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 … Read More ...
WANNA WIN SOME CHACHULA?? 9/15-9/30/08
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 … Read More ...
MORE ON ROBYN CHACHULA…
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 … Read More ...
Book Review – Blueprint Crochet, Modern Design For The Visual Crocheter
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 … Read More ...
YUMMY HAND SPUN YARN
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 … Read More ...
BABY SWEATERS
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 … Read More ...
SOME NOT SO NEW BOOKS THAT ARE WORTH THE $$
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 … Read More ...
HOLDING YOUR HOOKS – IN STYLE
We all need a way to corral our crochet hooks. I have several hook holders at home. Most fall into the broken handled mug category. That is, the container was originally intended for some other use – coffee, tea, plants, … Read More ...
GAUGE TOOLS – who knew there were so many??
In searching for a really useful gauge tool, I ran across several different kinds. This is, by far, the coolest one I found. Doubt it’s available for purchase anywhere these days as it was scavenged from trash by the owner … Read More ...
STRIP! – THE FABRIC, NOT YOU!
In case you don’t read other craftgossip blogs, check out this tool whose review you can read at this blog:
The original post on craftgossip is by the Sewing Editor, Denise Felton. This is a really useful tool … Read More ...
A VANTAGE ON VINTAGE CROCHET DESIGNS
There are a lot of older (vintage or antique if you prefer) patterns free online. Some of them are simply lovely and give us all kinds of inspiration. It’s great to run across a site full of these older masterpieces. … Read More ...
CRO-TATTING, combining crochet with tatting
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If you like delicate crochet, you’ll love cro-tatting. I’ve seen this done ‘up close and personal’ from my friend Vicki Owen. We only get to see each other a couple times a year, but Vicki always shows up with … Read More ...
FREE PATTERN TODAY 8/22/08
This chair pouch that is today’s Free Pattern at www.anniesattic.com is extremely easy to reproduce in crochet. You can make it one-sided or two sided. Be sure to use sturdy buttons sewn on with the same yarn as you make … Read More ...
HERE A PONCHO, THERE A PONCHO – Crochet Patterns
Everywhere, I still see ponchos. I never cease to be amazed at the creativity of crocheters everywhere. Check out these interesting photos and links.
They are in no particular order, but I have a few comments here and there.
This … Read More ...
CAN’T GET ENOUGH CROCHET?
http://www.flickr.com/groups/craftgossip/
The Craftgossip Family of Blogs has started a flikr group so that we can all share photos of our favorite crafts. The things I like best about this:
1. lots of inspiration
2. links to the blogs of people … Read More ...