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Starting at the beginning with a slipstitch, how do we (did we) learn to crochet?  If you’re lucky, someone in your family or a dear friend or teacher taught you this wonderful craft.  If you’re not so lucky and you…

Here’s what the back of one of Carla’s completed, hand-tied afghan quilts looks like.  This is exactly the same technique used by ‘conventional’ quilters to make hand-tied quilts.  The quilt is always a ’sandwich’ consisting of the pieced (in this…

Carla learned to crochet during her years in France while on holiday.  Her right handed mother taught left handed Carla to crochet, so Carla feels that she crochets “the wrong way around”.  Now, this makes one wonder what the ‘right way’…

A lot of us complain about crochet projects which require us to join a lot of motifs together.  I’m probably the loudest complainer.  You’ve read before where I have stated that I dismiss any pattern that begins…

I ran across this the other day and had to share!  Pretty cool.  I’m not built for this kind of jewelry – no neck – but I certainly admire the design and workmanship.

This is Turkoman jewelry which is beaded, obviously,…

The winner of the batch of 7 digest sized pattern books for the contest which ended June 15, 2009 is……..

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

BECKY MERRILL OF MICHIGAN!!
I’ll be getting Becky’s package in the mail soon.  Becky’s favorite stitch is the Lacet…

This colorful book may make a nice addition to your crochet library if you don’t already own a bunch of crochet square books.  While these ’squares’ are not all square, many are repeats of those seen in other books.  However,…

http://www.redheart.com/FreePatterns/tabid/118/Default.aspx?tabid=118&patternid=WR1841.pdf

I just received the free pattern info on the beautiful capelet shown here while I was browsing the net for a sheer Summer shoulderette which would be well suited to the transition from hot, muggy days to damp, chilly evenings…

I used to be a quilter.  Occasionally, I still get the ‘itch’ to pull out my fabric, scissors, and needle and whip one up.  Last time I did that, I spent the entire day at it and ended up with…

I’ve run across this blog a couple of times and wanted to be sure to share it with all.  This crocheter is very crafty.  Since I have an appreciation for recycling in my crafts, especially with crochet, I like to…

I was experimenting with post stitches the other day and came up with this cute belt pattern that my 23 year old daughter finds attractive.  So, I’ve written it down to share with you. …

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16605/16605-h/16605-h.htm

In an earlier blog entry, I asked readers to comment on what their ‘dream’ crochet book would be like.  I have my own preferences, but clearly my wish list is not complete.  You came up with many more useful, if…

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