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 February 8, 2013 |
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Whether you’re a pineapple pro or you’re just a wee bit scared by crochet lace… If you have a shawl for every day of the week or you’ve yet to take the shawl plunge… I’m inviting all crocheters to join the Pineapples for Everyone Shawl CAL! The Pineapples for Everyone Shawl is my latest free [...]
Tags: crazy for ewe, crochet, crochet a long, crochetvolution, elizabeth hall, galler yarns, galler yarns inca eco, lion brand, pineapple, pineapples for everyone shawl, pineapples for everyone shawl cal, scarves dot net, shawl, southern maryland, the wife knits
Posted by Underground Crafter on January 6, 2013 |
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After reviewing my progress in last week’s post, I decided to revise my list for the last half of the Year of Projects. This may not seem as ambitious as my original list, but for right now it works for me. I’ve been purposely vague about the exact numbers of projects, etc. because I would [...]
Tags: bev's country cottage, bideawee, bridge and beyond project, calm cowl cal, casting off the cold, charity, chubby sheep cal, circular knitting, come blog a long, crochet, crochet happy, crochetlist, dpns, entrelac, knitmeter.com, knitting, lion brand, mothers and infants striving for success, nyc crochet guild, ripple mania CAL, snuggles project, surmount the stash 2013, underground crafter ravelry group, year of projects, yop12-13
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 1, 2012 |
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I’m so glad that I said the Ripple Mania CAL giveaway winners would be selected randomly because it would have been impossible to choose my favorite projects from among all of the great entries! I had a wonderful time during the CAL, and I hope you did, too. I want to thank everyone who participated [...]
Tags: abhall76, alottastitches, classic ripple, eleggant hooks, eyelet ripple infinity scarf, izybit, leisure arts, linda74, lion brand, magique enterprises, melissagreen, myissag, red heart, ripple mania CAL, winner
Posted by Underground Crafter on November 26, 2012 |
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…to enter the Ripple Mania CAL giveaway for your chance to win amazing prizes from Leisure Arts, Lion Brand Yarn, Magique Enterprises, and Red Heart. You can find all the details in this blog post! Share your pictures by 11:50 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, November 28! And, for all you knitters out there, you have until Thursday, [...]
Tags: 30 min-knits: what can you knit in half an hour or less?, barron's educational books, carol meldrum, leisure arts, lion brand, magique enterprises, red heart, ripple mania CAL
Posted by Underground Crafter on November 23, 2012 |
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I have just a small finished object today, my very first pair of knit booties. But they come with a long story! (And, to thank you for reading the whole story, I’m also including a book review and giveaway at the end of this post.) I have a friend that I haven’t seen in ages. [...]
Tags: 30 min-knits: what can you knit in half an hour or less?, baby, barron's educational books, book review, booties, broad strap booties, carol meldrum, facebook, FO Friday, gifts, giveaway, knitting, lion brand, lion brand wool ease sportweight, smiley's yarn, tami's amis
Posted by Underground Crafter on November 15, 2012 |
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Whether you’re just joining in or you’ve been participating in the Ripple Mania Crochet-a-long since October, I know you’re excited to hear more about the prizes! The Ripple Mania CAL has four fantastic sponsors, Coats & Clark, Leisure Arts, Lion Brand Yarn, and Magique Enterprises, who have each put together a great prize package. This post describes the prizes, [...]
Tags: 40 Favorite Ripple Afghans, Beauty of the Earth Afghans, candy color ripple cowl, crochet, crochet today, eleggant ergonomic crochet hook handle, eleggant hooks, facebook, flickr, giveaway, leisure arts, lion brand, lion brand amazing, magique enterprises, red heart, red heart with love, Ripple Afghans to Crochet, ripple effect, ripple mania CAL, ripples, Rippling Effects, susan bates, twitter, underground crafter, underground crafter ravelry group, Vanna's Choice Color It Beautiful Afghans, windsor ripple throw
Posted by Underground Crafter on November 7, 2012 |
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This week is all about squaring up a ripple – how to combine a ripple pattern with a straight edged stitch. This week’s Ripple Mania PDF includes a baby blanket project. I’m also very excited to announce two more sponsors for the Ripple Mania prizes: Magique Enterprises and Lion Brand Yarn are joining Red Heart and Leisure Arts by contributing [...]
Tags: crochet, leisure arts, lion brand, magique enterprises, red heart, ripple mania CAL
Posted by Underground Crafter on November 6, 2012 |
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(Join along with me any time if you need a head start or moral support for your holiday crafting. You can read more details here.) After a few weeks without anything interesting report, I’m happy to say I finished two holiday projects. I made this crescent shawl using stash yarn and one of the buttons I [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, bernat lana, caitlin ffrench, cascade 220, cascade yarns, crochet, holiday crafting, knitting, lion brand, lion brand fishermen's wool, patons classic wool, patons yarns, ripple mania CAL, shawl, surmount the stash 2012, tahki stacy charles, tahki stacy charles donegal tweed, terribly simple
