Posted by Underground Crafter on January 1, 2013 |
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Last year, I hosted a Holiday Stashdown Challenge to encourage myself and anyone else who was willing to play along with me to make our holiday gifts early and to use as much stash yarn as possible. The successes: I used up over 3,300 yards of yarn from my stash, made gifts for 14 people, and [...]
Tags: 2013 holiday stashdown challenge, amigurumi nativity, anne, audrey-lee, blanket, boa scarf, carolyn christmas, crochet, destash, granny slippers, holiday crafting, men's sweaters, mk carroll, needles and hooks and books oh my!, ornaments, slipper soles, snowflakes, surmount the stash 2013
Posted by Underground Crafter on October 20, 2012 |
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Today, I’m excited to interview Caitlin Sainio, author of 100 Snowflakes to Crochet: Make Your Own Snowdrift—to Give or to Keep and host a giveaway for the book, courtesy of St. Martin’s Press. (I’ve recently begun reviewing books for the Crochet Guild of America blog, which is where you’ll see my review posted soon.) Caitlin [...]
Tags: 100 flowers to knit and crochet, 100 snowflakes to crochet: make your own snowdrift to give or to keep, betty barnden, caitlin sainio, cgoa, crochet, crochet guild of america, giveaway, interview, lesley stanfield, snowflakes, st. martin's press, super finishing techniques for crocheters, thread crochet
Posted by Underground Crafter on October 16, 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.) In the past few weeks, I’ve mentioned my lack of excitement about holiday crafting. It’s ok, I’ve been going strong since March, so it was inevitable that my interest would fade. [...]
Tags: 100 snowflakes to crochet: make your own snowdrift to give or to keep, 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, blogtoberfest 2012, caitlin sainio, crochet, curly pops, deborah atkinson, flurry, galler yarns, galler yarns parisian cotton, holiday crafting, i saw you dancing, ripple mania CAL, ripples, snowcatcher, snowflake monday, snowflakes, st. martin's press
Posted by Underground Crafter on March 22, 2012 |
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Do you ever stumble across a blogger or designer and wonder how it is that you haven’t seen her work until that moment? This is exactly how I felt when I first saw Deborah Atkinson’s Snowcatcher blog. I literally couldn’t understand how so much time had elapsed without me being exposed to her amazing snowflake [...]
Tags: a flake of its own, bike ms, biking, charity, colorado, complete book of crochet stitch designs, crochet, crochet traditions, crochetville, deborah atkinson, design, hanging by a thread, interview, interweave press, kenneth libbrecht, kenneth libbrect, linda p. schapper, lollipop snowflake, marikamum, mccall's design ideas christmas knit and crochet, national ms society, noel nevins, ravelry, sister norma gettelfinger, snowcatcher, snowflake monday, snowflakes, snowmon, the wave, thread crochet, torreys peak, torreys peak snowflake, valentine wave II, w.a. bentley
Posted by Underground Crafter on November 24, 2011 |
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Happy Thanksgiving! In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) signifies the official start of the holiday shopping season. In the spirit of keeping the holidays a little more handmade and small business and a little less mass produced and corporate, I’m sharing several holiday gift guides today. Handmade gifts to make This time [...]
Tags: 60 more quick knits: 20 hats 20 scarves 20 mittens in cascade 220 sport, afya ibomu, american express, amigurumi, baking, boy, cathy pipinich, clf, complete idiot's guide to amigurumi, crochet, crochet concupiscence, crochet liberation front, crochet pattern central, crochet world, crocheted softies: 18 adorable animals from around the world, deborah atkinson, eco-friendly, etsy, fibers by tracie, fresh stitches, get your crochet on: hip hats and cool caps, gift guide, girl, handmade, hat, heart strings, holiday crafting, howie the holiday penguin, jar mix, june gilbank, knitpicks, knitting, knitting on the net, laurie a wheeler, linda permann, lion brand, little crochet, local yarn shop, lys, mr. scrappy, nestle, official guide to super awesome gift giving, one skein, ornaments, planet june, poinsettia, ravelry, scarf, slithers the snake, small business saturday, snowball hat and keyhole scarf, snowcatcher, snowflake monday, snowflakes, stacey trock, stitch finder, stitch guide, stocking caps, tracie barrett, val pierce, very best baking, washcloths
