Details Project overview: The shawlette is worked from the top down starting with a pattern of open fan and v-stitches that decrease nearly to a point. Silver-gray stems and leaves jut outwards from the shawl’s edge and are worked into decrease stitches from the body. A row of violet flower buds and receptacles is worked followed [...]
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September 19 2012
INSPIRATION: Milk Thistle Shawlette
- MILK THISTLE SHAWLETTE I heart Google Images. I do about 11 billionty Google Image searches a day for ideas, inspiration, research, and in some cases shopping. It’s a virtual playground for visual people like myself who lead with their eyes in making sense of the world. So when over the summer I had a [...]
August 31 2012
Pants-on-Fire De-Stashing!
There. I did it. I’ve managed to use up all the old novelty yarn that I had lying around here, the pile of yarn that I felt was holding me back from moving forward. That pile of yarn, to me, represented a bunch of old, failed ideas. It’s been in my stash for over 7 [...]
August 22 2012
CROCHET PATTERN RELEASE – Loveland Neck Scarf
I continue to be taken back to a place and time that I miss, a time when all things were less complex, a time even before I existed: Jersey shore, the mid-1800′s. Inspiration There’s a very small section of Point Pleasant that still exists today, an unincorporated section called, “Lovelandtown,” a small hamlet community. I [...]
July 27 2012
A Sea of Doubts
I just cleared out most of the designs in my design graveyard sitting on top of my light table here in the office. At first, I thought displaying everything here would help me try to make one of these designs come to fruition. But after having them stare me in the face for so long, [...]
March 26 2012
Review & Giveaway: “Custom Crocheted Sweaters: Make Garments That Really Fit” by Dora Ohrenstein
ENTRIES FOR THE GIVEAWAY ARE NOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who participated! I enjoyed reading all your responses. A winner will be selected at random later on today. Good luck everyone! REVIEW Making crocheted sweaters can be a daunting challenge for a novice wanting to improve his or her skills. It’s risky business to spend lots [...]
October 20 2011
REVIEW: Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia by Robyn Chachula (& Book Giveaway!)
ENTRIES FOR THE GIVEAWAY ARE NOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who participated! I enjoyed reading all your responses. A winner will be selected at random tomorrow. Good luck everyone! REVIEW Stitch dictionaries are the most used books in all of my book collection (and that’s saying a lot because my library spans crochet, cookbooks, photography, [...]
March 23 2011
Abort! Abort! Kitty Cuteness Overload. ABORT!
This kitty has me wrapped around her little paw, I tell you. I can’t manage to get much done with her looking so cute and doing funny things to make me laugh or “Dawww!” all the time. But she’s taken the cake now with her latest move. I started working on revamping a bag design [...]
August 13 2010
BREAKING NEWS: Happiness Found in a Box of Tilli Tomas
It’s a good day when a box of yarn arrives, especially when it’s packed with 6 skeins of Tilli Tomas yarn. I bought: 3 skeins of Voile de la Mer in Moroccan Blue 3 Skeins of Plie Silk in Gloxinia, Atmosphere, and Midnight Borealis At the moment, the Voile will be used to finish the [...]
August 5 2010
Current WIP: Midsummer’s Cream Camisole (REDO)
I’m stoked that the Midsummer’s Dream Camisole (published in the Summer 2008 edition of Interweave Crochet) copyright came back to me awhile ago. This was a popular pattern in terms of “love” on Ravelry (453 hearts isn’t so bad, is it?). I edited the pattern and bought yarn back in March, but I’ve slacked on [...]
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