![Prepping for June [S.O.P Series]](https://i0.wp.com/www.tugboatyarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SOP-PreppingforJuneIcon.jpg?resize=670%2C300&ssl=1 "Prepping for June [S.O.P Series]")
Are you ready for summer? Are you ready for sweaty days, and humid evenings? Are you ready to be off school, or take a quick vacation from work, or maybe to waste away hours at the beach? Well Good. Me, too. Bring on the sunscreen and bug bites, summer is…
![Treble Crocheted Baby Pants [S.O.P. Series]](https://i0.wp.com/www.tugboatyarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/VStitchCrochetedBabyPants.jpg?resize=670%2C300&ssl=1 "Treble Crocheted Baby Pants [S.O.P. Series]")
To start off my Summer of Patterns Series, I wanted to share a fun pair of baby pants. This was my first try at making little pants, and I had a blast figuring them out. (Okay, so maybe it wasn’t as blastastic when I had to pull out rows and…
![Slip Stitch Embroidery Technique [S.O.P. Series]](https://i0.wp.com/www.tugboatyarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SlStEmbroid-Step5.jpg?resize=640%2C300&ssl=1 "Slip Stitch Embroidery Technique [S.O.P. Series]")
There was a time in my life I was on time for things. In fact, I’ve been known to get places at that awkwardly early stage where I really should have waited out in the car. But now-a-days? I’m late. I’m late a lot. Maybe my life theme for next…
![Cupcake Appliqué [S.O.P. Series]](https://i0.wp.com/www.tugboatyarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Cupcake1.jpg?resize=480%2C300&ssl=1 "Cupcake Appliqué [S.O.P. Series]")
Appliqués are a great way to add something fun to hats, and this little cupcake was one of my favorite ones to make. I found a lot of different cupcake patterns online, but I couldn’t quite get them to fit the sizing and look I wanted. So after playing around…
![FPDC Newborn Newsie Cap [S.O.P. Series]](https://i0.wp.com/www.tugboatyarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/AliciaNewsie3.jpg?resize=640%2C300&ssl=1 "FPDC Newborn Newsie Cap [S.O.P. Series]")
In the creative world, there are people who can learn from books, and others who learn better by demonstration. I’m definitely a show-me-a-few-times person and I’ll have it figured out. Trying to absorb new techniques from books is a different story. For this reason, I rely heavily on YouTube when…
![Baby Cape Crochet Pattern [S.O.P. Series]](https://i0.wp.com/www.tugboatyarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/BabyCape-Ad.jpg?resize=670%2C300&ssl=1 "Baby Cape Crochet Pattern [S.O.P. Series]")
Do you have a super baby flying into your family soon? Or maybe flying over to a friends’ homestead? This is a fun little pattern you can use to whip up the perfect baby gift just in time for their super arrival! NEWBORN BABY CAPE CROCHET PATTERN Materials…
![Something for the Twins [S.O.P. Series]](https://i0.wp.com/www.tugboatyarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/CutieTwinBabyCocoons.jpg?resize=670%2C300&ssl=1 "Something for the Twins [S.O.P. Series]")
I first need to clarify that H-G Hope Baby is a singular child floating around in my womb. I am not having two, despite the chances being higher in my family tree. This pattern I’ll be sharing is for other people that are having twins. Or if you want to make…
Here’s the thing. We don’t do a lot of birthday parties in our little H-G Family. It’s a lot of work, and there is a crazy amount of social pressure to pull off these epically planned, perfectly presented spectacles (thank you, Pinterest). We’ve made a point of saying each kid…
![Get Your British On [S.O.P. Series]](https://i0.wp.com/www.tugboatyarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PoliceBox-ColorOptions.jpg?resize=670%2C300&ssl=1 "Get Your British On [S.O.P. Series]")
Don’t get me wrong – I love me some red, white, and blue, but sometimes you gotta appreciate your own country’s history (and who might have influenced them). I’ve talked about our love of The UK’s Top Gear, so it should come as no surprise that I like a lot…
![Dinosaurs, Foxes, and Kitty Cats – OH MY! [S.O.P. Series]](https://i0.wp.com/www.tugboatyarning.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DinoFoxKittyAd.jpg?resize=670%2C300&ssl=1 "Dinosaurs, Foxes, and Kitty Cats – OH MY! [S.O.P. Series]")
Well, summer is long gone and we are soaking up the goods of fall. I’m still way behind on my Summer of Patterns Series (maybe I should just call it the Four Seasons of Patterns Series, ha!), but I’m still plugging away at the patterns I have scratched out in…