Posted by Underground Crafter on November 30, 2012 |
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For the second week in the row, I’ve finished a quick project from stash yarn for my friend AW’s new baby. This is my version of the Cozy Crawlers Leg Warmers from Linda Permann‘s Little Crochet: Modern Designs for Babies and Toddlers. (The pattern is also available as a free download here.) I used about [...]
Tags: 30 min-knits: what can you knit in half an hour or less?, barron's educational books, bitsy knits, bitsy knits bitsy's sock, carol meldrum, cozy crawlers leg warmers, crochet, finger lakes fiber arts festival, FO Friday, le tissier designs, linda permann, little crochet, pooling, tami's amis, winner
Posted by Underground Crafter on August 21, 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.) I didn’t think I would have anything to show this week, but time was on my side. In just a few short hours, I was able to design and make her [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, bitsy knits, bitsy knits squoosh superwash, bruges crochet, scarf, surmount the stash 2012
Posted by Underground Crafter on August 19, 2012 |
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Yesterday, I had a burst of creative energy and the time to crochet. I designed a Bruges lace scarf pattern and made the sample. I don’t usually finish one of my Year of Projects goals on the same day that I start it, so I’m as amazed as you are. This will ultimately be a [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, bitsy knits, bitsy knits squoosh superwash, bruges crochet, come blog a long, crochet, design, finger lakes fiber arts festival, surmount the stash 2012, tatyana mirer, year of projects, yop12-13
Posted by Underground Crafter on August 14, 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 voted last week about which yarn I should choose for my friend JS’s scarf. And the winner is… I pretty much love this yarn, which I bought [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, bitsy knits, bitsy knits squoosh superwash, finger lakes fiber arts festival, hemlock, holiday crafting
Posted by Underground Crafter on August 7, 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.) Well, I’ve added another finished project to my list since my last update, and (what a surprise) I’ve decided to make a few changes. You may remember that I was swatching [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on May 22, 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.) I’ve reached the point in life where I’m feeling overwhelmed by stuff. This might be due to the fact that we’re living in a one-bedroom apartment in New York City, [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, a stash addict, be sweet merino, bernat soft boucle, bitsy knits, crochet, destash, dream in color, dream in color classy, freshstitches, hirten-tweed, holiday crafting, knitting, laura garsten, lb collection, lb collection superwash merino, lion brand, lion brand homespun, lion cotton, lion wool, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, moda dea, moda dea tweedle dee, no two snowflakes, no two snowflakes nancy's hair, nude ewe ron, patons classic wool, patons yarns, pineapple doily shawl, prism merino mia, prism yarns, slipper soles, stash feature, surmount the stash 2012, tahki yarns jackson, the nude ewe, yarn
Posted by Underground Crafter on November 24, 2011 |
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Happy Thanksgiving! In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) signifies the official start of the holiday shopping season. In the spirit of keeping the holidays a little more handmade and small business and a little less mass produced and corporate, I’m sharing several holiday gift guides today. Great Gifts for Yarncrafters There are [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on November 7, 2011 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class: Lessons and Projects from Today’s Top Crocheters series. To read more posts in this series, click here.) I decided to take stock of how my project of blogging my way through Crochet Master Class is going. There are 18 chapters and crochet masters [...]
Tags: bitsy knits, book review, bruges crochet, come blog a long, crochet master class, crochet stitches visual encyclopedia, dc37, edgings, robyn chachula, stitch guide, tatyana mirer, when did i become a knitter, wiley, year of projects, YOP11-12
Posted by Underground Crafter on September 19, 2011 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can find my first three posts on Tunisian crochet here, here, and here.) On Saturday, I taught Introduction to Tunisian Crochet at my very first fiber conference, the 17th Annual Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival at the Fairgrounds in Hemlock, NY. I [...]
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