Posted by Underground Crafter on March 14, 2013 |
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This week’s pick: The Crochet Sweater Book: Over 30 original designer patterns by Sylvia Cosh. Source: PaperbackSwap.com. Publication date: 1987. Status: Out-of-print but widely available online. Condition: Very good with protective library-type plastic cover. Craft: Crochet. The Crochet Sweater Book is the first true crochet fashion design primer that I’m aware of in the modern era. [...]
Tags: 2013 vintage needlecrafts pick of the week, Balloons, basic sweater, bobbles, book review, Butterfly Blues, cables, City Squares, Color Blocks, Cotton Jazz, crochet sweater book: over 30 original designer patterns, Crunchy Creams, free-form crochet, freeform crochet, Gilded Pinks, Hydrangeas, james walters, Jazz Lines, Kids Cables, Midnight Circles, natcromo13, Silver Linings, Stone Circles, sweater patterns, sylvia cosh, vintage, vintage crochet
Posted by Underground Crafter on March 6, 2013 |
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Recently, I bought a copy of one of Kim Guzman‘s latest books, Tunisian Cables to Crochet. By coincidence, I later received a review copy (so yes, there is a giveaway in your future, but not for a while!). I’ve vowed to do some crochet experimentation for National Crochet Month, so I decided to look through [...]
Tags: angela arnie grabowski, cables, crochet, crochet scarves: fabulous fashions various techniques, kim guzman, natcromo13, sharon silverman, tunisian cables to crochet, Tunisian crochet, tunisian crochet: cables and braids
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 25, 2012 |
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Although I’ve been a Ravelry member since December, 2007, I barely used it until 2011. Last year, I finally started to browse Ravelry regularly for pattern searches and began to participate in several groups. My Rav goal for 2012 was to use the notebook to track all of my projects. Adding projects (and even taking [...]
Tags: 2012 year in review, a hat fit for a fella, all weather cowl, basic granny square, beanie, bruges crochet, cables, caitlin ffrench, crochet, eyelet ripple infinity scarf, freshstitches, geaux saints, givin' me fever pom pom hat, granny square, julie a bolduc, knitting, magic loop, new orleans saints, pam daley, pilates peds, ravelry, ravelry stash feature, sandworm's journey beanie, shana kreikemeier, sparkling wave scarf, tatyana mirer, terribly simple, visit to the kantcentrum
Posted by Underground Crafter on September 12, 2012 |
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It’s been almost 6 weeks since I last participated in Work in Progress Wednesday and Yarn Along. Life got very busy and I was mostly working on secret projects, so there was nothing too exciting to share. I’m happy to be back with a (very) little something and am looking forward to checking out what [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, beanie, cables, frankenstein, how to love your job or find a new one, joanna penn, kindle fire, knitting, mary shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, reading, robyn chachula, small things, tami's amis, the last man, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on September 11, 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.) Although I didn’t exactly follow my holiday crafting schedule, I was able to keep up my pace of one project a week. I’ve also started two other projects, a cabled hat [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, beanie, bruges crochet, cables, crochet, holiday crafting, knitting, scarf, surmount the stash 2012
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 17, 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.) Although I sometimes wish more of my real life (or “face to face”) friends and family read my blog, on days like today, I’m glad they don’t. I’m pretty excited about [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, a hat fit for a fella, arrakis, beanie, bluebonnet, bruges crochet, cables, cascade 220 superwash, cascade yarns, christy hall, circular knitting, circular needles, crochet, edie eckman, ellen gormley, galler yarns, harvest, hexagon, hirten-tweed, holiday crafting, knitting, knitty city, lala the panda, laura garsten, lion brand, lion brand wool ease thick and quick, madelinetosh, madelinetosh tosh sport, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, moda dea, moda dea tweedle dee, motif 35, motif 54, motifs, nude ewe ron, pineapple doily shawl, ribbing, shana kreikemeier, sparkling wave scarf, stacey trock, surmount the stash 2012, tatyana mirer, the nude ewe, vintage hexagon christmas stocking
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 11, 2012 |
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I am at that weird place in between projects and I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do next. The temperature finally cooled down and I finished the Bruges lace scarf I was making for my friend (more details coming on Friday). I’ve made some progress on my Pineapple Doily Shawl since my last [...]
Tags: beanie, blanket, bruges crochet, cables, crochet, goodreads, h.g. wells, kindle fire, knitting, lace crochet best pattern 238, laura garsten, lily chin, margaret atwood, motifs, new york public library, nude ewe ron, pineapple doily shawl, power cables, prophets of science fiction, reading, science channel, small things, sparkling wave scarf, tami's amis, the country of the blind and other stories, the invisible man, the time machine, the war of the worlds, the year of the flood, wip, wip wednesday, wipw, yarn along
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 8, 2012 |
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Last week, I had a technical problem on my blog and I didn’t get to share two finished projects that I’m pretty excited about. I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m the sponsor for Crochetlist‘s June charity challenge. I’m organizing a collection of pet blankets that will be donated to Bideawee for Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat month. I’ve [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, 30 purrfect stitches for pet blankets, adopt-a-shelter-cat month, arrakis, beanie, bideawee, cables, charity, craftsy, crochet, crochetlist, destash, etsy, knitting, knotty knitters, kwisatz haderach, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, ravelry, sandworm's journey beanie, self-published pattern, spud and chloe, spud and chloe sweater, stitch guide, surmount the stash 2012, Tunisian crochet
