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Mar

30

Is Crochet the Red-Headed Stepchild of Knitting?

March 30, 2007 | 20 Comments

YEP! Yarn shops are notorious for snubbing crocheters. Books that contain both knit and crochet are dominated by knit. Many ready to wear items that are crocheted are marketed as knitted. There are references to machine crochet when crochet cannot be done by machines - but knitting can! Crochet is [...]

Mar

27

A SIMPLE SQUARE

March 27, 2007 | 4 Comments

Thata hosts one of my very favorite blogs. She is SOOOO creative and is a prolific crocheter, despite having a family and job outside the home. She recently posted a ’simple’ square of her own design. This square is so pretty and gives me many ideas to use it. Here’s the [...]

Mar

22

CROCHETING WITH ONE HAND TIED BEHIND YOUR …?

March 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

abilities! well, beyond my abilities. i just can’t hold the yarn with this cast on! there are any number of other things i can’t do or can do poorly or very slowly - like typing. gives me far more respect for the many crocheters out there who are hampered by disability [...]

Mar

19

SPRING FLOWERS

March 19, 2007 | 2 Comments

With Spring just around the corner (I hope!), I decided to find some new and different flower patterns online. I think all these are freebies except for one link. I love to make them with luscious orphan skeins I can buy for cheap at my LYS. I think they look great [...]

Mar

15

CROCHETED SLINGS??? & other things

March 15, 2007 | 2 Comments

I set out to find a crochet pattern for a sling for my broken wrist. Couldn’t find anything suitable, but this might be adapted:

http://crafts.sleepingbaby.net/crochet.html
Of course, I should have thought to crochet the sling before I needed this one:
http://www.themedicineprogram.com/category/Orthopedics+%3E+Orthopedic+Miscellaneous
WISH THOSE WERE MY THIGHS!
So, instead of spending more time searching for crochet slings, i decided [...]

Mar

14

SPRING SPRUNG & FULLY FELLED

March 14, 2007 | 6 Comments

The weather here has been soooooo wonderful that my dog and I have been enjoying extra walking time. Yesterday evening, Lizzie (my 63 lb dog) and Ronnie (my crochet guru) were walking at a nearby park. We hadn’t made it one full round in the Spring-like weather when I went down hard and [...]

Mar

12

‘NEMESIS’ AFGHAN NEARING COMPLETION

March 12, 2007 | 2 Comments

I’m finally nearing completion of the wedding afghan for my nephew who married last June! This has been my ‘nemesis’ afghan - a term we crocheters sometimes use to refer to a project that we either do not enjoy making or just can’t do properly or well. In this case, the central part [...]

Mar

10

Little Bear Hugs

March 10, 2007 | 2 Comments

http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=1694
http://craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=1694 - this should be a link you can cut and paste if it’s not clickable.
Isn’t this about the cutest bear you’ve ever seen? I LOVE it! I’m not a huge fan of stuffed animals or dolls, but every now and then I see one that just SPEAKS to me! This is [...]

Mar

9

HAVE YOU CREATED AN HEIRLOOM?

March 9, 2007 | 6 Comments

Distionary.com defines ‘heirloom’ as:
heir·loom /ˈɛərˌlum/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[air-loom]

1.
a family possession handed down from generation to generation.

A crochet heirloom is pictured above.
That got me to thinking about crochet and our heritage. Do you have any crochet items made by your predecessors - mom, grandma, [...]

Mar

4

IT’S TIME FOR A CONTEST - win a PRIZE!!

March 4, 2007 | 37 Comments

I’ve got a brand-spanking new copy of “Teach Yourself Visually - Crochet” which I am offering as a prize in this contest. The winner will receive this great book via snail mail from me. The book is a good reference for beginners as well as advanced crocheters IMO.
The contest is open to all [...]

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