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Sep

26

LOVE IT - HATE IT - GOTTA HAVE IT……

September 26, 2007 | 6 Comments

Crochet. I love all the new books and magazines out there with great color pictures of wonderful crochet sweaters, doilies, totes, shrugs, etc. I even like it that there are patterns for Barbie and Ken, teddy bears, and skateboarders.
I hate that so many of those ‘new’ patterns we are buying are recycled reprobates [...]

Sep

24

BAG THAT PLASTIC BAG CROCHET

September 24, 2007 | 4 Comments

I tried it again. Crocheting with plastic bags. I spent quite some time online checking out how to prepare the plastic bags to create ‘yarn’. There are two basic ways to do this:
First, cut off handles and seam at the bottom, creating a square. Fold that square across its height so [...]

Sep

21

POLL TIME - WHAT SIZE DO YOU WANT TO SEE?

September 21, 2007 | 90 Comments

There always seem to be crocheters complaining about the lack of patterns in particular sizes, especially larger sizes for women. Most patterns, especially those in current magazines, are pictured on slim models. The pattern instructions always include wording like ‘Pattern is for size small. Medium and Large sizes are in parentheses.’ [...]

Sep

20

Wiki Up!

September 20, 2007 | 2 Comments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crochet

Have you visited the wikipedia website? If not, you NEED to. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia created mostly by people like you and me who know a lot about a subject and choose to share our knowledge. Sometime back, I had checked on ‘crochet’ and found nothing. I added a few [...]

Sep

16

RERUNS - SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST….

September 16, 2007 | 1 Comment

Well, you might not agree. The three books I reviewed over the past few weeks as ‘reruns’ were all excellent books. But, this week’s book is CHARMING!! Even I find it amazing that I find this book so charming. I hated dolls when I was a kid as I was SUCH [...]

Sep

5

CROSHAY BEANIE

September 5, 2007 | 2 Comments

I wanted to bring this to your attention. It’s the best beanie pattern I’ve seen - and it’s free once again, thanks to the croshay lady. Please visit her site to obtain the free pattern:

http://oscrochet.blogspot.com/
And, here’s her website also:
http://www.croshaydesign.com
I’ve made a gazillion of these beanies. They are exceptionally popular among males in [...]

Sep

4

ADVENTURES IN CROCHETING - the third rerun

September 4, 2007 | 3 Comments

This ‘Plain Jane’ book is a true gem! The copy I have from my library is bound in orange with white lettering on the spine. This is no indication of the wealth of information that is within the covers. While there are no color photographs and mostly just patterns for motifs, there [...]

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