Posted by Underground Crafter on March 23, 2013 |
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Every Saturday during National Crochet Month 2013, I’ll be highlighting one of my favorite online crochet resources. Today’s featured site is Crochet Boulevard, my favorite crochet link party. I was first introduced to Barbara from made in k-town shortly after I began blogging in 2011. I honestly can’t remember how I found her, but I [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on March 2, 2013 |
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Every Saturday during National Crochet Month 2013, I’ll be highlighting one of my favorite online crochet resources. Today’s featured site is Crochet Concupiscence, my favorite source of crochet-related news. It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Kathryn Vercillo‘s blog, Crochet Concupiscence. I’ve interviewed Kathryn twice on my blog (here and here), and I’ve previously [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on January 22, 2013 |
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I am so incredibly pleased to share an interview with Kim Guzman today. As a lover of Tunisian crochet and a member of the very active Yahoo group that she co-moderates with Angela “ARNie” Grabowski, tunisiancrochet, I’ve been a big fan of Kim’s work for years. (Kim also does a lot of “regular” crochet design, too, as she [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on August 15, 2012 |
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Today, I’m interviewing Kathryn Vercillo, one of my favorite crochet bloggers, for the second time. (You can check out the first interview here.) Kathryn recently self published a book, Crochet Saved My Life, about the ways crochet supports physical and mental healing. Kathryn is a professional writer, and her work has been published in magazines such [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on July 22, 2012 |
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This week, I auditioned six more motifs for my mom’s milestone birthday blanket. I made each sample with stash yarn, and I’m happy to report that I’m almost to the bottom of one of my plastic yarn tubs! This is my version of Duckbill Dalliance by Margaret MacInnis. I like this motif a lot, but [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on July 8, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects, Year 2 series.) This week, my goal was to try out some potential motif patterns for the bedspread I’m planning for my mom’s milestone birthday in February. My sister’s bedspread took about 5 months to finish, and I’m assuming this one will be more complicated, so I [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on July 4, 2012 |
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I’m making good progress on the Bruges waves scarf for my friend, OB. I started it during my final Bruges lace class with Tatyana Mirer last week. (More details on the yarn and the classes.) When I asked OB about her preferred colors for a possible winter accessory, she asked for charcoal grey, or black, [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on December 10, 2011 |
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I’m stoked to be part of Stacey Trock’s blog tour for Crocheted Softies: 18 Adorable Animals from around the World today. I am interviewing Stacey, reviewing her new book, and hosting a giveaway for a signed copy of the book, courtesy of Martingale & Company, so read on for more details! The Interview Stacey Trock [...]
Tags: all things paper, alpaca, amigurumi, bamboo, bear, book review, cascade yarns, courtney the owl in an egg, craftsy, crochet, crocheted softies: 18 adorable animals from around the world, delicious crochet, eco-friendly, etsy, facebook, family, freshstitches, giveaway, interview, kai the kiwi, kieran the beaver, knit new haven, lala the panda, merino wool, milton the slowpoke snail, mochimochi land, mr. crabby, never not knitting, pinterest, purl bee, ravelry, ro the tiny monster, salty the crocodile, sherwin the alpaca, slithers the snake, stacey trock, stretch the giraffe, twitter, wally the koi fish, we love to illustrate, whip up
