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Flower Power! Basic Crochet Flowers – Pattern and Tutorial
If you’ve caught on from the last couple of posts, I’ve rediscovered crochet. Somehow, after diligent knitting, I’m having no trouble working my hook! I would be a professional hooker if I could be –...
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Chain, Chain, Chaaaain. Crochet Chains Made to Wear
March is National Crochet Month, so here at theyarnfix, we’re kicking things off right with this fundamentals piece. What better way to start of a big month of fiber crafting then at the basics?...
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It was a Scary YarnFix Moment
It’s Spring Semester and nearly the end of the year. We are certainly feeling it at work and last week was ROUGH. I started off the week with a super cute haircut and was feeling pretty good about the...
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Taking Basic Crochet Slippers a Notch Above the Rest
Hello readers, I was hoping to squeeze this last post in March to close out Crochet Month. Well, we’re ending it on April 1, around here! This doesn’t mean the last of crochet on this blog, not by a...
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Yarn Pilgrimage to Space!
Hello again my fellow addicts, I’m finally sitting down to write part two of my yarn-filled Easters (yes, it’s spelled plural). On Good Friday, I was in Silver Spring, MD, hanging out with a friend and...
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Yarn Farts – Kinda Like the Brain Ones
Well my yarn peeps. I kind of feel like I’m letting you down. “Why?!” “What do you possibly mean?!” I wanted to write another post last week and then have one fresh and ready yesterday. I have ideas...
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Mommy, Where do Skeins Come From?
We all wonder at one time or another, how a beloved skein makes its way to the coveted stash. Yes, we buy it and bring it home, but how does it become the thing of dreams and fixes? I’ve been wanting...
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Better Than an Amusement Park
Hello my fellow fiber lovers, I know it’s been a while. I’ve had to work weeks on end with very few days off and that meant either my knitting/crochet suffered or the blog. I know you’ll understand why...
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Hard Lesson Learned
Anyone who works with yarn knows it comes in balls. A lot of times, when a yarn maker starts out, they tend to buy skeins of machine wound yarn. Well, what happens when that skein “vomits” so bad near...
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Color-blocking Necklace Pattern
I love to do simple, but chic crochet jewelry. If you’ve seen my Etsy shop(shameless plug), you’re aware of that. Well, I do want to share some of my knowledge with the rest of you and have a simple...
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A Magical Yarn Creature
I was looking at a website about a luxurious yarn club (I was dreaming) and came across this information on Angora Wool, “Angora: Did you know that an angora rabbit will sit peacefully on your lap...
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Injured List = Awesomeness
Hello my fellow yarn freaks. Who rocked Ravellenics 2012?! I had a blast competing in my first Yarn Olympic Extravaganza and it will go down in the history books (for me). I turned in FIVE projects! I...
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Seamless Yarn Joins – you Wanna Know This!
Hello my people, I want to share with you a little trick I picked up from Debbie Stollar of “Stitch N’ Bitch” and “Happy Hooker” fame. (Side note, don’t Google search “Happy Hooker” without “Crochet”...
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Faux Crochet Entrelac (Like Faux Fur, but BETTER!)
Hello readers, Beautiful Cowl-ness I recently had to insert a project into my Christmas knitting extravaganza to make a birthday present. I needed something quick and cute and decided to make a cute...
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Happy Anniversary!
Hello readers, Today is a day of celebration because I realized (belatedly) that yesterday was the second anniversary for this blog! I feel like this anniversary means a little more than the last....
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It’s all Fun and Games until Someone Loses a Scarf
My “Fairy White” Easter has come and gone and I’m updating you on some tom-foolery that oddly involves yarn and handmade items. Some of you know about my super awesome Black Friday experience at Fibre...
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A Yarn Refresher of Sorts
This has been quite a month. One would think after all the moving that I would have a down month – psych! What would be a travel trip without some yarn bombing? Though the highlight of my June were the...
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Coming to a Close (one about love and hurt)
Bobby Brown Berens Cervantes I’ve put off this post for a while because I’m trying to figure out a way to cope – or not, so I don’t have to think about it. This past summer has been one of the most...
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