La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix

La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix

La Route des Saveurs de Charlevoix, or the Charlevoix Flavour Trail, crosses the Charlevoix region of Quebec and brings the traveller to the various food producers in the terroir. When Tomiko and I plotted our Quebec Culinary Adventure, we based our route on how far we could get in the time we had. That meant we […]

DIY: Multiplicity Buttoned Crocheted Shawl with Free Pattern

DIY Multiplicity Buttoned Crocheted Shawl

The Multiplicity Buttoned Crocheted Shawl is a beautiful shawl I crocheted using a pattern from Esther over at Make My Day Creative. I used a rich red alpaca yarn that Donatello brought back from Colombia. The yarn came on a big cone, so I’m not exactly sure how much yarn I used, but the pattern […]

DIY: Sparkly Blue Lacy Crocheted Infinity Scarf with Free Pattern

DIY Sparkly and Lacy Blue Crocheted Infinity Scarf Free Pattern

       This is an easy but lacy  and elegant infinity scarf that I crocheted with only one skein of fingering-weight yarn. To make the scarf a bit more fancy, I added beads for a bit of sparkle and shine. And since this scarf is rather lightweight and lacy, it’s not the best for […]

DIY: Sakura Crocheted Basketweave Möbius Cowl

DIY: Sakura Crocheted Basketweave Möbius Cowl, free pattern

This is a warm and fuzzy möbius cowl that is worked in a basketweave stitch. Basketweave looks woven, and you can alter it so that it looks like it has been woven with larger or smaller warps and wefts. The basketweave stitch looks fancy but it’s really easy once you figure out the front-post double crochet […]

DIY: Lacy Grey Crocheted Cowl and Free Pattern

DIY: Lacy Grey Crocheted Cowl and Free Pattern, Kiku Corner

Our mom taught Tomiko and me to crochet way back when we were kids. I was just seven or so and I wanted to crochet a blanket for one of my dolls. I was just trying to make a rectangle in single crochet stitches, but I was having issues – what I made instead was […]