One of our besties is heading to Stanford for grad school, so I crocheted him a tree that (hopefully) resembles their unofficial mascot.

After crocheting my relief wave shrug prototype, I’ve gotten a little obsessed with what else I can make using this stitch. I recently had a conversation with my mom about a crocheted purse she saw on a department store website, so I decided to see if I could make a relief wave purse.

CrochetWithAlannaMiall recently released the Ceres top pattern and it was an instant purchase for me since I’m a fan of the puff stitch look.

Over the last year, I’ve seen this crochet stitch all over social media being used for bralettes, tops, skirts, dresses, etc. After doing some digging, I discovered it’s called a relief wave stitch and found some lovely tutorials (both written and a YouTube video) from Crochet by Ellej. I like to wear a little shrug/sweater over my dresses, but have been having trouble finding any so I decided to try crocheting a shrug using this stitch. It took me almost two months and over 5 frogging sessions, but the initial prototype is complete!

I’m back with another finished crochet project: the Bridgette sweater from ilovetinderbox.

A Boston hat is part of Jeff’s regular attire, but it doesn’t do much to keep him warm in the winter. He discovered the twisted ear warmer I made for myself back in 2022 and started wearing it over his hat. I thought it was cute until I wanted to wear it myself. The solution was clear - I needed to make him his own version that would fit over his hat.

These cute little hot cocoa ornaments came from a Mary Maxim kit that my Mom bought a few years ago that I finally got around to crocheting. They worked up pretty quickly, but I don’t know if I’d make them again.