Postcards with Love from The White Lotus
March 5, 2023It was back to the beach for the finalizing touches on my Postcards with Love beach inspired blanket by the talented Eleonora from Coastal Crochet. While I finished this lovely blanket, I watched both seasons one of the most popular shows from recent years, The White Lotus. This dark comedic satire set in the tropical The White Lotus resort is full of wit and rich characters from an entirely excellent cast. And on that note, God bless whoever gave Jennifer Coolidge such a prominent role. This show is amazing. Here is the blanket; I was so happy to work on…
The Cat and the Wolff
As the summer warmth flashes the last of its lazed brazen tail and autumn gusts in, it is time for me to put off all the beach movies and finish this wonderful but too long in the making blanket, Postcards…
Postcards with Love Update
I don’t know how you did it, but to everyone who has kept up with the Postcards with Love crochet along, you have some mad crochet skills. I’ve been watching everyone’s progress and the results are amazing. On the other…
Hearts and Heyerdahl
In keeping with the beach theme while I work on the lovely Postcards with Love blanket, today I watched Kon-Tiki (2012), the story of Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. The film retells the true story of how Heyerdahl and his…
Postcards with Love, On Chesil Beach
On Monday, May 23rd, the amazingly talented Eleanora from Coastal Crochet shared her design for her fabulous Postcards with Love blanket designed for King Cole. And considering that it is the prettiest blanket, I couldn’t resist joining in on the…
Upcoming Crochet Projects and Link Love
In addition to my Daisy Beach Blanket and my 2021 Rain or Shine Temperature Blanket that I’m working on, I have two more projects I will be starting shortly. One of them is a remake of one of the prettiest…
May Rain, Daisy Squares, and Chungking Express
I probably couldn’t have picked a better movie to watch on a rainy May weekend than Chungking Express, which focuses heavily on the month of May, particularly May 1st, for the first half of the story. And not just the…
2021 Temperature Blanket, I Have Not Forgotten You
This is my temperature blanket that I started in 2021, using these colors and methodology, colors that I am loving and crocheted with white and grey rows for snow and rain, but it has been slow-going as I am now…
Yellow Daisy Squares and Black Orpheus
This weekend I made several of these yellow daisy granny squares for what is going to be my “Daisy Beach” blanket. I also ordered a very large box of coral, aqua, and white yarn for the project – it’s officially…
Welcome to Crochet and a Show
There’s a quiet time of evening when everyone in our house is ready to settle in. The family is chill and the fur babies want some quality couch time with me. This is the time when the crochet hook and…
