Creative Roads are Rarely Straight

So in my last post, I had been crocheting squares of scrap yarn with the intention of making an afghan. While working on the squares yesterday, I decided to make them into a bag.

I don't really know why, because I was excited about the idea of a scrappy afghan. The little knotted yarns just asked to be made into a tote. You can find the tote on my Etsy shop:




I love the way this came together. It is not too big and is perfect for summer.


When have you been creating and found your project move you in an unexpected direction?

Yarn Scraps

I had one tangled, hot mess yesterday afternoon. I have been trying to organize all of my crafting supplies and work space but had been avoiding a particular bag of yarn. It had been my catch-all bag for a while now.

No excuses! I told myself. Time to face the mass of tangles head on.

It only took me about an hour, but I created several neatly wrapped balls of yarn (stored safely in their correct plastic bins. And was inspired to start using some of my scraps to make a scrap afghan throw. Here's what I started:

I think with a variety of colors and textures, once this is all sewn up it will be a cute and quirky afghan! I love it already!

What do you do with your scraps?

Oh-My-Stars!

All the stars! I wanted to make some red-white-and-blue decor pieces to jazz up my house for Independence Day. I found a star pattern and got my yarn ready when I saw the Love of Knitting/Love of Crochet tweet about a collaborative yarn bomb event.

We've already received some stars for our #FourthofJuly #yarnbomb and #giveaway! You still have time to enter and... http://t.co/LQFqfiK4i7

— Love of Crochet (@LoveofCrochet1) June 20, 2014

Love! I already had started experimenting with star-making! This was perfect!

My initial experiment of star sizes/rounds

I finished off each of the stars and added the loops like requested so that the stars can be hung. I am excited to send these in for the yarn bomb event! I'm not going to lie, I am also crossing my fingers that I win one of the ten prize packages, too... :)

My star "contributions"

Then I started piecing together other stars to decorate my chairs in my kitchen:

What else can I do with these? Do you have any other decorating ideas?