Posted by Underground Crafter on December 31, 2012 |
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One of my goals for 2012 was to read more. Last year around this time, I was feeling like some sort of statistic – you know, featured in all those doomsday articles you see online about how people don’t read anymore. Then my colleagues gifted me a Kindle Fire for Christmas and I hoped it would [...]
Tags: 2012 year in review, 22E, and Literary Agents, arthur c. clarke, carolyn ives gilman, city and the stars and the sands of mars, denise grover swank, dying inside, Editors, elizabeth cline, goodreads, halfway human, here, how to love your job or find a new one, jeff herman, Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, joanna penn, kevin brockmeier, kindle fire, margaret atwood, mary shelley, michael wallace, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking, ransom riggs, reading, robert silverberg, small things, stieg larsson, susan cain, the brief history of the dead, the creative penn, the girl who kicked the hornet's nest, the girl who played with fire, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the last man, the righteous, the year of the flood, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 31, 2012 |
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This is the last in my series of giveaways leading up to the New Year. I’m now selling the specialized crochet hooks for knitting – also known as knooking or knitting with a crochet hook (KWACH) – in my Etsy shop here. If you’ve been wanting to try knooking, this set will get you started! [...]
Tags: amazing needles, etsy, giveaway, knitting with a crochet hook, knooking, kwach
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 30, 2012 |
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It’s been a while since I shared a Year of Projects post, but as the year comes to an end, I’ve been reflecting on my crafty accomplishments in 2012 and planning for 2013. I’ve definitely missed the camaraderie of participating in YOP so I thought I would ease myself back into posting on a semi-regular, if [...]
Tags: 2012 year in review, afghan squares for pine ridge, blanket, bruges crochet, bruges lace basics stitch sampler, charity, come blog a long, crochet, crochetlist, dc37, domino knitting, double-knitting, edie eckman, entrelac, granny square, hairpin lace, knitting, modular mix: 12 knitted mitered squares to mix & match, overlay crochet, pittsburgh knit and crochet festival, pop knitting: bold motifs using color and stitch, shawl, socks, spinning, spinning yarn, visit to the kantcentrum, year of projects, yop12-13
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 30, 2012 |
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I recently received a review copy of Modular Mix: 12 Knitted Mitered Squares to Mix & Match by Edie Eckman from Annie’s. If you’re interested in learning more about mitered squares or modular (or domino) knitting, or if you like to knit sampler projects, this may be the booklet for you. The booklet opens with a [...]
Tags: annie's, book review, edie eckman, giveaway, knitting, modular knitting, modular mix: 12 knitted mitered squares to mix & match
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 30, 2012 |
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It’s been just over a year since I first learned about Revelations of a Delusional Knitter and her Surmount the Stash challenge. This has been an interesting year for me in terms of stash. I started using Ravelry’s features more actively, which helped me track my stash more closely. I also started working with Galler Yarns, [...]
Tags: 2012 year in review, destash, galler yarns, ravelry, revelations of a delusional knitter, surmount the stash 2012
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 29, 2012 |
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Confession time: Before I started working on surmounting my stash, I pretty much entered every yarn giveaway I came along. It was by winning one such giveaway from Jimmy Beans Wool that the Artyarns Shawl for All Seasons Kit became part of my collection. This is actually a pretty cool kit in the Purple Velvet colorway. Apparently, [...]
Tags: artyarns, crochet, giveaway, jimmy beans wool, knitting, shawl, shawl for all seasons kit, surmount the stash 2012
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 29, 2012 |
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I’m not the type of crocheter (or knitter) who feels the need to complete every project I start. Sometimes I start a project for stress relief, other times I make a bad yarn choice, and then there are times when the project just isn’t really something I want to work on anymore. Today, I’m celebrating [...]
Tags: 2012 year in review, come blog a long, crochet, galler yarns, graphic, hirten-tweed, knitting, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, melissa morgan-oakes, patons classic wool, patons yarns, pineapple doily shawl, pjoning hook, ravellenic games, ravellenic games sock put, red scarf project, slip stitch crochet, socks, toe-up 2-at-a-time socks, vashti braha, year of projects, yop12-13
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 28, 2012 |
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Today’s giveaway is the last in my series of unclaimed prizes. I’m giving away 40 Favorite Ripple Afghans, courtesy of Leisure Arts. (Ravelry members can see about half of the patterns here.) This was another prize from the Ripple Mania CAL, and linda74 from alottastitches already owned a copy. This book includes contest patterns from Crochet with Heart magazine. This giveaway is [...]
Tags: 40 Favorite Ripple Afghans, alottastitches, crochet, crochet with heart, giveaway, leisure arts, linda74, ripple mania CAL
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 28, 2012 |
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Back in January, I joined the Ravelry group 12 for Myself (now called For Myself!) with the hopes of making some crochet projects for me! I’m that type of crocheter who always makse things for others and rarely for myself. You know, the one who never has her own scarf finished in time for the [...]
Tags: 12forself2012, 2012 year in review, all weather cowl, bathroom rug, certified knitting instructors program, craft yarn council, cyc, eyelet ripple infinity scarf, for myself, ravellenic games, ravellenic games frogging trampoline, ravellenic games home stuff hammerthrow
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 27, 2012 |
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Continuing my theme of unclaimed prizes, today’s book is Rippling Effects by Carole Prior, courtesy of Leisure Arts. (Ravelry members can see most of the patterns here.) This was one of the prizes from the Ripple Mania CAL, but linda74 from alottastitches already owned a copy. This is a great pattern book for ripple lovers (or [...]
Tags: alottastitches, carole prior, crochet, giveaway, leisure arts, linda74, ripple mania CAL, ripples, Rippling Effects
