Hi

I love this theme because it’s about my passion for hand-making textiles for others who I love. These entries are a good cross-section of what I’ve made by hand-knitting or crocheting, on manual knitting looms, and on hand-crank knitting looms.

It’s how I share part of me with loved ones, family, and friends. It’s also what I do to disappear and forget life for a time.

I generally start with a free pattern to make a test piece and then alter it for a final custom piece.

The last 2 photos are of a Covid-era project which I designed and made 100% custom for my oldest son. I wanted to make him a ‘quilt’ by hand, putting love and support into each of the hand-crocheted ~9,600 stitches. This has been my magnum opus thus far, especially challenging because it’s made in horizontal stitch rows with color changes shown on my hand sketched pattern. I didn’t have a ladder of the right size to fit in the frame due to ceiling height. Finished quilt is 94x106 inches.