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Clever Crafter’s Guide to Wool

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Whether you are a crochet or knit beginner or a yarn aficionado, it’s always fun to learn new things about the most important supply in your stash. One of the best kinds of yarns to use (in my opinion) is wool, so here are some stats and facts about where wool around the world comes from, as well as some tips on the different types!

This very helpful infographic about wool comes to us courtesy of Tom Melby, owner and director of animal shearing equipment company Clippers Ireland. Thank you so much for sharing!

I’m currently working on two additions to my crocheted amigurumi fruit bowl: a smiley orange and a happy pear. Stay tuned for both those patterns!

What is your favorite kind of yarn to use?

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Amigurumi Cherries Pattern

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Happy Monday! Last week, I shared a to-die-for homemade cherry pie filling recipe. Later this week, I’ll talk about the tarts that I used the filling in. In keeping with my cherry theme, today’s post is a crochet pattern to make the cutest Amigurumi cherries you ever did see! Maybe I’ll have to do some cherry nail art this week too, to round off my week of cherries! Continue reading Amigurumi Cherries Pattern

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Cherry Pie Filling

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Recipe: Cherry Pie Filling

A few weeks ago, I stole a good amount of sour cherries from my Dad’s cherry tree. I put them to great use last weekend when I made homemade cherry pie filling for some cherry tarts! Next week, I will share the very easy no-bake recipe for those, but today it’s all about the filling! Continue reading Cherry Pie Filling

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Wordless Wednesday: Hungry Visitor

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Wordless Wednesday: Hungry Visitor

Earlier this week, I went out back to water our plants and found a very hungry caterpillar visiting! We are pretty sure he is responsible for half our tomato plant being gone- not to mention he was about five inches long!- so we wanted to move him as quickly as possible. Continue reading Wordless Wednesday: Hungry Visitor