Crochet

Starting a new project: Tunisian crochet bag

2008-07-17T14:26:53Z

Since I'm jealous of Heather's lovely blog posts about her cross-stitch projects, in the best tradition of bloggers everywhere I'm brazenly stealing her idea and trying to capture the progress of my latest crochet project. I love me some Vera Bra...

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MIA no more, and other yarn news

2008-07-12T22:17:08Z

I can't believe it's been over a month since I updated this blog. I've been busy. See the pictures? The bobble stitch sampler top needs assembly and some relatively minor finishing work, like adding the neck and sleeve borders. The Crystal P...

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Summer time hat

2008-07-12T02:46:35Z

I made a this really cute hat today! I found the pattern on Ravelry.com. The picture is the one from the free pattern, I'll post my hat in the morning when the light is better. I think next time I'll do it in cotton instead of the acr...

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so who should I root for? america or one of those other countries I learned about in the food court?

2008-07-10T23:23:17Z

Today I found out about a wonderfully wonderful knitting event, the Ravelympics! Basically, it's a free-for-all where knitters/crocheters/spinners/etc. pick crafty events to participate in. You can't start the project(s) until the opening ceremony...

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Crochet Coffee Cozies

2008-06-29T07:26:01Z

I'm WWWWAAAAAYYYY behind in my blogging, so I'm just going to start at the beginning and work my way forward. On May 31st, I had a Help Whip Cancer fundraiser for the Pampered Chef. As a party favour, I crocheted these cute coffee cozies and ga...

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Things I have learned about Life by Crocheting

2008-07-10T14:23:10Z

1) With patience, you can have beautiful things one small stitch at a time. 2) Quick and easy is good for the soul once in a while, but too much makes one sick. 3) Don't give up when something is hard to do, but don't be afraid to set them aside ...

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Rap anthem for knitters...

2008-07-04T23:39:45Z

I'm not a big fan of rap, but this one is the best!!!! I particularly like the line "knitting needles don't kill people, old ladies do...(ETA Sadly, this live link has been taken down -- I guess the drove of knitters clicking on it made them th...

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Totally lacy bolero

2008-07-04T23:08:05Z

I finished crocheting this lacy bolero! Totally lacy, isn't it? Made of summer cotton yarn. Looks feminine with the little black dress. The secret here is that this bolero costs less than USD 5...

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it's all so complicated, with the flowers, and the romance, and the lies upon lies

2008-07-01T21:25:52Z

I'm at my parents' place for the week, and it's been really awesome so far. The most obvious reason is because I'm not in Ohio. Also, because my mom keeps giving me money for stuff. And Cory (my brother) and I went to the White Sox game last night...

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Project Dump

2008-06-16T20:48:48Z

It's been a while, a productive while, since I posted. I have a backlog of blog. So here goes. Let's start with something cute. The alien family. They came to earth to explore it's rich viral biodiversity with some friends they are expecting to ar...

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