Posted by Underground Crafter on March 17, 2013 |
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Every Sunday during National Crochet Month 2013, I’ll be reviewing crochet hooks. Today’s post features the Denise2Go For Crochet kit, along with a giveaway for one set, courtesy of Denise. A few years back, one of my very first crochet “investments” was to purchase a complete Denise Interchangeable Crochet Hook Set. I have never been [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on January 19, 2013 |
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This morning I dragged myself out of bed for day two of Vogue Knitting Live. I don’t know if it was because of the cold weather yesterday or all the excitement from the event, but I was extra sleepy this morning. I decided to wear the Irish rose choker I made myself last year. I [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on June 10, 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.) Two weeks ago, I cheated and showed some old double-ended crochet projects instead of sharing something new for my Year of Projects update. Several people asked about double-ended crochet, so I planned to return to this technique [...]
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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 September 14, 2011 |
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Yesterday, I had a long round-trip subway ride so I decided I would tackle knooking again. You may remember from my previous posts about knooking (here and here) that my stitches were twisted. I was determined to use this subway ride time to solve the problem. I packed some Moda Dea Tweedle Dee and my [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on April 2, 2011 |
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And now we arrive at the crochet hook, the most obvious part of our essential crochet kit. If you are like me, you already have many hooks in your collection. My collection of hooks can barely fit into one drawer. I also have about 30 other hooks that I bring to beginner classes for student [...]
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