Crochet Last Month

To kick off March I finished crocheting the Sherwood throw out of forest-colored thrifted yarns.

I crocheted a project basket out of some bulky yarn I got in a Herrschners mystery bag.

For the last cold spell of winter I crocheted a hat out of beautiful hand-dyed mystery yarn from an Etsy seller.

I crocheted, yes, a chicken purse.

I crocheted a bottom for the second of my thrifted baskets.

I made a book sleeve out of some leftover blanket yarn.

I taught myself to crochet bookmarks with scrap yarn.

I turned all of the macrame cord Lion Brand sent me in their mystery yarn bag into basket.

I crocheted a wrap completely out of scrap yarn leftover from other projects.

For the month of March I used 34.24 skeins of yarn, most of which were thrifted (the macrame cord, the hand-dyed yarn and the gray bulky weight yarn were new and came in mystery bags.) Oddly that's the exact same amount of yarn I used in February. For the year to date I've used 101.75 skeins for my crochet projects.

I've been saving all the labels and scrap papers with notes on my skein usage in 2026, and looks like I'm going to need a bigger box.

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On the Beach

Last week my guy and I went to walk Daytona Beach, which was mostly (and eerily) deserted. This is what our beaches used to look like when I was a kid. It was a beautiful day, cold and breezy but calm. It feels like 2026 is getting off to the right start.

Eight Plus Numbers

When I was looking up the retail on the small lot of yarn plus a tapestry kit I got a lot of surprises. This Red Heart Roll with It Sparkle skein in "Diamonds" was actually a cake that sells $10.99 on Yarnspirations. The lot included two Red Heart Super Saver Jumbo skeins, which retail for $8.99 each, and stuck in the center of the buff color I found a 5.5 mm crochet hook. This is a skein of 100% Icelandic wool, which can be really expensive. It's marked with a price tag of $7.00, and I found it selling for $8.00 online. The needlepoint kit is the biggest surprise of all. It makes a pillow, and hails from the UK, where it sells for £45.00 ($60.76 US). Since it's flamingos I definitely have to finish it if I can. Altogether my eight plus lot retails for $125.04; I paid $21.30 total for the lot with the buy-it-now option and one penny shipping. I indeed got a very nice bargain.

Halfway Month Blues

Last week I realized on the 14th that two weeks of 2026 flew right by me, and right now I'm writing during the third week. I wanted to be finished with more projects by now, but life and work have to come first. I think this might be when most crocheters start a new shiny project to boost their spirits. Not me. I kept working away at my first project for the year, and here's why: I don't like being surrounded by unfinished things. I also tend to get fatigued and abandon projects more easily if I've left them by the wayside to do something else. Finally, the payoff of the finished project gives me a much better spirit boost than messing around with several projects at the same time. I have a couple of strategies for sticking to working on one project at a time, which I can use to keep myself focused on reaching the finish line. Planning my next project is probably what I do most often by pulling the yarn from my stash, getting out the printed pattern for the...

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