Posted by Underground Crafter on August 7, 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.) Well, I’ve added another finished project to my list since my last update, and (what a surprise) I’ve decided to make a few changes. You may remember that I was swatching [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, austermann step, austermann yarn, bitsy knits, bitsy knits squoosh superwash, bruges crochet, cascade 220 superwash, cascade yarns, dream in color, dream in color classy, freshstitches, holiday crafting, nude ewe ron, poll, prism merino mia, prism yarns, ravelry, spud and chloe, spud and chloe sweater, surmount the stash 2012, the nude ewe
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 [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on June 8, 2012 |
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Last week, I had a technical problem on my blog and I didn’t get to share two finished projects that I’m pretty excited about. I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m the sponsor for Crochetlist‘s June charity challenge. I’m organizing a collection of pet blankets that will be donated to Bideawee for Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat month. I’ve [...]
Tags: 2012 holiday stashdown challenge, 30 purrfect stitches for pet blankets, adopt-a-shelter-cat month, arrakis, beanie, bideawee, cables, charity, craftsy, crochet, crochetlist, destash, etsy, knitting, knotty knitters, kwisatz haderach, malabrigo, malabrigo rios, ravelry, sandworm's journey beanie, self-published pattern, spud and chloe, spud and chloe sweater, stitch guide, surmount the stash 2012, Tunisian crochet
Posted by Underground Crafter on May 24, 2012 |
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View Larger Map Last week, I took my dream vacation and spent a few days at Pendle Hill in Wallingford, PA. The main purpose of the vacation was to relax, enjoy the silence, (wait, what is this? some kind of retro pop music playlist??), spend some time outdoors, and live an unscheduled life, and what’s [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on March 12, 2012 |
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(This post is part of my series for Knit and Crochet Design Week 2012.) Designing a Simple Knit Beanie: Day 1 (Note to my readers who don’t knit: Even though my Design Week project is a knit, the steps I’ll walk through are common to knitting and crochet, and I’ll be offering up “crochet translations” [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on January 4, 2012 |
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I’ve known that this moment would come for a while. On Sunday night, I put down the Double Irish Chain granny square blanket I’ve been making for my sister in the colors of the New Orleans Saints. I’m still reading The City and the Stars and the Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke (as [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on November 20, 2011 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class: Lessons and Projects from Today’s Top Crocheters series. For previous posts in this series, click here.) This is the point in the year when the top bulb of the hourglass is almost empty as we speed towards the New Year. With deadlines looming for [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on October 29, 2011 |
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This post is part of Crochet 101, the first CAL/class in the Crochet Lyceum with Underground Crafter series. Visit this post for the full course outline and more information about how to participate. I was planning to post Class 6: Basic Finishing Techniques today, but frankly, I’m too tired to do the post justice, so I [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on October 14, 2011 |
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Happy Friday everyone! I’ve been thinking for a while about how to celebrate I Love Yarn Day, since I first read about it on the Craft Yarn Council website. The CYC has several suggestions about what to do to celebrate (and several projects from famous designers, too!). My post for today is a celebration of [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on September 28, 2011 |
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I thought I’d combine my WIP Wednesday post this week with my craft goals update, which I usually post on Thursday. Why, you ask? (Ok, you didn’t ask, but I wanted to tell you anyway.) Because tomorrow I’ll be a stop on Sarah London‘s blog tour for Granny Square Love: A New Twist on a [...]
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