Posted by Underground Crafter on February 4, 2013 |
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I’m delighted to share an interview with Aoibhe Ni today. She’s a crochet designer from Ireland who has done some lovely Tunisian crochet designs. You can find Aoibhe Ni online on her website, her blog,Twitter, YouTube, and Ravelry (as flick, in her fan group, and on her designer page). Photographs are by Half a Dream Away and [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on January 17, 2013 |
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This week’s pick:The Harmony Guide to 100′s More Crochet Stitches (Harmony guides) Source: Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles online store Publication date: 1992 Status: Out of print. Available online with prices ranging from “reasonable” to “apply for a line of credit.” Condition: Very good Craft(s): Crochet and Tunisian crochet I previously reviewed this book as part of a compilation [...]
Tags: 2013 vintage needlecrafts pick of the week, clones lace, filet crochet, irish crochet, lacis museum of lace and textiles, stitch guide, stitch symbols, The Harmony Guide to 100's More Crochet Stitches, Tunisian crochet, vintage, vintage crochet
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 March 18, 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 can’t believe there are only 14 Sundays left in the Year of Projects. Since July 1, I’ve been blogging along with a dedicated group of crafters who are trying to work our ways through a book [...]
Tags: aran crochet, bead crochet, broomstick lace, bruges crochet, bullion, bullion stitch, cables, carol ventura, charity, come blog a long, crochet, crochet master class, darla j. fanton, double filet, double-ended crochet, entrelac, eric b. & rakim, fashion, Ferosa Harold, filet crochet, free-form crochet, freeform, freeform crochet, hairpin lace, hartmut hass, interlocking crochet, intermeshing, irish crochet, irish rose, jane sneeden peever, jean leinhauser, jennifer hansen, jenny king, julia bryant, lydia borin, Maire Treanor, margaret hubert, melody macduffee, nancy nehring, nancy wiseman, overlay crochet, painted crochet, plaid, poppy bullion block, post stitches, prudence mapstone, rita weiss, tapestry crochet, tapestry crochet graph paper, tatyana mirer, Tunisian crochet, tunisian entrelac, wire crochet, woven crochet, year of projects, YOP11-12
Posted by Underground Crafter on February 12, 2012 |
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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.) January was filled with huge stressful projects – of the crochet kind as well as of the full-time job kind. In the last two weeks, I’ve turned to some smaller projects that could be easily completed [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on February 10, 2012 |
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Thanks to everyone who commented about my button choices for the Irish Rose choker. In the end, I went with one of the small coordinating red buttons. There’s so much I like about this project: I used stash yarn from a swap, I worked with a motif that I love, I practiced another technique from [...]
Tags: 12forself2012, choker, crochet, destash, FO Friday, irish crochet, irish rose, join as you go, motifs, surmount the stash 2012, tami's amis, traditional rose, YOP11-12
Posted by Underground Crafter on February 9, 2012 |
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It’s that time of the week again, when I take stock of my progress towards my craft goals. Personal crafting goals 1. Work my way through Crochet Master Class: Lessons and Projects from Today’s Top Crocheters. Instead of using the patterns, I’d like to create my own project (for myself and/or for teaching) for each technique/skill [...]
Tags: craft goals, galler yarns, irish crochet, irish rose, pam daley, woven crochet, yoga socks
Posted by Underground Crafter on February 5, 2012 |
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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. You can find my previous Irish crochet posts here, here, and here.) Although some of you had me temporarily swayed to make a belt with my Irish rose motifs after all of last week’s comments, I realized [...]
Tags: 12forself2012, buttons, come blog a long, crochet, crochet master class, irish crochet, irish rose, when did i become a knitter, year of projects, YOP11-12
Posted by Underground Crafter on February 2, 2012 |
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Wow, I have been pretty negligent in updating my craft goals! In my defense, I did have to take almost two weeks off from the blog because of various life stuff (mostly work). I don’t actually have all that much to report as a result, but here goes… Personal crafting goals 1. Work my way [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on January 29, 2012 |
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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. You can find my first Irish crochet post here.) Like Ace Frehley, I’m back! Did you miss me? (I missed you!) I skipped my Year of Projects update for the first time ever last week. I [...]
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