Posted by Underground Crafter on February 28, 2013 |
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This week’s pick: Better Homes and Gardens Crocheting & Knitting Source: Paperbackswap.com Publication date: 1977 Status: Out of print but available online. Condition: Smells like a basement, but in relatively good condition. Crafts: Crochet and knitting. I went on a hunt for this book after seeing Crochetbug’s version of the afghan on the cover. (For those of you considering making your [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on January 10, 2013 |
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This week’s pick: Quilts and Afghans From McCall’s Needlework & Crafts Source: PaperBackSwap.com Publication date: 1984 Status: Out of print, but widely available online Condition: Acceptable Craft(s): Crochet, knitting, and quilting This is a collection of patterns that originally appeared in McCall’s Needlework & Crafts magazine. The book includes 14 quilt patterns, 11 crochet patterns, [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on October 8, 2012 |
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This post is part of my 2012 Hispanic Heritage Month interview series. Today, I’m interviewing Argentinian crochet designer Sara Palacios, the mind behind Arrorro en Colores (known as Colorful Lullabies in English). Sara can be found online on her website, Ravelry (as SaraBea and in the Colorful Lullabies store), Etsy, Facebook, and Flickr. All pictures are used with her [...]
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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. [...]
Tags: 100 afghans to knit & crochet, afghan collectors series, afghans, aline suplinskas, baby blanket, blanket, campus colors, carole rutter tippett, coats and clark, crochet, garden stripes, granny square, janie herrin, jean leinhauser, jpf crochet club, julie a bolduc, kenyon college, lapghans, log cabin, made in k-town, marilyn coleman, monet pineapple, needlecraft shop, quick and cozy afghans, rita weiss, sunshine blanket
Posted by Underground Crafter on August 5, 2011 |
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The Interview Today I’m pleased to feature an interview with Renate Kirkpatrick, the fiber artist, teacher, and author living in the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, as my 100th blog post! I first discovered Renate’s work through the Tunisian Crochet group on Ravelry. The moderators posted the names of several Tunisian crochet books on the [...]
Tags: 200 crochet blocks for blankets throws and afghans, afghans, alice springs beanie festival, australia, book review, bring colour to crochet, crafter's choice, creativity, crochet techniques, facebook, flickr, free-form crochet, freeform crochet, freeform crochet and beyond: bags cushions hats scarves and more, giveaway, hooked rag rugs, interview, jan e, opportunity shop, papermaking, queensland, ravelry, renate kirkpatrick, sally milner publishing, sampler, stitch guide, sunshine coast, Tunisian crochet, Tunisian Crochet group, tweet, twitter, underground crafter
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 21, 2011 |
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I’m thrilled to post an interview with designer and author Ellen Gormley. I love crocheting afghans (in fact, at one point, I made nothing else for about 3 years straight!) and recently heard about her new book, Go Crochet! Afghan Design Workbook, on the Getting Loopy podcast. I then read more about it through Ellen’s [...]
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