Posted by Underground Crafter on July 22, 2012 |
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This week, I auditioned six more motifs for my mom’s milestone birthday blanket. I made each sample with stash yarn, and I’m happy to report that I’m almost to the bottom of one of my plastic yarn tubs! This is my version of Duckbill Dalliance by Margaret MacInnis. I like this motif a lot, but [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on July 15, 2012 |
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Like U2, I still haven’t found what I’m looking for (in an afghan motif). I’ve done a lot of swatching this week and I’m not that much closer to choosing a pattern for the bedspread I want to make my mom for her milestone birthday. At first, I was thinking that a hexagon motif was [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on November 12, 2011 |
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Barbara at Made in K-Town is hosting one of her awesome link parties, and this month the theme is crocheted blankets. I was inspired to share some the blankets I made before I was blogging. Way back in May, I posted about the project journal I used to use for my crochet projects before blogging. [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on June 16, 2011 |
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I was surprised to read today on the CGOA blog that Jean Leinhauser passed away. Although I never met her, I had the great pleasure of reading and learning from many of the great crochet books she produced alone or with Rita Weiss. Rita and Jean were the Creative Partners, LLC, and they brought many [...]
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