Posted by Underground Crafter on May 10, 2013 |
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Way back in February, I learned my cousin had a newborn daughter via Facebook. Her name is Brooklyn. (Yes, like me, my cousin was born in Brooklyn, but he hasn’t lived there for about 20 years). I decided to make her a baby blanket using some stash yarn. I started with the motif from Frankie [...]
Tags: african flower square tutorial, caron, caron one pound, central park, crochet, destash, ellen gormley, family, FO Friday, frankie brown, granny square, jelly mould blanket, lion brand, lion brand vanna's choice, lion brand yarn studio, made in k-town, red heart, red heart super saver, sunny spread, surmount the stash 2013, tami's amis
Posted by Underground Crafter on March 11, 2013 |
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Every Monday during National Crochet Month 2013, I’ll be interviewing crocheters. Today’s interview is with Johnny Vasquez, a crochet teacher. As a crochet and knitting teacher, I’m constantly looking for online resources to share with my students so they have additional supports when I’m not around. I can’t remember how I first came across New [...]
Tags: caron simply soft, complete photo guide to crochet, craftory media, creative commons, crochet, donnie vasquez, erika knight, fibershed project, fiberstory.tv, harmony guides, interview, jessica hicks, johnny vasquez, kickstarter, knitting, lion brand, lion brand yarn studio, loopy, margaret hubert, natcromo13, new dress a day, new stitch a day, rebecca burgess, red heart, simple crocheting: a complete how-to-crochet workshop with 20 projects, social media, teaching, ustream, yarn craft academy, yarn nation
Posted by Underground Crafter on January 19, 2013 |
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Yesterday, Vogue Knitting Live 2013 opened in New York. If you’re in the New York area this weekend, you should stop by! Here’s a quick wrap up of some of what I’ve seen so far. Gallery The gallery exhibits were being set up in the morning, and I had a chance to photograph most of [...]
Tags: #vklive, adrian kershaw, alpaca, alyssa ettinger, amigurumi, anna hrachovec, block island, carol macdonald, chevron shell cowl, clear & simple knitting symbols, colorful stitches, cooperative press, crochet, danielle chalson, deb buckingham, dishcloth diva, edwina sutherland, fresh designs crochet, givin' me fever pom pom hat, japanese, jo hamilton, kinokuniya bookstore, knitting, knitty city, koigu, kollabora, lion brand yarn studio, long island livestock company, makewise designs, mochimochi land, north light fibers, pittsburgh knit and crochet festival, rhonda fargnoli, risd, shannon okey, stitch guide, upcycle, vogue knitting live
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 27, 2012 |
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This year, I donated more projects and patterns to charity (and causes) than I have for quite a long time. I started off 2012 by making 6″ granny squares. I sent off 40 to Binky Patrol in May as part of the Crochetlist charity challenge. In June, I hosted the charity challenge for Crochetlist on behalf [...]
Tags: 2012 year in review, 30 purrfect stitches for pet blankets, afghan squares for pine ridge, bideawee, binky patrol, charity, come blog a long, crochet, crochetlist, destash, freshstitches, friends of pine ridge reservation, granny square, hats 4 the homeless, humane society of new york, knitters and crocheters care, knotty knitters for autism, lion brand yarn studio, oyate teca project, roosevelt yarnies, sandworm's journey beanie, year of projects, yop12-13
Posted by Underground Crafter on October 12, 2012 |
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I’m excited to be participating in another I Love Yarn Day on my blog! To celebrate, I’m sharing some charity projects and showing off some of my recent yarn acquisitions. Finished charity projects I’ve been working on some charity projects with stash yarn for the Hats 4 the Homeless drive at the Lion Brand Yarn Studio. [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, beanie, blogtoberfest 2012, bridge and beyond project, bruges crochet, charity, crochet, curly pops, downtown yarns, dream in color, dream in color everlasting sock, FO Friday, freshstitches, frugally sustainable, hats 4 the homeless, i love yarn day, i saw you dancing, ivy brambles, ivy brambles hand dyed merino roving, ivy brambles romantica merino lace, knitter's pride, knitty city, lion brand yarn studio, madelinetosh, madelinetosh tosh vintage, miss babs, miss babs yowza-whatta skein!, new york city yarn crawl, north jersey fiber arts festival, nyc yarn crawl 2012, ravelry stash feature, roving, studio donegal, studio donegal soft donegal, surmount the stash 2012, tami's amis, the yarn company, visit to the kantcentrum, yarn, yarn crawl, yarn monkey productions, yarn monkey productions supersaki
Posted by Underground Crafter on August 3, 2012 |
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If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that I’ve been really trying to reduce my yarn stash this year. But, you also know that I find giveaways very hard to resist – and I’m kinda lucky. So when I saw this giveaway on Robyn Chachula‘s blog, I had to enter. In [...]
Tags: baby blueprint crochet, blue sky alpacas, blue sky alpacas alpaca silk, blue sky alpacas worsted cotton, boye crochet hook, cascade 220 superwash, cascade yarns, classic elite provence, classic elite yarn, craftsy, crochet dude, crochet dude crochet hook, debbie macomber, filatura di crosa, filatura di crosa tempo, gauge, lb collection, lb collection cotton bamboo, lion brand, lion brand yarn studio, ravellenic games, ravelry, red heart, red heart boutique eclipse, robyn chachula, sirdar, sirdar click dk, spud and chloe, spud and chloe sweater, stash feature, susan bates velocity, tahki stacy charles, universal yarn, universal yarn debbie macomber blossom street collection rosebud, yarn, zealana, zealana kia ora kiwi
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 12, 2012 |
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Today, I’m really excited to interview Sharon Silverman. Sharon is a crochet designer, author, teacher, and now, TV crochet expert. I was first introduced to her work through her book, Tunisian Crochet: The Look of Knitting with the Ease of Crocheting, and I’ve had the pleasure of taking a Tunisian crochet class with her at [...]
Tags: accordian arrows, alan wycheck, annie modesitt, basic crocheting, betty barnden, book review, broomstick lace, cgoa, classic plaid, craftsy, crochet, crochet guild of america, crochet pillows with tunisian and traditional techniques, crochet scarves: fabulous fashions various techniques, crochet stitch bible, diamond loop, dora ohrenstein, doris chan, ellen gormley, filet crochet, giveaway, hgtv, honeycomb skirt, interview, kangaroo dyer, kim guzman, knitwear design workshop, kristin omdahl, lily chin, lion brand yarn studio, marabou, marlaina bird, marly bird, mary beth temple, mary nolfi, nexstitch, premium cable pattern, red hot heart pillow, robyn chachula, sharon silverman, shirley paden, space cadet creations, springtime miters pillow, stackpole books, stitchdiva, the sound of music, tine solheim, Tunisian crochet, tunisian crochet: the look of knitting with the ease of crocheting, uncommon threads, woven yarn
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 May 30, 2012 |
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Once upon a time, I was a huge Mets fan. As a childhood tomboy who was also a bookworm (interesting combo, I know), I was convinced after reading Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers by Peter Golenbock that to support the Yankees was tantamount to treason. I was born in Brooklyn, after all. Besides, my best [...]
Tags: baseball, brooklyn, bums: an oral history of the brooklyn dodgers, guinness world record, john franco, lion brand yarn studio, mets hall of fame, most people crocheting simultaneously, new york mets, new york yankees, peter golenbock, queens, stitch 'n pitch, the national needlecrafts association, tnna
Posted by Underground Crafter on April 16, 2012 |
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I first became aware of egg-shaped, ergonomic crochet hook handles some time last year while visiting the Lion Brand Yarn Studio. If you knew me in real life, you would know that I’m somewhat… cheap. I saw this ergonomic crochet hook set and my first thought was, “$24! But I already have tons of crochet [...]
Tags: boye ergonomic crochet hook handle, crochet, crochet hook, eleggant ergonomic crochet hook handle, eleggant hooks, hooks, lion brand yarn studio, magique enterprises, michaels, review, simplicity
