Hearth & Wool

Crochet patterns for your home & the people you love.

01/05/2026

Pretty much every year I find a new hat pattern and make one for everyone in my family. I hadn't knit in quite some time so when I saw this quick and simple pattern, I jumped in and whipped up 6 (well, 7 if you include the random one I made first to test out the pattern) in a matter of a couple weeks.

So far they've been worn to Christmas activities, outside to play in the snow, to church, and just randomly around the house. It's basically all I hope for when making them something. 😊

Pattern // Chunky Knit Beanie
Designer //

01/03/2026

My Four Seasons Temperature Pillows are the PERFECT project if you've wanted to do a temperature project but know you can't commit to a year long thing.

Each pillow is one season, pick your favorite and go!

The pattern includes instructions for how to figure out a color scheme, how to organize the colors, and resources for getting the temperatures when you fall behind (like I always do).

You can also choose any year, any special occasion, any specific idea you have can work with this pattern. For example, if you have three kids, you can take each of their birth months and make one pillow with those temperatures.

OR if you don't want to do a temperature pillow at all, grab all your scrap yarn and make a scrappy pillow. The possibilities are endless!

I'm starting new pillows for this year using one color scheme instead of four. I'll be sharing about that soon!

Grab the pattern now in my etsy or ravelry shops!

01/02/2026

Last year I found and I knew I wanted to try to do it. I had had a few rough years of PPA and borderline PPD and despite loving being outside, having the energy to get all four kids out and keeping an eye on them was too much for me. So, having the challenge and a specific goal was the motivation I needed. I didn't count, but I know we spent less than 100 hours outside in 2023. 😩 Last year, we got 268 hours outside! And this year, the reasonable goal is 500 hours.

We started off the year strong yesterday by taking our annual New Years Day hike at one of our favorite spots. We clocked a whopping 3 1/2 hours!

I'm excited to share our 1,000 (or 500) hours outside journey with you this year!

Give me all your outside winter activities ideas in the comments!

12/31/2025

Hello! I've only been gone about a month, but that feels like forever in internet time.

Life has been crazy and busy since Jimmy Jones got really sick about five weeks ago. Long story short, he had the flu...badly. After that, it was four weeks of everyone else in my house getting the flu and a few of us got norovirus too. 😮‍💨 It was rough...to put it mildly.

During the few days when no one was sick, we had our Christmas cantata at church. My husband and I sang and Monty and Cleo were in a skit, sang, and played townspeople. It was a blast and kept us busy leading up to the beginning of December.

After that, it was Christmas time! We were finally mostly healthy. We've watched movies, eaten lots of snacks, driven around town multiple times to see all the Christmas lights, went to our town's light parade, walked around our decorated town green (and if you know me enough, you know I live in the gilmore girls town so walking around our town green at Christmas time is pure magic), we had a slow and quiet Christmas, and had a big storm the day after which my kids have been enjoying since.

Tonight, we are going to which has become a tradition for us on New Year's Eve. And for the first year ever, we're letting our kids stay up. We're going to play games together, maybe watch a movie, eat delicious snacks, and see who makes it to midnight.

I had planned to slowly get back into the swing of things here but I know myself well enough that I'm either in 1,000% or I'm out. So, I'm going to be sharing all my recent projects that never made it to pattern status because of sickness and a bunch of other personal projects.

I've been happiest making personal projects lately. Could you comment your favorite pattern from this year so I have some solid ideas heading into the new year?? Thanks! 😁

11/20/2025

Just wanted to pop in and give you the quickest update ever.

It took me 5 minutes to make this reel and that's about all I had time for.

Some notes if you're wanting a little more details:
1. My son is okay...he had a dangerously high fever for a few days. I'm talking like above 105° multiple times. The first time it got that high, he got delirious and I had to get him "back to us". I've basically been watching him like a hawk for 5 days straight. I'm exhausted. His fever finally broke yesterday, but he's still sick. I think he has the flu and we're just riding it out while I obsessively check his temperature to make sure it's not going too high again.
2. I had some exciting things planned for this week (one of which won'tmatter once the week is over 😕), but life had other plans. So, the next time you see me, it should be with fun Christmas and winter designs ready for testing! 🤞🏻
3. I love my business and you! I just don't know how other makers are "doing it all" and posting everyday and keeping up with everything going on in this app. I can't do it. 🤷‍♀️

I'd love to hear what's going good for you! I need to know about some joyful things right now. 🩷

11/16/2025

My greatest crafting joy will always come from making things for my children.

I can't help but remember taking photos of this girl when she was just 1 year old wearing a test project. 🥹

I hope they never get tired of me making things for them. 🥰

The Marion Jumper by .loops is available now!

11/03/2025

My best selling patterns from October!

Once again, the Aspetuck Coaster takes the #1 spot. I love that this design continues to be a favorite year after year.

The Brir Washcloth Set came in a close second place. Three patterns for the price of one?? Hard to pass on that.

And in 3rd place, the Twisted Tunisian Earwarmer! This was the first pattern I ever designed and I'm so happy you are loving it.

Which of the three is your favorite?

10/31/2025

This year's knit hat obsession 😍

BRB while I go make one for everyone I know 😄

《chunky knit hat by 》

10/29/2025

The cold weather is here in New England and I looooooooove it!

That means it's time to make all the warm and cozy things!

I'm biased, for sure, but these are some great ones to start with.

Patterns above:
Chunky Merryall Blanket
Aspetuck Coaster
Merryall Blanket
Harvest Earwarmer
Merryall Wrap Scarf
Kent Scarf

Tag me when you make them so I can see!

10/24/2025

Testing for .loops and making a cute sweater for Cleo. It's been a minute since I've made a garment for one of my kids.

Do you want to see the collection of garments I've made through the years?

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