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May

29

DOUBLESTITCH, the review

May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Doublestitch, Designs for the Crochet Fashionista
by Erika and Monika Simmons

Published by Interweave Press, 2008, 128 pages, ISBN 978159668006630
Erika and Monika, identical twins, are young, beautiful, fashionable, and talented crochet entrepreneurs. Their crochet designs are fashion forward - aimed at younger women with great shapes. As with many books of crochet fashion, some of [...]

May

22

MONICA BURNETT DESIGNS A CUPCAKE

May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment

No, Monica Burnett has not hyjacked my blog! It’s just that I love the look of her website and wanted to share!
Monica has a great blog as well. Her crocheted designs just make me smile. Check out some of her goodies. These aren’t inexpensive - but they’re also NOT expensive. [...]

May

20

WHERE TO SELL YOUR CROCHET ONLINE 052008

May 20, 2008 | 1 Comment

http://cgi.ebay.com/40-4-Multicolors-HAND-CROCHETED-GRANNY-SQUARES-Blocks
Crocheters are always discussing ways to sell their goods. Local outlets may be completely lacking in your area. Maybe a garage sale or an occasional craft fair is the only place you can sell your crocheted items. Occasionally, some area might have a consignment store which will take crocheted items - [...]

May

14

BEADS AND CROCHET - A CHARMING COMBINATION

May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments

This might be the primo site combining beading and crochet:

http://www.beadcrochet.com/
This site has kits and beads for sale, how-to’s, and other interesting things to check out.
About.com is always a good site to check out when you want to learn something new. This article teaches a variety of ways to incorporate beading into your crochet:
http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa030197.htm
Of [...]

May

9

CRAFTBITS CROCHET SCORES!

May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

Have you checked out the free crochet patterns at this blog’s parent site recently? Go to www.craftbits.com and click on ‘crochet’ on the left side of the screen. There are scads of great free patterns there! Here are a few of my personal favorites:
Teddy Go Round Afghan

How cool is this granny-inspired bag [...]

May

4

CROCHETING THROUGH ADVERSITY

May 4, 2008 | 13 Comments

I’m planning to write

an in-depth story about crocheting through adversity. Please leave your story here. Kindly condense your story as much as possible and do not use real names if you don’t want them to be published. Your email addresses will be visible on this blog but everyone will be anonymous in [...]

May

3

NOAH AND HIS ARK

May 3, 2008 | 3 Comments

I love the Noah’s Ark baby afghan that appears on the cover of the May, 2008 issue of Crochet!
Reading the pattern got me to wondering. I’ve seen several other crochet interpretations of the Noah’s Ark theme. So, I went looking for them online. Here’s what I found:

http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=1722002
Here’s one that was auctioned [...]

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