I’m late today!! That’s because I have been parting with money at the supermarket and taking down the Christmas decorations…not because I’ve had my feet up drinking Gin and watching daytime TV!You wanted to see the back??? Be careful what you wish for is all I can say…..Video…I did this in video form because it is darker than dark here today, rubbish for photographs and also because I’m
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My eyes are bleeding. Extra large motifs plus gaudy colors surely makes it better to wear doilies…right?? Right?? Not.
If there is no indication to go through the front loop of a stitch or back loop, what I do is put my hook below both loops. The reason is that I find it looks nicer and will be more secure than one loop. For example, when I was first learning to crochet, I was following instructions from a leaflet I had purchased. It was for a shell afghan. The …
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I was starting to wonder if we would ever be seeing snow again in Bend, Oregon? I was in Portland, Oregon last week and they have their bulbs and flowers popping out of the ground. Wow!
Have you had a chance to Pre-order the new Portabellopixie patterns? I am expecting their arrival mid-February (or earlier). I also hope to have “Ruffle Pants” in stock again very soon…..in fact, if you are the one who was planning a class I can get you the pattern minus the booklet.
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knithappensva: Goodness, it’s been a morning (and early afternoon)… The phone and internet has been out all morning and just came back up!
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Hey all…. just checking in. The wrist is pretty well patched up and you can hardly see the scars. Fall is in the air and I am getting back into clicking the sticks. Hope y’all are well!
Chris
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April, a kindly blog reader, came up with some clever notations to the pattern that Emme posted of her winning July Giveaway Contest Cute Hat. Emme has reviewed these ‘corrections’ and approved posting them. So, here they are. If anyone else has comments or corrections, please feel free to post below. NOTE that even seasoned, many-times-published crochet designers have to publish errata for their patterns. Thanks, April!
**** Here‘s a link to Emme’s originally posted pattern. ****
knithappensva: @tiboribi we write all the info down and process them when we get back online. Inconvenient, but it works.
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I don’t believe I know a single person who’s not a fan of Elmo, Grover, and Oscar. Do you?
This designer has created a collection of hats to honor our toddler’s favorite characters. Check here to make these cute caps.
LiEr from ikat bag shares the next of her pattern drafting installments with a tutorial explaining how to create a child’s back sloper. I am so excited about her series on drafting patterns for kids! Go to the tutorial.
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