Cat Mad Crochet

Crochet ideas and inspiration for the independent crafter

  • Moths have no place in the stash

    Moths have no place in the stash

    I am not ashamed to say I have a stash. It started, as I think many of them do, as a few left over hanks, some gift yarn, and those yummy skeins you cannot leave behind when you see them.   It has grown. This is natural for their species. I…

  • A cat head-shaped coaster

    A cat head-shaped coaster

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes And another week in the dystopian Hellscape has sped right by! Look at them go! Who knew time at the end of American civilization would go so quickly? I did not get much done on my normal projects this week. I mean, I kept making…

  • Why I Hate AI Crochet

    Why I Hate AI Crochet

    Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Social media and pattern sights are now rife with AI crochet. It is everywhere and nearly everyone who crochets and suffers the horrors of social media has had someone send them some stupid AI image and ask them to make it up for them. Of…

  • A finished project and a new pet

    A finished project and a new pet

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes It has been a week of minor and major joys here! Let us begin with the little things. First, I finished a project! Adia’s mini-shawl is done just in time for the warm weather, so if we have a freak May cool down with sudden…

  • Don’t touch the good scissors

    Don’t touch the good scissors

    Estimated reading time: 5 minutes When I was eight months and thirteen days pregnant with my older daughter, my grandfather passed at the age of 86. My father forbade me from attending the funeral because I was very close to my due date, so I was at home the night…

  • Following up about those toilets

    Following up about those toilets

    Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I have made a horrible mistake. I meant to help by telling you about the ghost toilets. I didn’t know they weren’t real. Perhaps you didn’t know. Perhaps, with my little blog, I could help someone save their house from water damage by letting them…

  • A public service announcement about toilets

    A public service announcement about toilets

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes If you only read one of my blog posts, make it this one. This one is the only one that might save you money on your water bill and save you from potential damage to your house. The rest are just me ranting about things.…

  • Weird blue-haired woman with a hook

    Weird blue-haired woman with a hook

    Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I have finished nothing this week. I worked on things, but I have finished nothing. I can happily tell you that I am about halfway done with the latest ball of yarn I added to Hannah’s project. I can even more happily tell you I…

  • My Melt the Ice hat is done!

    My Melt the Ice hat is done!

    Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Dammit it all if winter doesn’t seem to be over here. I’m not best pleased, let me tell you. I hate spring. My allergies are already hopping about and very excited to my make my life miserable. Give me the cold. Give me the snow.…

  • There’s chocolate on this project!

    There’s chocolate on this project!

    Estimated reading time: Three minutes It’s been a freaking month here indeed! I should have known how this season would go when I started humming Counting Crows “Long December” to myself in early December and thinking it really had been a long December already. It was maybe the third. The…