Happy New Year!!!!

I do love a neat single crochet seam ...

OhMyBob, it's 2015!!!!! I hope everyone had a great New Year's celebration (or at least you rang in the new year in the way most pleasant for you). I have been so busy since mid-December, it still feels like 2014 to me. I will have a recap of last year, hopefully sometime before the end of January.

(c) ILikeCrochet.com; go here at the site
for further information on this design.

In the meantime, I start off 2015 with two new designs published in the February issue of ILikeCrochet.com (and they have yet to make it to the Ravelry database, but they will soon I am certain): the first is the Frozen Crystals Pillow. I am absolutely in love with the mix of tunisian crochet and post stitches in this design. Made with a cool shade of Cascade Yarn's 220 Superwash Aran (which I blogged about here right around the Labor Day weekend, and includes my ode to all the wonderful yarn I used last summer), I am just itching to use this pillow in my own living room. Of course, I want to make a few interior design changes before I do, so it most likely won't happen until the spring. Nevertheless, just knowing I have this waiting for me is such a delicious design treat. 

The other design in February's ILikeCrochet.com edition is the lush La Coeur Cowl:

(c)ILikeCrochet.com; go here at the site
for further information on this design.

Made with Bernat's Alpaca (a chunky alpaca blend that I featured on the blog back in August 2014), this is a quick, quick, quick project. Since I've definitely been feeling the cowl love lately, the timing of this design's publishing couldn't be better. Of course, it would be a great Valentine's Day gift to whip up for someone special in your life (and this isn't an all inclusive list) - mom, sister, cousin, daughter, bff ... or yourself! 

I am so glad these designs are kicking off my 2015 (and Leather, Lace, Grit & Grace is oh-so-close on their heels!), I'm still pinching myself due to the design bounty that continues from 2014. I hope you'll head on over to Andrea's at Wisdom Begins in Wonder and check out how everyone else is starting off their year.


And, hey - have a great, fiber-filled weekend!

Knitting vs. Crochet Speed

Fiber for a quick and pretty upcoming design

Hello everyone on this Fee-Fi(ber)-F.O. Friday - how are you? I hope you've had a good week filled with fibery fun.

I have - with both knit and crochet designs. I do love to knit, but I am not as quick with the sticks as I am with my hooks. Assuming you are poly-craftual (and actually work up projects in both disciplines with some regularity), in which does your fiber fly the most? Do you whip up crochet projects like dry lightening, or do your needles produce completed finished objects in record speeds? 

I'm not certain why crochet projects hum along faster than their knitting counterparts; I do know that I enjoy the quicker gratification ... or perhaps not? Maybe the slow project burn will yield equally enjoyable results. 

Just a shot of lovely summer color

I'll let you know ... once I'm done.

In the meantime, do head on over to Andrea's at Wisdom Begins in Wonder and check out photos of her awesome booth at the Michigan Fiber Festival, being held this weekend. If you're anywhere near the Allegan County Fairgrounds in Allegan, Michigan, do head on over to the fiber festival and check out our gal Andrea's booth, as well as the rest of the yarny fun this weekend. And stay cool out there.