Posted by Underground Crafter on January 2, 2012 |
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Last night, I sorted through my craft magazine stash. I realized that I have 50 magazines that I will never use. There are no patterns in their pages I want to make. There are no tips in their articles that I don’t already know. I managed to whittle down my entire collection into one turquoise [...]
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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. Handmade gifts to make This time [...]
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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 August 24, 2011 |
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This week, I took two big steps in my design career – I started pattern testing and I started my own group on Ravelry. Let me backtrack a bit here first. Since I started formally writing up my designs last year, I’ve had several patterns published in print magazines. Today marks the first day that [...]
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