Craft Gossip

http://www.yarnhacker.com/ (This sure looks like my yarn stash!)

i admire people who are well organized and whose homes are not overcome with clutter.  But, I’ll never be one of those people.  Lucky for me, my husband is very tolerant of my ‘collections’…

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I like to edge a lot of flannel and fleece pieces.  These make really great quick and inexpensive baby gifts.  A yard of fleece can be purchased for just a couple of dollars on sale.  There are many baby themed…

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Now, I strive to remain an openminded crocheter.  I know there are many creative crocheters, people with way more talent than I have – and apparently way faster at crocheting or they have way more time to crochet than I…

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momwithahook has created what may be the perfect picky toddler meal!

FLIKR has rought us a great way for us to look at each other’s art.  There are quite a few folks who have joined the craftgossip flikr group, including some…

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LB Cupcake Yarn

When I received the most recent LionBrand catalog in my mailbox, I was intrigued with the cover photo – a thick rug composed of large colorful pompons under a retro plastic molded chair.  But, I am a bit…

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A couple days ago, I had the opportunity to teach a friend to crochet.  My friend, Kathy, is about 2/3 through her goal of doing one thing new every day for a year.  At some point, I offered or she…

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I have this extra new copy of Blueprint Crochet that I want to give away.  So, now is the time for a CONTEST!!

I recently blogged about this book and the blog of its author, Robyn Chachula, so you know I…

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http://www.crochetbyfaye.blogspot.com/

I love to find blogs that teach and inspire. There are now so many crochet blogs that one must be a bit discriminating about which ones to visit. If we don’t discriminate, choose favorites, and gloss over less innovative and…

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Blueprint Crochet by Robin Chachula, crochet and structural engineering

Many of us know the name

Robyn Chachula

as a luminary in the crochet world. What I didn’t know about her is that she’s a structural engineer. In my own long and varied career path (or simply job history), I worked for…

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http://http://www.barbesaintjohn.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1&zenid=e589374618922a70d1ff96e7951f977a

Barbe Saint John spins her own lovely yarns.  Thought you might like to check out her collection of yummy yarns.  These are definitely not your ‘average’ yarns.  You can’t just walk into any yarn store and come out with yarn…

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I wanted to share with you the two sweaters I made for my neighbor’s granddaughters. Frank, my neighbor, is a very kind man – and just crazy about his grandkids! He has two, Olivia, age 2, and Sienna, age 3…

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Readers Digest Big Book of Weekend Crochet

HEIRLOOM AFGHANS TO KNIT OR CROCHET

Heirloom Afghans to Knit or Crochet

I hit the jackpot, as it were, at the library this week when I went to the crochet section.  There were a number of books I had heard or read about but never had in…

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