SOME FRESH IDEAS
If you’ve been paying attention to a lot of my blog entries, you’ll know that I love to recycle common household articles, especially fiber-based items, and I love beads. I was digging through Etsy for a few minutes recently … Read More ...
WRAPPED IN CROCHET – PART DEUX
WRAPPED IN CROCHET: Scarves, Wraps, and Shawls by Kristin Omdahl
As promised, here is a preview of some of the outstanding patterns available in this book. Omdahl shows the depth of her designing skill with this array of projects.
“Labyrinth” … Read More ...
WRAPPED IN CROCHET – A BOOK REVIEW AND A GIMME!
WRAPPED IN CROCHET: SCARVES, WRAPS, AND SHAWLS
KRISTIN OMDAHL
What? ANOTHER book about crochet scarves?? Why not something more impressive, fresher, newer, more fashion forward?? Kristin Omdahl has expanded her crochet horizon with many of the designs in this … Read More ...
CHAHULA IS ON THE WAY….
Despite some rather dramatic events in my recent life, unrelated to crochet (which is why they call if Life, isn’t it??), the winner’s gift in the Blueprint Crochet (Robyn Chahula) contest just got in the mail this morning. Actually, two … Read More ...
FRACTAL CROCHET?? What’s Cauliflower Got To Do With It?
What does cauliflower have to do with crochet? Not much. This is just an example of an everyday fractal. Fractals are amazing mathematical shapes first described by Gaston Julia and Benoit Mandelbrot. You can google those guys and read til … Read More ...
MAGGIE’S CROCHET
One of the most attractive crochet vendor websites online is maggiescrochet.com. There is always something enticing there. I find the photography and the projects pictured to be yummier than any other site.
I already own this book – and can … Read More ...
Book Review – CROCHET TECHNIQUES by Renate Kirkpatrick
Crochet Techniques by Renate Kirkpatrick has a great cover – colorful and appealing. The attraction doesn’t end there – but was not exactly what I expected from the title. There are several sampler projects in the book, each with well … Read More ...
PLANNING AHEAD – SOME GIFT IDEAS – SEASONAL and OTHERWISE
http://www.lullabiesandlace.com/snowflakelacesquares.html
Wouldn’t these Snowflake Squares make a snuggly Christmas gift? I actually like it that they are not pictured in Christmas colors. I think that having other colors presented opens our minds to other possibilities. Like, why not make this … Read More ...
PUT THIS ONE ON YOUR WISH LIST….first in a series of “gimme’s”
We all need to be thinking about goodies to put on our Wish List. You know – that list you put on the refrigerator door so everyone who is supposed to give you a gift will know what you want, … Read More ...
A HECK OF A YARN
I saw this book (new to me) at the library and decided to check it out even ‘tho it is entitled, “The Knitter’s Book of Yarn“. I don’t usually bother to peruse books about knitting. But, since crocheters … Read More ...
WHO WON THE CHAHULA??
It was both fun and challenging to read the 30+ entries in this contest. I purposely held off reading any of them til I had ALL of them available. I didn’t want to get ‘stuck’ on one person’s idea and … Read More ...
CAN YOU HEAR CROCHET???
Well, yes….. If you tune into the right online connection, you can listen to Kim Guzman and others discuss our favorite subject – no, NOT politics!! Crochet! Check this out:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/search/Kim?Guzman
Kim has an amazing array of new patterns coming … Read More ...
REDEFINING EXQUISITE – YooLa Shows Her Stuff
I am a person who truly appreciates the artistry of others. I’ve visited a good number of art galleries around the world. I’ve studied Art History and created my own works of art in a variety of media. I have … Read More ...
MOTHER BEAR PROJECT
http://ive-never.blogspot.com/2008/09/week-11-mother-bear-project.html
This is one of the cutest crocheted bears I’ve seen. And, I love the charity that it represents. I first read about the charity on the blog linked above. However, the picture below is from the original site and … Read More ...