Posted by Underground Crafter on May 29, 2013 |
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Growing up, I was fascinated with the Nativity scene my maternal grandmother would set up during the Christmas season, and I remember being eager to place the baby Jesus into the manger after midnight on Christmas Eve. That Nativity set was the one physical object that I most associated with the holidays during childhood, and [...]
Tags: 2013 crocheted temperature scarf, 2013 holiday stashdown challenge, american gods, amigurumi, amigurumi nativity, carolyn christmas, crochet, holiday crafting, kindle fire, mamajulia, neil gaiman, new york public library, nrsv daily bible: read meditate and pray through the entire bible in 365 days, ravelry, reading, small things, surmount the stash 2013, tami's amis, the bible miniseries, wip wednesday, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on March 20, 2013 |
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Next Wednesday, I’ll be participating in Crochetville‘s A Tour Through Crochet Country blog tour for National Crochet Month. I’m working on something fun (and secret) to reveal next week, but until then, I can share a little progress picture. I had an awesome time at the Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Festival last weekend. My mom and [...]
Tags: andy warhol museum, blog tour, broken, church brew works, crochet, crochetville, family, fly into fire, freshstitches, google reader, jefferson farms, melissa jean, natcromo13, netgalley, pittsburgh, pittsburgh knit and crochet festival, purdy thangz, reading, secret project, small things, stacey trock, stramba farm, susan jane bigelow, tami's amis, wild hare fiber studio, wip wednesday, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on February 6, 2013 |
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It’s amazing what you find out through Facebook. For example, I had no idea my cousin’s wife was even pregnant until she posted pictures of her newborn, Brooklyn Sophia. Being of the old fashioned naming sort, I assumed that Brooklyn was an adjective describing Sophia. (As in “born in Brooklyn” Sophia.) Later, I came to [...]
Tags: and all the stars, baby blanket, brooklyn, brooklyn nets, frankie brown, jelly mould blanket, kindle fire, prophets of science fiction, reading, red heart, red heart super saver, robert a. heinlein, small things, starship troopers, stranger in a strange land, surmount the stash 2013, tami's amis, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on January 16, 2013 |
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Thanks to everyone who weighed in on the my color choices last week. I ended up starting my 2013 Temperature Scarf on Saturday. I love everything about this project so far! The colors are coming together nicely, and I love that this is a project that will take a minimum of 365 days to complete. There is [...]
Tags: 2013 crocheted temperature scarf, and all the stars, andrea k. host, arthur c. clarke, conceptual crochet, conceptual knitting, for myself, honey nutbrown's handcrafted and old fashioned Northern living, kindle fire, my year in temperature - scarf, netgalley, reading, sci fi, small things, surmount the stash 2013, tami's amis, the sentinel, wip wednesday, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on December 31, 2012 |
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One of my goals for 2012 was to read more. Last year around this time, I was feeling like some sort of statistic – you know, featured in all those doomsday articles you see online about how people don’t read anymore. Then my colleagues gifted me a Kindle Fire for Christmas and I hoped it would [...]
Tags: 2012 year in review, 22E, and Literary Agents, arthur c. clarke, carolyn ives gilman, city and the stars and the sands of mars, denise grover swank, dying inside, Editors, elizabeth cline, goodreads, halfway human, here, how to love your job or find a new one, jeff herman, Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, joanna penn, kevin brockmeier, kindle fire, margaret atwood, mary shelley, michael wallace, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking, ransom riggs, reading, robert silverberg, small things, stieg larsson, susan cain, the brief history of the dead, the creative penn, the girl who kicked the hornet's nest, the girl who played with fire, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the last man, the righteous, the year of the flood, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on September 12, 2012 |
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It’s been almost 6 weeks since I last participated in Work in Progress Wednesday and Yarn Along. Life got very busy and I was mostly working on secret projects, so there was nothing too exciting to share. I’m happy to be back with a (very) little something and am looking forward to checking out what [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, beanie, cables, frankenstein, how to love your job or find a new one, joanna penn, kindle fire, knitting, mary shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, reading, robyn chachula, small things, tami's amis, the last man, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on August 1, 2012 |
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My focus since Friday has been on busting stash with Ravellenic Games projects. So far, I’ve made a lot of progress towards finishing another ribbed beanie for my Holiday Stashdown Challenge. I’m using two strands of Moda Dea Tweedle Dee, a discontinued, self-striping, bulky yarn, and size 15 circular needles. This will be sort of a [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, destash, graphic, holiday crafting, how to love your job or find a new one, joanna penn, kindle fire, knitting, melissa morgan-oakes, ravellenic games, ravellenic games hat dash, ravellenic games sock put, ravellenic games synchronized stash busting, reading, ribbing, small things, socks, surmount the stash 2012, tami's amis, the creative penn, toe-up 2-at-a-time socks, wip wednesday, wips, wipw
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 25, 2012 |
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My main focus this week has been preparing for the Ravellenic Games, which kick off on Friday during the opening ceremony for the London Olympics. My personal Herculean effort will be to knit my first pair of socks. I decided to use a pattern from Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time Socks by Melissa Morgan-Oakes. I’m far more comfortable [...]
Tags: 12forself2012, circular knitting, circular needles, clara parkes, dpns, h.g. wells, how to love your job or find a new one, joanna penn, kindle fire, knitty city, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, melissa morgan-oakes, ravellenic games, ravellenic games modular relay, ravellenic games sock put, reading, small things, socks, surmount the stash 2012, tami's amis, the country of the blind and other stories, the creative penn, the knitter's book of socks, toe-up 2-at-a-time socks, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 18, 2012 |
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Yesterday was one of those days that reminded me of the Lovin’ Spoonful‘s “Summer in the City.” I won’t even tell you what the back of my neck was like, and when I sat down outside to take the one picture for today’s post, it was definitely hotter than a match head. It was just [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, beanie, destash, eugenics, h.g. wells, holiday crafting, knitting, lion brand, lion brand wool ease thick and quick, lovin' spoonful, margaret sanger, moda dea, moda dea tweedle dee, planned parenthood, reading, ribbing, small things, summer in the city, surmount the stash 2012, tami's amis, the country of the blind and other stories, wip wednesday, wips, wipw, yarn along
Posted by Underground Crafter on July 11, 2012 |
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I am at that weird place in between projects and I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do next. The temperature finally cooled down and I finished the Bruges lace scarf I was making for my friend (more details coming on Friday). I’ve made some progress on my Pineapple Doily Shawl since my last [...]
Tags: beanie, blanket, bruges crochet, cables, crochet, goodreads, h.g. wells, kindle fire, knitting, lace crochet best pattern 238, laura garsten, lily chin, margaret atwood, motifs, new york public library, nude ewe ron, pineapple doily shawl, power cables, prophets of science fiction, reading, science channel, small things, sparkling wave scarf, tami's amis, the country of the blind and other stories, the invisible man, the time machine, the war of the worlds, the year of the flood, wip, wip wednesday, wipw, yarn along
