By Amy, on May 8th, 2009%
Is it spring that’s giving me the attention span of a gnat? I’m not sure, but luckily, I’ve been finding projects to match. Rachel over at CraftZine posted a link yesterday to Kootoyoo‘s blog-where Kirsty shows a very pretty granny square necklace made simply with embroidery thread. I kept thinking about it all day, how nice . . . → Read More: And the projects get tinier and tinier…
By Amy, on February 9th, 2009%
Robyn alerted me to the fact that Detroit Public Television has episodes of Knit and Crochet Today streaming on their web site, including the episode where Drew Emborsky, The Crochet Dude, demonstrates how to crochet my toe-up sock design.
Drew does a great job of showing all the fun parts of sock-making. It was nice to see . . . → Read More: Dude Demos Socks
By Amy, on October 21st, 2008%
Carol Ventura has a great post today about how she designed the Sunburst Bowl that’s in the current issue of Crochet Today (A must-have issue, by the way, that features top designers and great editors working within the strict constraints of using only one family of yarns–Red Heart–doing a fabulous job of creating home . . . → Read More: Carol’s Mandala
By Amy, on May 13th, 2008%
I think that our house is kicking us out. Our phone has been intermittently going on the fritz, every time it rains, as a matter of fact. And last week our furnace broke. Someone came to fix it, but a few days later, it broke again. Oh, and all the rain we’ve been having flooded the . . . → Read More: Time to move?
By Amy, on April 8th, 2008%
Crochetroo designed this amazing Year of the Rat hat and booties–I love the rat tail on the top of the hat, and the adorable nose toes for the booties. I’m hoping I hear about a baby I can make these for . . . → Read More: Year of the Rat: baby beanie and booties
By Amy, on April 3rd, 2008%
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Oh Look! There’s a flickr pool of the yarn party–here’s a shot someone took of my table–you can’t see all the squishy garments I had on display, but there’s Jay in the front trying to play with Andrea Price’s swift. My friends . . . → Read More: Yarn Party Pictures