Posted by Underground Crafter on January 19, 2013 |
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Yesterday, Vogue Knitting Live 2013 opened in New York. If you’re in the New York area this weekend, you should stop by! Here’s a quick wrap up of some of what I’ve seen so far. Gallery The gallery exhibits were being set up in the morning, and I had a chance to photograph most of [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on June 29, 2012 |
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After successfully avoiding yarn shopping and extraneous crafty purchases for most of this year, June was filled with hauls of all kinds! I decided to write up one giant post with all of my purchases during the month. Year of Projects preparation If you’ve been following the chatter in the Come Blog-A-Long group on [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on March 12, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my series for Knit and Crochet Design Week 2012.) Designing a Simple Knit Beanie: Day 1 (Note to my readers who don’t knit: Even though my Design Week project is a knit, the steps I’ll walk through are common to knitting and crochet, and I’ll be offering up “crochet translations” [...]
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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 20, 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. For previous posts in this series, click here.) This is the point in the year when the top bulb of the hourglass is almost empty as we speed towards the New Year. With deadlines looming for [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on October 26, 2011 |
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Grannies… I have been going granny square crazy since last week. I got inspired when working on my post for I Love Yarn Day to go through my scrap stash and get started on some charity projects. And, I’ve been eyeing the amazing work of three of my favorite bloggers… Keri at Yarn Dharma – [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on October 17, 2011 |
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My interview today is with crochet designer Melissa Horozewski. Melissa was nominated for the Crochet Liberation Front Flamie for Best New Designer in 2009, and her work has been published by Crochet!, Crochet World, Inside Crochet, Interweave Crochet, and Leisure Arts. Melissa is also the author of Austentatious Crochet: 36 Contemporary Designs from the World [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on October 14, 2011 |
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Happy Friday everyone! I’ve been thinking for a while about how to celebrate I Love Yarn Day, since I first read about it on the Craft Yarn Council website. The CYC has several suggestions about what to do to celebrate (and several projects from famous designers, too!). My post for today is a celebration of [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on September 28, 2011 |
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I thought I’d combine my WIP Wednesday post this week with my craft goals update, which I usually post on Thursday. Why, you ask? (Ok, you didn’t ask, but I wanted to tell you anyway.) Because tomorrow I’ll be a stop on Sarah London‘s blog tour for Granny Square Love: A New Twist on a [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on August 4, 2011 |
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This week I’m taking a few days off from work (yay!), so I wrote my craft goals update in advance. This is my 99th post since I started this blog on March 27. Starting tomorrow, I will host a week of giveaways to celebrate my 100th post, so stop by again soon for your chance to [...]
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