Cro-Crazy

It’s been a while since I’ve talked about yarn (the New Year brought new projects), but it is still my first love.

Sometimes I forget and wander into the land of launching a yarn store in 12 days or teaching other yarnies…but all it takes is one great pattern to pull me right back to my first love!

This granny square is what drew my fervent adoration this week.
Or maybe it was this entire rainbow-colored blog.

Or maybe it was Mercedes of Kitchen Sink Dyeworks (she’s kitchensinkdye on Twitter), who is crocheting the most amazing granny squares from her handpainted yarn.

(yarn dyed, squares crocheted and photograph taken by Mercedes)

But once I fell into this granny square vortex, I started scarfing up granny square information.

• How to Granny from Meet Me at Mike’s
• How to Granny from Purl Bee

And then I started branching out into hexagons.

And then I fell down and maybe started crocheting a hex a day.

In case you need even MORE reason to start crocheting, check out this and this.

I’m working on a hexagon blanket for my living room AND a giant granny square (out of various handspun) for A Novel Yarn.

I’ll be sharing my pictures as the projects progress, but in the meantime, I’d love to see yours!

What are you crocheting?

What have you crocheted with handspun or handpainted yarn?