Last Month in Crochet

To start July on a happy note I made a basket out of fun bulky yarns from GuChet to hold a collection of the more GuChet yarns with which to play.

I cobbled together a baby bird out of one partial skein of Premier Parfait XL Pom Party yarn (say that ten times fast!) and learned a lot from modifying the pattern.

I made a patternless tray basket out of a single skein of Chinese t-shirt yarn.

I crocheted a gift bag out of one thrifted skein of Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Polo.

I crocheted a liner using Premier Parfait in crème de menthe for the art yarn gathering basket I made back in June.

I made this throw out of Premier Puzzle in the Marbles colorway, an unusual, very pretty yarn, a skein of which I got in a mystery box.

I crocheted a little basket to hold my rescued embroidery thread while experimenting with Hobbii wool blend boucle yarn.

I made this holiday hat with one skein of Premier Basix Multi in Merry Multi.

I crocheted this dishcloth out of Sugar 'n Cream in Rainbow Bright while working on my tension issues with cotton yarn (you can see the problem I have by the difference in the first bottom rows versus the rest of the piece.)

I crocheted a cowl/infinity scarf combo of my own design from one skein of beautiful Mountaintop Yarn hand-dyed worsted in Bed of Roses.

I made a pair of slipper socks out of Sweet Roll in the colorway Pistachio Ice Cream while testing a one-skein crochet pattern to see if it was suitable for a beginner (and it was.)

Finally I finished crocheting a bed-size ripple afghan out of Premier Parfait Glitz yarn, which we will put to use in the guest room during the holidays.

Altogether I used 41-3/4 skeins of yarn during July, which brings my total for 2026 to 260-3/4 skeins.

I'm really happy with how much I did over the last month. Part of this is due to the fact that I had a nice long vacation, but summer always inspires me, too. Let's see how much crochet I can get done in August.