Posted by Underground Crafter on June 30, 2012 |
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Just because it isn’t July yet doesn’t mean that I haven’t already sent and received my July Goody Box Swap! I joined A Swap A Month on Ravelry when the July swap was still taking sign ups. My partner is carajv, who seems to be my twin in opposite world. She has been knitting since childhood [...]
Tags: a swap a month, austermann step, austermann yarn, carajv, dpns, handspun, hiya hiya, ravelry, yarn, yarn swap
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 29, 2012 |
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After successfully avoiding yarn shopping and extraneous crafty purchases for most of this year, June was filled with hauls of all kinds! I decided to write up one giant post with all of my purchases during the month. Year of Projects preparation If you’ve been following the chatter in the Come Blog-A-Long group on [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, a swap a month, alasdair post-quinn, britt-marie christoffersson, brown sheep company, brown sheep lamb's pride worsted, bruges crochet, cheryl brunette, classic elite classic one fifty, classic elite yarn, clover soft touch crochet hook, come blog a long, complete photo guide to crochet, cooperative press, domino knitting, dritz loop turner, extreme double knitting, frog tree alpaca, frog tree yarn, galler yarns, galler yarns parisian cotton, holiday crafting, hurt book sale, inox needles, interweave press, knit-a-way, knitty city, lily chin, madelinetosh, madelinetosh tosh sport, maggie casey, pop knitting: bold motifs using color and stitch, power cables, ravelry, sparkling wave scarf, start spinning, susan bates silvalume, susan bates silvalume handi tool, sweater 101: how to plan sweaters that fit... and organize your knitting life at the same time, tatyana mirer, vivian hoxbro, yarn haul, yarn swap, year of projects
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 26, 2012 |
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(Join along with me any time if you need a head start or moral support for your holiday crafting. You can read more details here.) Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions for this week’s Holiday Stashdown Challenge topic! The most stressful part of crocheting or knitting from stash, for most of us, is finding projects for [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, crochet, freeform, granny square, hat, holiday crafting, motifs, scrap yarn
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 24, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) I am having great fun with Bruges lace, which I’m learning from the master herself, Tatyana Mirer, in a three-week class at Knit-A-Way. I’m the only person in the class at the moment, and it is a [...]
Tags: brown sheep company, brown sheep lamb's pride worsted, bruges crochet, bullion, bullion stitch, come blog a long, crochet, crochet master class, double-ended crochet, entrelac, filet crochet, free-form crochet, freeform, freeform crochet, galler yarns, galler yarns parisian cotton, hairpin lace, irish crochet, jean leinhauser, minding my own stitches, overlay crochet, painted crochet, plaid, rita weiss, tapestry crochet, tatyana mirer, Tunisian crochet, when did i become a knitter, woven crochet, year of projects, YOP11-12
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 24, 2012 |
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According to Random.org, the winner of Fearless Fair Isle Knitting: 30 Gorgeous Original Sweaters, Socks, Mittens, and More by Kathleen Taylor courtesy of Taunton Press is #12… MJ! And the winner of Knitting: Colour, Structure and Design by Alison Ellen, courtesy of Trafalgar Square Publishing, is #13… jessicac! Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who entered and spread the word about the [...]
Tags: alison ellen, fearless fair isle knitting: 30 gorgeous original sweaters socks mittens and more, kathleen taylor, knitting, knitting: colour structure and design, taunton press, trafalgar square publishing, winner
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 20, 2012 |
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I’m still working on my homework for the Bruges crochet class I’m taking with Tatyana Mirer at Knit-A-Way. I’m using Galler Yarns Parisian Cotton and a 00 (3.5 mm) crochet hook. So far, I’ve finished the oval and am mostly finished with the square. I still need to complete the curve and start two swatches [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, 400 knitting stitches a complete dictionary of essential stitch patterns, beanie, bruges crochet, cables, cables untangled an exploration of cable knitting, carolyn ives gilman, crochet, galler yarns, galler yarns parisian cotton, halfway human, kindle fire, knit-a-way, knitting, nude ewe ron, reading, small things, tami's amis, tatyana mirer, the nude ewe, very easy guide to cable knitting, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 19, 2012 |
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(Join along with me any time if you need a head start or moral support for your holiday crafting. You can read more details here.) So I’ve been at this challenge for six weeks and it’s time to take stock and see what’s been accomplished. I have just two projects finished but I have several more [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, a hat fit for a fella, arrakis, cables, cascade 220 superwash, cascade yarns, christy hall, crochet, destash, hexagon, holiday crafting, knitting, lala the panda, laura garsten, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, nude ewe ron, pineapple doily shawl, shana kreikemeier, slipper socks, stacey trock, surmount the stash 2012, the nude ewe, vintage hexagon christmas stocking
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 18, 2012 |
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I recently received several books focused on color knitting techniques from publishers for review. Each book is great in its own way, but all three take very different approaches. I’ll start with a short review of each book, and then I’ll talk about how they compare to each other. And then, I’ll have a giveaway [...]
Tags: alison ellen, book review, color, color knitting, entrelac, fair isle, fearless fair isle knitting: 30 gorgeous original sweaters socks mittens and more, giveaway, intarsia, kathleen taylor, knitting, knitting: colour structure and design, mary scott huff, modular knitting, stranded knitting, taunton press, teach yourself visually color knitting, the new stranded colorwork, trafalgar square publishing, wiley
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 17, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) Last week, I finished my post with a bit of a cliffhanger about a surprise that I would share this week. The surprise is that on Thursday, I started a three-week class on Bruges crochet with the [...]
Tags: brown sheep company, brown sheep lamb's pride worsted, bruges crochet, camera case, crochet, crochet master class, crochet stitches visual encyclopedia, crochet stitches visual encyclopedia: 300 stitch patterns edgings and more, double-ended crochet, jenny king, knit-a-way, lion brand yarn studio, robyn chachula, tatyana mirer, YOP11-12
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 15, 2012 |
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Back in January, I joined the 12 for myself group on Ravelry with plans to be a more selfish crocheter this year. The vast majority of my creations have always been gifts. (In the past few years, I’ve been making more projects to sell or as samples for patterns, but I still haven’t made many [...]
Tags: 12forself2012, camera case, crochet, double-ended crochet, FO Friday, surmount the stash 2012, tami's amis, YOP11-12
