A sneak peak
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Posted by Underground Crafter on March 20, 2013 | Short Link

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 [...]

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Brooklyn Jelly
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Posted by Underground Crafter on February 6, 2013 | Short Link

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 [...]

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Climate change
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Posted by Underground Crafter on January 16, 2013 | Short Link

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 [...]

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Conceptual startitis, or Am I Crazy?
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Posted by Underground Crafter on January 9, 2013 | Short Link

It’s usually when I have obligatory projects with looming deadlines that I suddenly have the urge to begin new projects.  My current case of startitis revolves around two projects for me: a pair of socks and a conceptual knitting project, my 2013 Crocheted Temperature Scarf. The backstory: While procrastinating on Sunday night, I came across the [...]

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2012 Year in Review: (Non-crafty) Books!
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Posted by Underground Crafter on December 31, 2012 | Short Link

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 [...]

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Return to the fold
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Posted by Underground Crafter on September 12, 2012 | Short Link

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 [...]

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In training!
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Posted by Underground Crafter on July 25, 2012 | Short Link

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 [...]

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Summer in the City
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Posted by Underground Crafter on July 18, 2012 | Short Link

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 [...]

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In between
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Posted by Underground Crafter on July 11, 2012 | Short Link

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 [...]

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Holiday
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Posted by Underground Crafter on July 4, 2012 | Short Link

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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