One of my favorite things to do in the summer in New England is watch hummingbirds. I enjoy seeing their beauty up-close as they drink from our garden and our feeder. Last year we tried out a handheld feeder for the first time and had a great time with it! It was such a treat to have the birds come close to us. I tried to buy the same hand feeder for a friend but couldn’t find it anywhere so[Read more]
Welcome! Welcome to Celtic Knot Crochet! Are you here for the Annie’s Facebook Live Yarn Giveaway? So glad you popped over for a visit! Enjoy reading my reasons for loving the wonderful Sinfonia yarn by Omega (which you can purchase here) and this list below of my crochet designs that use it – Please leave a comment below (by July 26th) telling us which one is your favorite to enter the giveaway! Thank you to James at Creative Yarn Source[Read more]
One of the quickest and easiest gifts to give anyone are crocheted dishcloths. Everyone can use a couple and they can be handy either in the kitchen or in the bathroom (for washing your face or body – I like to call these “spa cloths”). Since they are crocheted with cotton yarn they are durable, washable and machine dryable (is that a word? 🙂 ). They are practical and low maintenance. Package a few with some special soap and you[Read more]
I’ve always been drawn to anything red, white and blue. It is probably because my birthday is around July 4th and here in the US, we always decorate houses, stores and towns in the patriotic colors. I associate the red, white and blue with wonderful carefree summer memories, birthday celebrations with my family and the freedom and blessings we have in America. I thought it would be fun to create this Patriotic Party Banner using plarn, my 10mm Clover crochet[Read more]
Many of you know that I love to crochet mandalas and that I also love to crochet outdoors. So, here is a project that combines those 2 things 🙂 Introducing the Chunky Outdoor Mandala! I was able to quickly crochet 2 of these mandala projects and have already hung them in my backyard. This mandala project is actually a combination of 2 free mandala patterns I recently completed and I LOVE how it turned out! Would you believe it is[Read more]
