Author: jessyz

Ghalya Doll pattern release

It has been ages since I have released a pattern.  This one is dear to my heart and has been in the making since February.  The doll itself is a simple one.  If you can crochet, increase and decrease in the round you can definitely make…

Big Pile of Wips {Wednesday’s WIPs}

I am still working on my blanket, my viajante and a crochet bag.  All of them slow projects.  Which right now works for me.  I also made a project bag yesterday. I used EmmalineBags‘ tutorial to make it.  My handles were much smaller than the ones…

Reading, crafting and experimenting in the kitchen

I have been wanting to try making meringues since forever. Yesterday, on a whim I whipped up a batch. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be but they weren't as good as I wanted them to be either. I think I needed to…

Is it winter yet?

I have a serious problem with summer. I hate it. I know. Most people like summer. It means vacations, trips, down time, fun, the beach, and all that. For me it just means it is really too hot to go out, the sun is too bright…

The curious case of the forgetful blogger

I keep forgetting to blog. It has been a while. I am a bad blogger. Sorry, can I make it up to you with some pretty pictures? After the crazy week of rainbow knitting and crocheting I wanted to knit socks so I cast on Jaywalkers.…

A rainbow of finished objects. {Friday’s FO}

Last week a certain 6 year old said ” mommy make me a rainbow skirt”. I am a sucker for rainbows, knitting and requests made by the 6 year old. So we went to the yarn store. And we picked out six colors that made a…

A blanket called Endurance

This is my Uncoordinated blanket.  I started it on July the 28th of 2012.  I was just stash busting, trying to use up old odds and ends of leftover Alize Diva that were the remains of projects.  I then called it the vulnerability blanket, but today…