Posted by Underground Crafter on February 21, 2013 |
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This week’s pick: Coats & Clark’s Book No. 208 Edgings Source: Purchased from CountrynMore2 on Etsy. Publication date: 1971 Status: Out of print but available online. Condition: Edges are worn. Crafts: Crochet, knitting, and tatting. I’ve mentioned this booklet before on my blog. I bought it when I was planning to learn hairpin lace while I was crocheting my way through Crochet Master [...]
Tags: 2013 vintage needlecrafts pick of the week, coats and clark's book no 208, countrynmore2, craftsy, crochet, crochet master class, etsy, filet crochet, hairpin lace, knitting, marilee rockley, shuttle tatting, tatting, vintage
Posted by Underground Crafter on September 12, 2012 |
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I love to crochet. It is, by far, my absolute favorite craft. (Sorry, knitting, quilting, soapmaking, and sewing! But you knew this already when you met me.) One of my favorite things about blogging is talking about different crochet techniques and reading comments from knitters and other crafters who are inspired to pick up crocheting. [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on July 1, 2012 |
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I’m so excited to be embarking on a second Year of Projects along with the folks in the Come Blog-A-Long group on Ravelry. Last year, I aimed to work my way through Crochet Master Class: Lessons and Projects from Today’s Top Crocheters - you can read more about why here – and in some form or [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on June 24, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) I am having great fun with Bruges lace, which I’m learning from the master herself, Tatyana Mirer, in a three-week class at Knit-A-Way. I’m the only person in the class at the moment, and it is a [...]
Tags: brown sheep company, brown sheep lamb's pride worsted, bruges crochet, bullion, bullion stitch, come blog a long, crochet, crochet master class, double-ended crochet, entrelac, filet crochet, free-form crochet, freeform, freeform crochet, galler yarns, galler yarns parisian cotton, hairpin lace, irish crochet, jean leinhauser, minding my own stitches, overlay crochet, painted crochet, plaid, rita weiss, tapestry crochet, tatyana mirer, Tunisian crochet, when did i become a knitter, woven crochet, year of projects, YOP11-12
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 17, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) Last week, I finished my post with a bit of a cliffhanger about a surprise that I would share this week. The surprise is that on Thursday, I started a three-week class on Bruges crochet with the [...]
Tags: brown sheep company, brown sheep lamb's pride worsted, bruges crochet, camera case, crochet, crochet master class, crochet stitches visual encyclopedia, crochet stitches visual encyclopedia: 300 stitch patterns edgings and more, double-ended crochet, jenny king, knit-a-way, lion brand yarn studio, robyn chachula, tatyana mirer, YOP11-12
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 3, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) I’m really excited to share an interview today with Donna Kay Lacey. No, she isn’t featured in Crochet Master Class, but she is the designer I discovered while I was working on the bullion chapter in this [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on May 25, 2012 |
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A few weeks ago, I shared a picture of a pineapple shawl I decided to design and make for my Mom seven days before Mother’s Day. (Cue up the “What were you thinking??” comments from the peanut gallery.) I wasn’t sure if I would finish it on time, and I didn’t even know if my [...]
Tags: chartreuse, crochet master class, F+W media, Ferosa Harold, FO Friday, hairpin lace, hairpin lace coaster, jennifer hansen, joann fabric and craft stores, madelinetosh, madelinetosh tosh light merino, painted crochet, pineapple, shawl, stitch nation by debbie stoller, stitch nation by debbie stoller bamboo ewe, tami's amis, wide ripple scarf, YOP11-12
Posted by Underground Crafter on May 20, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) Before I tell you all about my hairpin lace adventures, let me just show you my painted crochet trivet after I blocked it. And now on to the hairpin lace. You may recall that I’m not overly [...]
Tags: clover hairpin lace tool, come blog a long, crochet, crochet master class, crochet today, Ferosa Harold, hairpin lace, hairpin lace coaster, learn to do hairpin lace, lily sugar 'n cream, marly bird, painted crochet, surmount the stash 2012, trivet, yarnberry, year of projects, YOP11-12
Posted by Underground Crafter on May 13, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) I just have a quick update today, since I’m packing after celebrating Mother’s Day with my mom to get ready for my vacation. I finally finished my painted crochet trivet! When you last saw my trivet, it [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on May 6, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can read the other posts in this series here.) I mentioned in my post for Day 6 of Knitting and Crochet Blog Week that hairpin lace is one of the crochet skills I want to learn. As I’ve been thinking more about it, I realized that [...]
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