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Last night, we took the whole family to a Washington Wizards basketball game. It was a lot of fun–Selma enjoyed every second. She loved the game, the “dancers,” Jay liked the mascot and all the clapping and chanting. We’re paying for it today, all tired and out of sorts from a change in our schedule. I had . . . → Read More: Of Yarn and Wizards Crochet Today – March April Originally uploaded by plainsight. Drew’s sneaking around the Craft and Hobby Association conference in between his book signings, and look what he found at the Coats and Clark Booth. It’s the March-April issue of Crochet Today, and it’s got the vest I designed . . . → Read More: Cover Girl I’ve finished my tea and toast, and I really should be starting work (have I mentioned I have piles of other peoples’ knits and crochets in my studio waiting to be edited? It’s a little scary–I have them perched on high surfaces to protect them all from things like pets, kids, the odd natural disaster.) But . . . → Read More: Knit with the Brits Ellen Bloom has recently posted pictures of her take on my Sweet Sweater. I love it–It’s a cardigan, and she played with color and stitch pattern and added a collar and buttons. . . . → Read More: A Sweet Cardigan Since I’m woefully behind in writing about TNNA, I’ll point you instead to CRAFT Magazine’s great re-cap of the event–it has links to other good write-ups too. After all that reading, you’ll know pretty much everything I did. To see some pictures, you can click on the photo here-it will take you to my flickr set. Technorati . . . → Read More: What happened at TNNA? The Little Projects blog has a nifty tutorial on how to make a hairpin lace loom out of stuff you have around the house. (By the way, this is a great site. She’s also got a crocheted felted clog pattern which I just bought–I’ve been eyeing the cool fiber trends clogs, but being able to crochet . . . → Read More: DIY Hairpin Lace Loom Blue Sky Crochet Swatch Originally uploaded by plainsight. With thanks to Robyn for the idea, here’s a look at what I’ve been doing. I adore swatching. Maybe I even like it more than making garments. Am I crazy? Maybe. Swatching is all about potential–with none of the worry . . . → Read More: Sneak Peek Monday Why, mobius shoes, of course! Thanks, . . . → Read More: What to wear with your newly knitted mobïus wrap So, we know everyone says that Blue Moon Fiber Art’s Socks That Rock is like crack–knitting with it is addictive. Well, it appears that Blue Moon’s bank thought that they were doing SO MUCH business they must be a front for something illegal–like selling drugs–it couldn’t just be yarn, right? Fortunately, the company quickly corrected the . . . → Read More: Talking Smack Amy “yarnaholic” from Crochetville has begun a weekly podcast of crochet news submissions from the crochetville participants, and more fun stuff. The first episode will air sometime this week. You can subscribe in iTunes and find more info on the crochetville message boards. Technorati . . . → Read More: Crochetville Podcasts! |
@mrhulse Yup, I'm "down south" in Wisconsin, then we're off to Kansas for my cousin's wedding. :-)
2 days ago from Echofon Whew. Finally just caught up on #trueblood @lweinhold I agree it's hard to watch Sam be mean, but I like that his character is gaining depth
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