Dyeing Yarns With Easter Egg Dye – 9703th Edition
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Dyeing Yarns With Easter Egg Dye
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Rebecca 42, Cotone 4 – Hot Spring Fashions 2010! – 9702th Edition
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Rebecca 42 (/index.php?option=com_phpshop&page=shop.flypage&category_id=5a3fdd00f37153b33bb299828079c272&product_id=3964) brings you 36 designs for Spring/Summer 2010! The designs range from tops to dresses to coats, with a color selection that ranges from smoky pastels to bold colors with classic navy look white-blue and white-red.Cotone 4 (/index.php?option=com_phpshop&page=shop.flypage&category_id=5a3fdd00f37153b33bb299828079c272&product_id=4006) has the versatile cotton yarns in mind with their trendy Spring/Summer patterns. Sophisticated structures and mixed textures, there is something for everyone!
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One-skein of the day: Men’s cap – 9701th Edition
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A fine and toasty hat. No one has to know that it's simple and speedy, too.
View full sizeI love watch caps. They’re a snap to make, they’re warm and you don’t have to worry about sizing.This is your basic easy, speedy knittedwatch cap. It’s an ideal gift for just about anyone who has a head. (And although the pattern has a link to convert it to crochet, ignore it — the download costs $17.95, and really, wouldn’t it just be easier to find a free crochet pattern? I thought so, so I foundthis onefor you.)
If you have a one-skein pattern you’d like to share for our project of
collecting patterns to share between now and Christmas, check outthe detailsof what it can mean for you.
Three Crosses on a Hill with Lilies Free Chart – 9700th Edition
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Free filet crochet or cross-stitch
Easter chart of three crosses on a hill, with lilies in
the foreground.
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Books provide inspiration to higher craft – 9699th Edition
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I survived my walk down the runway at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts Recycled Runway fashion event last weekend in a dress I made out of more than a dozen issues of this newspaper. I arrived at the event with a pounding headache, suffering from a severe craft hangover, the painful effect of staying up until 5:30 a.m.,…
I survived my walk down the runway at theUrban Institute for Contemporary Arts Recycled Runway fashion eventlast weekend in a dress I made out of more than a dozen issues of this newspaper.
I arrived at the event with a pounding headache, suffering from a severe craft hangover, the painful effect of staying up until 5:30 a.m., finishing my dress. I spent the eve of the show folding squares of newspaper into flower petals I taped, stitched and glued together to form large blooms as accents to the waistline of the dress.
I drew inspiration for my “Headliner” dress from a variety of books, which has prompted me to offer a roundup of reviews.
Paper flowers
“Kanzashi in Bloom: 20 Simple Fold-and-Sew Projects to Wear and Give” by Diane Gilleland (144 pages, $21.95) details the Japanese art of folding fabric squares into three-dimensional flower petals that are assembled into full blooms. Gilleland illustrates three petal-folding techniques to make projects ranging from tiny blossom earrings and rings to hair accessories and clothing and handbag embellishments.
Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood drew inspiration from a craft book, “Kanzashi in Bloom: 20 Simple Fold-and-Sew Projects to Wear and Give,” when she made a dress of newsprint.Traditional Kanzashi projects are made with silk, but Gilleland recommends beginners start with cotton.
I skipped fabric completely and moved right to paper, making more than a dozen tedious blooms out of newsprint for my dress.
Now that I can fold these things in my sleep, I will be exploring the fabric-flower possibilities.
If you love to make flowers, you’ll find this book inspiri
What Are the Best Books for Learning How to Crochet Left-Handed? – 9698th Edition
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Several of our left-handed readers have shared their opinions about which books are most helpful for lefties who want to learn how to crochet.
Crocheting Left-Handed — Photo © M. Solovay- See Shazzade’s picks forbest books for learning how to crochet left-handed
- Read aboutPat’s favorite left-handed crochet reference bookplus tips and advice for lefties
- Kathy has also shared abook recommendation, plus tips and advice
- Maggie recommends that book as well–it seems like a good one.
If we’ve missed any good books that left-handed crocheters should know about, please be sure to let us know. You are welcome to leave a comment here, or better yet,share your storyabout crocheting left-handed.
What Are the Best Books for Learning How to Crochet Left-Handed?originally appeared onAbout.com Crocheton Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 at 01:14:23.
Filati / Lana Grossa Spring 2010 patterns journals! – 9697th Edition
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Gorgeous and Fun Fashions are here in all their glossy glory now that we’ve received the Spring 2010 pattern magazines from Lana Grossa!
We have the latest Lana Grossa Filati 39 (/index.php?option=com_phpshop&page=shop.flypage&product_id=3981), a big, thick book full of stylish garments that ease you gently in to spring.
Here also is Filati Handstrick #39 (/index.php?option=com_phpshop&page=shop.flypage&product_id=3982), featuring warm, earthy colors and the latest styles!
Featuring the Organic Linea Pura yarn line, we have Linea Pura 3 (/index.php?option=com_phpshop&page=shop.flypage&product_id=3983), offering sophisticated knits for the lovely organic cottons, corn, bamboo and soy yarns that make up the Linea Pura line!
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One-skein of the day: Bagging it – 9696th Edition
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Convinced you'll never get your holiday gifts done in time? Then it's time to bag it.
OK, so let’s say, for argument’s sake, that you’re generally a pretty organized person. But you go to Sock Summit, for instance, and go into a sock yarn swoon, buy more yarn than any sane person really needs, spend some time, well, OK, alot of timeplaying with it and studiously ignoring your holiday knitting duties, and by the time late November/early December rolls around, you’ve made a chilling realization. It’s become clear to you that the only way you’re going to finish all your knitting/crafting is if you start mainlining caffeine and knitting every hour you’re conscious, including during a two-hour dental appointment and your annual pelvic exam. And you’re pretty sure you’ll have trouble maintaining gauge during that last one.
View full sizeStuff these suckers with anything small, and you’re good to go.So we’ve got a speedy one-skein solution for you: bags. Knit your loved one these adorable little bags and stuff ‘em with something you’ve bought. Candy. Jewelry. Gift cards. (My personal local recommendation: Go toSaturday Marketand buy something small and fabulous. Add a truffle or two fromMoonstruck Chocolate, and you’re good to go.) The bags are a gift in themselves, too — they’re great to store jewelry or other tiny treasures. Knitting a bag is speedy, cheap, satisfies the I-love-you-enough-to-knit-for-you requirement, and best of all? It’s simple enough to be done while you’re waiting in line as you do the rest of your holiday shopping.
Here are two nifty patterns to get you started.This one, from theCraft Yarn Council of America, is a crochet pattern that I can vouch for. Made out of sport weight or fingering, it can double as an accessory for an 18-inch doll. Made of worsted or bulky, it can double as a purse for a little girl. In any size, in any color, it’s a win.
For knitters, about.com offersthis cute little bag. And you kno
Two Rabbits with Easter Egg Free Chart – 9695th Edition
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Free chart of two rabbits with an Easter egg, for crocheting or knitting in color, filet crochet, cross stitch, adaptable for needlepoint, beadwork or other crafts.
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Crafters help Wyoming’s Threadbender celebrate 25th anniversary – 9694th Edition
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Juliane Anderson started as an art teacher. Armed with a dual major in art and education, the Hillsdale native taught in schools in Lapeer and Kellogsville. She liked teaching but found the late '70s was a challenging time for her chosen career — one of the first subjects to get axed when state funding decreases forced districts to cut…
A business milestone: Juliane Anderson, owner of Threadbender Inc., is celebrating 25 years in the yarn business.Juliane Anderson started as an art teacher. Armed with a dual major in art and education, the Hillsdale native taught in schools in Lapeer and Kellogsville.
She liked teaching but found the late ’70s was a challenging time for her chosen career — one of the first subjects to get axed when state funding decreases forced districts to cut back.
“I was laid off every year I taught,” she said, recalling her tally of four layoffs.
“The last one took.”
That’s when Anderson decided to stay home to raise her daughter. Meanwhile, she thought about a dream she shared with many fiber artists.
“I’ve always loved yarn, and I was a weaver,” Anderson said. “I thought there was a shortage of weaving shops.”
She openedThreadbender Inc., 2767 44th St. SW in Wyoming, on May 1, 1984. She sold looms and weaving yarns to weavers but also attracted a growing number of knitters.
“So I ordered more knitting yarns,” Anderson said.
Nearly 25 years later, Anderson still is selling looms and teaching customers to weave, but her business has come to be known widely as a knit shop frequented by local knitters looking for a fiber fix. Customers can take knitting classes as well as stock up on patterns and supplies.
Several other shops have opened and closed, but Threadbender’s business has remained steady for Anderson, who says she didn’t open the shop with the intention of getting rich.
“I love the products I sell,” she said. “I love the people I see, and that is probably one of the reasons that this sort o
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