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Crochet Dialects
21 November 2006
Read moreI love to crochet, and to collaborate with others about it. To see what others have made and to show my own creations and tell what I learned along the way. Knitting groups have been around forever I think, and it seems likely to me that people have always shared …
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Christmas Crochet
17 November 2006
Read moreIn case anyone didn’t follow the conversation, my friend fairyJo has learned to crochet from some instructions in my baby blanket post. Wondering what she might do next, here are some ideas for the season:
How about a crochet snowflake ? Actually I might have to try one of these …
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Daisy Scarf
29 October 2006
Read moreIts been a craft-tastic few weeks lately, I’ve another almost-finished item to post after this one! Here are the photos of the mohair scarf I recently made for my boyfriend’s mum’s birthday
And the closeup of the motifs (there were eleven daisy squares altogether):
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Blanket for Baby
14 October 2006
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This is the blanket I have just made for a new arrival in the extended family. Its losely based on this shell afghan pattern
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Crochet Love-Knot Wrap
04 September 2006
Read moreYou might think that I’ve been a bit quiet on the crochet front recently … and you’d be right. What’s actually happening is that I have been working on a surprise project for my sister’s birthday and didn’t want to post about it until I had …
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The Wool Shop
14 May 2006
Read moreI have recently moved to Leeds and am slowly starting to find my way around and build up some local knowledge. A very important ingredient in this process is my discovery that there is a great wool shop near where I live. Its so good in fact, that I have …
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Knitted Scarf/Wrap
14 May 2006
Read moreI’ve knitted a scarf! This is news because I although I like crochet and learned to knit as a child, I’m really not a very good knitter. This pattern was hardly knitting though. Its made with silly wool (Sirdar Frizz) and knitted on broom handles! OK so actually …
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200 crochet blocks
14 May 2006
Read moreI have a new crochet book! My mum had an “I saw this and thought of you” moment, and bought me this:
200 Crochet Blocks for Blankets, Throws and Afghans
Its a good book with a variety of different blocks (although some of the 200 are the same pattern but …
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Crooks and Hooks
14 May 2006
Read moreWell, just hooks actually! I’ve been wondering for a while where those photos of beautiful crochet hooks come from in the front of all the crochet books … they’re colourful and I want some.
After a bit of hunting around I discovered that these are Susan Bates hooks, and …
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