The Hook and I

Some of the knitters from my regular Tuesday night group came over to my place tonight for an evening of non-fibery crafts. We made fondue–chocolate and cheese, and after some wine and snacks put the food aside (Oh, except for Emily, who was a fan of the mini-beers.) to get to work on the project of . . . → Read More: Fusing our brains?

A few years ago, when I was re-learning to knit, my friend Corrine, who was my Emergency Dropped Stitch Fixer, told me you should always slip the first stitch of a row. I did, for a while, but I didn’t end up with the nice even Selvedge edge that she always had. She wasn’t really able . . . → Read More: Knit a Selvedge

I found this at the thrift store yesterday, and of course, I had to have it, even though it was in a plastic bag and I couldn’t really see what it was. Apparently, it makes something like a granny square in three sizes. Once I’ve read the instructions and tried it out, I’ll let you know.

I’m . . . → Read More: Magic Crochet?

IMG_0125.JPG Originally uploaded by laracroft3

Thanks to Carol’s blog, I have a new favorite crocheter to watch out for. Danielle (aka LaraCroft) lives in Spain and works as a professional musician, but she also loves Jacquard Crochet, a version of tapestry crochet worked through the back loop of . . . → Read More: New Favorite…

Dinner at La Muse Originally uploaded by plainsight

This was one of my favorite moments of the conference. A group of us gathered after the show closed on Saturday night and wandered until we stumbled upon this restaurant called La Muse. We took over the garden seating and . . . → Read More: A Final note about TNNA…

Coffee Originally uploaded by Bnice2mice

The Craft Magazine Blog is full of crochet-love the past few days, with lots of great links including one to the flickr set of Bnice2mice who made this cute tea cup as well as lots of other neat amigurumi-style toys. I love how . . . → Read More: Crochet and Craft

aiight Originally uploaded by knitboy1

John Brinegar (aka KnitBoy) made a giant crocheted scarf that he’s just posted on Ravelry, which I’m guessing will have folks all over running for their bulky yarn and big hooks. I love the bold colors and . . . → Read More: KnitBoy’s 200

Yesterday, I was having tea with my friend Tanya, an artist, photographer, fashion designer and all around creative person who moved to my neighborhood not long after I did. She spoke so eloquently about why she no longer sells her work, neither her photographs nor her clothing line. Tanya feels that the act of selling and . . . → Read More: A Fair Trade

Divine Bird has an interesting post about creativity and craft and how in her opinion, it’s more about practice than amazing talent that makes people good at what they do. She’s a spinner with some nice looking yarn on her etsy shop.

Still jetlagged from my trip, I’m forgoing a walk this morning in favor of getting . . . → Read More: Hard Work

Crochet Today CoverOriginally uploaded by plainsight

There are still a few weeks before this issue will hit the newsstands, but I was excited to discover at TNNA that my recent vest design for TNNA will be featured on the March/April cover of Crochet Today magazine.

Before I left for TNNA, I had undertaken an . . . → Read More: On the Cover