It’s hard to be a crochet blogger today without admitting that you admire (and are even inspired by) Twinkie Chan’s food themed crochet projects. Seriously, Twinkie’s crochet is amazing and I often drooled over her tasty treats before I learned to crochet myself. But at that price?! Surely I could make one myself?! …and so [...]
My second ever crochet project was a boy beanie for my boyfriend, Andy. He has a very large head (you know what they say… wait a minute, what do they say??) and finds it very hard to get hats that fit!
This particular pattern, by Laura Killoran, is again from The Happy Hooker and is actually [...]
Please excuse the myspace-esque photo, unfortunately no one else was around at the time to take my picture.
Here is my very first crochet project! A beautiful flower scarf using the Garden Scarf pattern from The Happy Hooker. The pattern was written by Michelle Ameron and is great for a beginner, I think. The pattern [...]
Ok, first things first. My inspiration for teaching myself to crochet was the Happy Hooker book from Debbie Stoller’s Stitch ‘n’ Bitch series.
I actually bought this book for my sister for Christmas for all the cute designs and to give her a new hobby. But I now need to buy her a new copy as [...]
Hello! I'm Christina, the author of twinkle and sparkle, a web log where I document my adventures in crochet; yarn, hooks and patterns.