheting for my daughter. If you remember from the last post, I found what I thought …
… It’s the only title I could think of that lets me update you on what’s been happening since my move AND crochet. This post is going to be rather long as a result. Life on Oahu … First let me talk about what’s been happening since last we spoke. Actually, I forgot to talk about my friend Miwa Yoshida …
Enjoying O’ahu Instead of Crochet Blog Posting Yes indeed, it has been awhile. But can you blame me? I finally moved into a 3-bedroom house that I am renting. Have I already talked about that? I don’t think so. It’s a block and a half away from where my daughter lives. So we are close, but not too close, if …
I can’t believe I’m finally here in windy Kaneohe, HI, the little town on the Winward shore of Oahu where my daughter, Adrienne, lives. The photo to the left was taken from her front yard. Clouds moving across the sky are a typical sight here. I finally closed on the sale of my house last Thursday, a week ago. The …