Under Color Crochet

  All my faves: colorful fun, fringe, ruffle, scarf cakes, unicorn rope. Why do I keep doing this?!  😂 Nothing new here, just a simple mesh pattern with a few fun'zies. 😍  Color fun! 🤩 Fringe Fest! Ruffle Love! 😍 Unicorn Rope - starter chain fun, my fave use of leftovers. Does this pile of crochet projects have too many color combinations going on? Never! 😄 Here is a whole folder of more colors: Candy Cakes .  Colorful Crochet + Ruffles + Fringe = Creative Fun

  These four pieces are way too much girly fun. 😎 I loved making this set, all my fave easy frills. Ruffle, fringe, fluff, faux fur, purple, and more purple. This pile just needs a princess. Or a costume party. 🤩 These pieces don't stack well...or do they?! 😍 All the ruffles keep getting in the way of a straight fold. But never mind that. Who needs an even fold when things can pile up so pretty? Plus, these pieces look lovely just scattered about. That's perfect for lazy princesses. 😁 I had too much fun posing these pieces. They might not fold and stack well, but they absolutely do shape and drape. Perfect for arranging anywhere there is space to hang out a little. 😎 Love this mix of textures! Each piece has its own personality. Fluffy faux fur trim (above), and luxurious chenille (below). Nothing fancy here. Just asymmetric double ruffles (below). 😎 Keepin' it simple. Keepin' it real. 😄 These could almost be classy...  If they weren't so sassy. 😎 Textur...

I made this trio for a co-worker's going away party. So sad to see her go, but so happy for her career upgrade. 🤩 I love her dearly, she trained me on everything, and I can hardly imagine the office without her. But, I know she is going to be awesome in her new position (coaching volleyball!) and I am going to have to move forward without her. 😎 When my co-worker told me her three favorite colors were red, black, and purple - I knew exactly what I needed to do! No mixing, but plenty of matching. Who says bold colors clash?! Certainly not me! I had to make a trio of those bold colors, just to prove you can layer anything over and under anything else, when they are all fabulous. 😎  Nothing fancy here, just the plain old usual: rectangular scarves, mesh pattern, fringe and ruffle. I don't know if my co-worker likes scarves, but I know that she likes these three colors. And who doesn't love to accessorize with this style?! 😍 Love this ruffle! The red piece is composed of ...

Plenty of pleasing purples in this pretty piece! I was so pleasurably peaceful while making this purple piece, because purple is my favorite color. And because this worked up so fast and friendly. The yarn is perfectly smooth, in the category of "Mandala Ombre."  It did not snag once, and it flowed like an easy purple stream. I used a size J crochet hook for this piece, and that was a good match for this texture. I might go one size larger next time, because I think that might open up the mesh and make it more flexible. 😀 The yarn company calls this color scheme "Chi," which is part of their series of clever names that make a zen theme. Like "Balance" and "Serene," those are great names for color schemes in this yarn category. I like the sound of "chi" but I wasn't too sure about using the word as a color label... A quick internet search came up with so many possible meanings for "chi." It might mean "energy force,...

  The very first thing I ever crocheted looked something like this. I think. Maybe. I remember it was shades of purple (my favorite color), and it was a simple scarf (Mom taught me). My memories of age 11 get muddled up with my dreams and fantasies, however, and it might be that the first scarf I crocheted looked less like this finished project and more like a bungled mess of purple spaghetti.  In the summer of 2019, my brother and I traveled together to visit our childhood home of Sitka, Alaska. We hadn’t been back in over 30 years, and it was a delightful adventure for us both. All the things that looked exactly the same as how we remembered, and so many things that were completely new and different. We were excited like school children to see that our old favorite Ben Franklin store was still there on the main street downtown, still selling the same kinds of items. And I was particularly excited to see that they had an expanded crafts section in the back - filled with yarn...