Posted by Underground Crafter on March 27, 2013 |
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Today marks my two year blogiversary, and I’m one of the stops on A Tour Through Crochet Country! If you haven’t been following along, this is a wonderful blog tour organized by Crochetville. The tour features over 50 Associate Professional or Professional members of the Crochet Guild of America (CGOA). If you’re new here, welcome! I’m [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on September 3, 2012 |
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This month seemed to go by in a blur with all that was happening at work and home, so I honestly have no idea how I did with stash this month! Let’s see… My accomplishments I made a Bruges lace scarf with a skein of super cool stash yarn. I made a bathroom rug with [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on August 28, 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 was feeling really good about my Holiday Stashdown progress last week, when I somehow completed an entire gift in one day. But then I happened to look at a calendar. [...]
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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 August 5, 2012 |
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My first pair of knit socks seem to be drama queens. Not only did they demand to be restarted several times for various reasons, but then they broke this perfectly good bamboo needles after just one day of use. I bought these on Wednesday night after work because the small sized metal needles were really [...]
Tags: blanket, cascade 220 superwash, cascade yarns, come blog a long, crochet, graphic, knitting, knitty city, melissa morgan-oakes, socks, toe-up 2-at-a-time socks, year of projects, yop12-13
Posted by Underground Crafter on August 3, 2012 |
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If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that I’ve been really trying to reduce my yarn stash this year. But, you also know that I find giveaways very hard to resist – and I’m kinda lucky. So when I saw this giveaway on Robyn Chachula‘s blog, I had to enter. In [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on July 29, 2012 |
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This week I made progress towards two of my most challenging YOP goals. My sister and I were able to decide on a motif for my mom’s milestone birthday blanket. We both had a really hard time choosing a motif, so I made a hybrid. My hybrid pattern uses the center and final row from [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on April 13, 2012 |
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It’s been five months in the making, but I finally finished my sister’s blanket! Rav project page Blog posts Backstory: My baby sister moved to New Orleans in August to attend law school. She responded to my offer of a housewarming gift (made in August) by asking for a blanket in [...]
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