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
This is a new and exciting time for all of us here at CAL – Crochet Along. We are so pleased to present to you a new interview series with some familiar designers, some up and coming designers, some designers you have yet to hear about, and some amazing talent just emerging!!! Each piece will… Read More Coffee with Friends…..
When thinking of a garden full of flowers, you also need to envision beautiful, graceful butterflies fluttering around. They dip their proboscis to gather nectar into the flowers and help in the pollination process by carrying pollen all over their bodies as they go from flower to flower. No matter what language you call them… Read More Celebrating the Flower – Butterflies
As we continue with our flower celebration, this month we introduce the daisy, from the aster family, and part of the sunflower family. It was classified as Compositae in 1792 by a German botanist. This flower is considered the 5th most popular flower in the world. It is widespread and can be found on any… Read More Celebrating the Flower – Daisy
…our own, Micki Devlin! Believe me when I tell you that this woman is AH-MAZING! She is one of the most prolific crocheters I know. Micki can crochet a sweater in a couple of hours and a shawl in minutes! Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating just a little, but, seriously…what Micki can crank out certainly puts… Read More Winter Photo Contest Winner is…
We had so much fun with our first photo contest back in October that we decided to do another one. Our theme, this time, is Winter. I know we’re all hoping for Spring but that dang groundhog saw shadow so we’re sure to have quite a few more weeks of cold…at least in these parts!… Read More Ready, aim…shoot!
…Monika Kunneth from Germany! Monika submitted this beautiful photo of her crochet handiwork and it received the highest number of likes. Congratulations!!! Her photo will be featured on our Facebook page as well as on our blog. When Monika was only was seven years old, she was taught to crochet at school and instantly fell… Read More And Our Photo Contest Winner is…
