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Lizzie in the snow. Maybe looking for Spring flowers???

Sitting here, trying to keep warm, looking outside to the remnants of snow left from several previous snow and ice storms, my thoughts turn to Spring. Well, nice try anyway! My dog…

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I’m not really a doll person. I’ve always been a ‘tomboy’. My 22 year old daughter is the same way. The only doll she ever had that she liked was one of those Water Babies. I even liked those –…

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Here’s a close up of the edging I crocheted to the front of a black sweatshirt to create a cardigan for my mom. How’d I do it? Really easy!

Fleece and sweatshirt material are wonderfully forgiving and perfect for embellishing with…

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I love to crochet and I’m a dedicated recycler, repurposer, reuser. I came up with this quick and easy idea for framing a doily or other flat crochet piece the other day. So, I rifled through the house to find…

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Whether you want to buy a whole library of crochet books or just browse new titles, there are many excellent sources for crochet books online. Here are some that I’ve used myself or have been recommended by others: (in no…

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There are a gazillion crochet blogs online. Some of them are downright wonderful. The patterns one can find on them is nothing short of amazing! There is so much inspiration.

One problem I have had with blogs in languages other than…

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I love to google ‘crochet’ to see what comes up. It’s pretty much different stuff every day. Google also has some experimental search engines, merely in testing phase, and I participate in one of those just to fine what’s new…

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