Last Month in Crochet

August was one of the best months in 2026 for me creatively. I crocheted almost every day, and got so many projects finished I felt like a little crochet factory. :)

To kick off my lovely productive streak I wove another, beachcomber's edition basket using a vintage rope basket and handmade art yarn spun with sea shells, crystal beads and sea glass beads from Enchanted Knits (no longer selling on Etsy, alas), and crocheted the lining out of thrifted variegated chenille blanket yarn.

I solved a mystery by turning three balls of thrifted, unlabeled yarn into this granny rectangle throw while I researched and identified the yarn brand and colorway (Caron Cakes Blueberry Muffin).

I crocheted a no-pattern drawstring pouch while testing Premier's Anti-Pilling Everyday Worsted Painterly, a new-to-me yarn, in the colorway Jam Session.

I crocheted a second pouch to test Premier's Cotton Sprout, another new-to-me yarn, in the colorway Luau.

I made Iris, a giant amigurumi cat entirely out of scrap yarn.

I crocheted a little purse for Iris out of an odd ball of French yarn I got in a thrifted lot.

I crocheted a winter hat out of Premier Basix Mosaic acrylic yarn in the colorway Sea, and a second one from Premier Sweet Roll acrylic yarn in the colorway Birthday Cake Pop.

I crocheted a market bag from four thrifted skeins of Loops & Threads Capri cotton blend.

I made a dragon's egg dice bag using Premier Sweet Roll Vivid in the colorway Lave Lamo (perfect for this gorgeous drawstring bag) after rolling the dice to determine my next yarn project -- droste effect crocheting!

I crocheted a second dragon's egg dice bag using Premier Farmstand superfine yarn in the colorway pumpkin. In the second pic you can see the difference in how the bag turns out using worsted versus superfine.

Make that three bags. I wanted to use up all the yarn, which I did, and this pattern is really fun (I used a little bit of Farmstand in the colorway Carrot to finish the last row on the third, as I did run out of Pumpkin.)

I made a scrap basket for my sewing table out of one skein of Premier Bloom Chunky in the colorway Bluebell.

I made another, bigger basket out of a skein of egg yolk yellow Big Mamma blanket yarn, which I used for the base, and a bunch of scrap balls.

To feed my new obsession with dragon egg dice bags I made one from an unlabeled thrifted skein of blue/green/silver metallic superfine yarn in my stash.

I made one final winter hat from Sweet Roll Vivid in the colorway Moonbeam because, you know, rainbows are my colors. :)

My productivity in August resulted in me using 49-3/8 skeins of yarn, and I donated four skeins to our local church thrift, for a total of 53-3/8 skins. That brings my year to date total yarn used to 314-1/8 skeins. Whee!