My favorite posts of 2011
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On March 27, I wrote an about and welcome post to this blog, and since then I’ve been posting regularly. I know I was mostly (only?) talking to myself for the first few months, but I’m glad I stuck with it. Today, I’m sharing my favorite posts of 2011. Series The Essential Crochet Supply Kit has [...]
Essential Crochet Supply Kit, Part 7 of 7
Now that you have all of your supplies, where do you put them? Today’s post is all about the crochet case. I must admit that my own daily use case is a bit dowdy (but very utilitarian!). It looks a lot like an eyeglasses case made from plastic. This is the case I move from [...]
Essential Crochet Supply Kit, Part 6 of 7
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 [...]
Essential Crochet Supply Kit, Part 5 of 7
On to two of the teeniest, tiniest, yet still essential supplies: stitch markers and yarn needles. Stitch markers I use stitch markers a lot when I’m crocheting in the round but not joining each round. (For me, that generally means I’m making amigurumi or hats.) Especially when I’m increasing, how else would I know where [...]
Essential Crochet Supply Kit, Part 4 of 7
There are many different tools you can use to measure your gauge as well as your final (or developing) crochet project. Tailors tape has the advantage of being fairly portable and also quite long. This allows you to do a gauge measurement but also to measure the length of that scarf you are working on. [...]
Essential Crochet Supply Kit, Part 3 of 7
Today we cut to the heart of the matter (bad pun intended) – the scissors. No crochet kit would be complete without them. But which ones do you truly need? Most people, from beginners up through intermediate or even advanced crocheters, will be just fine with a pair of children’s safety scissors like these. Safety [...]
Essential Crochet Supply Kit, Part 2 of 7
Since everyone would just expect me to start with hooks, I decided to leave those for last I’m starting with the two least obvious supplies for the essential crochet kit (just because I like to be a contrarian): manicure tools and pens/pencils. You may think manicure tools aren’t a required component of your crochet [...]
