Julia (a wonderful crafter who can turn her hand to any craft and do it well) sent me a couple of photos of these small crochet baskets she made.  I think they’re wonderful and I’m going to make up a couple for myself.  Here is a link to the blog with a free tutorial.

http://crochetincolor.blogspot.com/2012/02/chunky-crocheted-basket-pattern.htm

Julia also sent me a photos of an amazing Wingspan scarf she has just finished, the pattern is,

Wingspan by maylin Tri’Coterie Designs from Wingspan and Beyond

Lastly, I have slowly been knitting up a scarf using this giant ball of wool that has lots of different wools joined together to make up the chunky knit.  It’s from ONION Knit, http://www.onion.dk.