Enter to win! See details below! GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED! See how to order a Bagg of your own below! You’ll be amazed at what this bagg can do! Zip it into a backpack! Or a tote! Or a shoulder bagg! With the pockets on the inside! With the pockets on the outside! Unzip it…
Free recipe: Chicken Stock
Having chicken stock on hand for cooking is an essential. Store-bought stock is okay and I have totally used it from time to time, but even the low sodium versions of it are really high in salt. So that’s why I gather together the ingredients for my own stock, usually in a zippy bag…
Free crochet pattern: Sonder
Sonder ©2017 Drew Emborsky, aka The Crochet Dude® Skill Level Easy Finished Measurements 55″ wide x 27.5″ tall Materials Be So Sporty Yarn from Kristin Omdahl (100% bamboo sportweight – 325 yds – 297 m – 4 oz – 113 g) • 1 ball Sun Kissed Yellow • 1 ball Parisian Bordeaux More info on…
New Valentines Phone Background
I can’t seem to stop making my own custom phone backgrounds – it’s so much fun. I hope that you are enjoying it as much as I am. Here is the latest one that I’ve created with some of my drawings – please enjoy it as my free gift to you. Click below see…
Free recipe: Split Pea Soup
After Christmas and before New Year’s Eve my mom would take the hambone from Christmas dinner and cook up a big pot of split pea soup. Wow, it really is one of my favorite food memories. Here is my version that uses bacon instead of a hambone for flavor which I find to be much…
20 Free Crochet Patterns for Valentine’s Day!
Here are some of my fave crochet patterns that I’ve collected for you around the Internet Machine for Valentine’s Day! Click on the name of the pattern to get it! PS: all these were free patterns at the time this roundup was compiled. Please forgive me if a designer has decided to change that status…
Free crochet pattern: Faux Cable Cowl
Believe it or not, this is a BEGINNER level project. If you can chain, single crochet, and double crochet, you’ll be able to make this cute cowl that looks like cables! Faux Cable Cowl ©2017 Drew Emborsky, aka The Crochet Dude® Skill Level Beginner Finished Measurements Approx 24” around, but this can be…
Giveaway: Sporty Cakes
These yarn cakes are part of the exclusive line of yarn by the incomparable Kristin Omdahl! See below how you can win two balls of this amazing yarn – and you’ll get to choose which colors!! (GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED) Each center pull ball (or cake) is 100% bamboo, combining 4 different hand-dyed colors, 325…
Free recipe: Amazing Refried Beans
When I was living in Guadalajara, Mexico I quickly began to realize that there is a HUGE difference in flavors of refried beans. One day a coworker brought some to a potluck at work, and when I tasted them I couldn’t believe how delicious they were. It took some coaxing but I eventually convinced…
Free recipe: Amazing Pinto Beans
I had the wonderful good fortune to live in Guadalajara, Mexico for several years when I was in my 20s – besides making dear friends and learning Spanish, I also was taught to cook many of the traditional dishes. Here is one of my all-time favorites. And if you want to have THE best…