Would you believe Santa stopped by our blog the other day?! He saw all the beautiful work everyone had done, he also saw how much fun everyone had. He decided to collected all the Christmas pattern Silvana, Jo and I designed and bring them back to the North with him to spruce them up for… Read More *CAL-a-thon* and Santa
Week 8 of the Friends Around the World 3 CAL takes us to Arizona where the desert sunsets take your breath away. This week’s square was designed by Kristin Hartt. Kristin came to our attention with her design for the Harmony Ruana Shawl which was featured as a CAL earlier in 2018. We were super… Read More Arizona Winter Evening by Kristin Hartt
Our next square is by a very popular designer, Ineke Mooijenkind. Ineke needs no introduction because you’ll surely remember her amazing Something Magic CAL that just finished up recently. But just in case you don’t, you’ll surely want to check it out here. Ineke was thrilled to join the FATW CAL team and started designing… Read More Dutchy by Ineke Mooijenkind
We are nearing the end of our Mini CAL, but not before we add a Cuff for a pair gloves (or mittens)! As with all the patterns in this series, this pattern is quick, easy, and easy on the budget too! All you need is a little bit of scrap yarn, or the yarn that… Read More “Winter Jewelry Box” Set …. The beaded Glove Cuff
Well, let me rewind to a few days ago……… It all started when I was talking to Marjolein Kooiman, designer of the just finished Stacking Whirls CAL. It’s a Tunisian CAL (T CAL, ahhh ha, there it is….lol) that we hosted on our Facebook Group, CAL – Crochet A Long. She’s in the process of… Read More T CAL? What is that you ask???
As you may recall, we ran a CAL earlier this year, designed by Judie Huhn Benson, entitled “The HUG“. The design came from hours on end in hospitals, Emergency Room waiting areas, and endless periods of waiting for her son Brian while he battled courageously with Hemophilia. He unfortunately lost his battle with this disease,… Read More HUGS for the Holidays
Here we go with Week 3!!! Shelly Husband returns to FATW3 after previously designing two squares for our Friends CAL in 2016, Melbourne and Sydney. The pattern will be on Shelley’s website and there will also be a video this week! Shelley is an Australian designer and teacher living on the south west coast of… Read More Dahlia Delight by Shelley Husband
