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No more frogging, but the ends are piling up
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I am over halfway done with this project! It turned out the last attempt is the final form for this wrap, and I am quite happy to have hit upon it and overjoyed with how it is going. Behold the number of ends I have…
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A piece of nature to keep the horrors at bay
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Estimated rock hunting time: Unknown Hannah has found a very nice rock, which is not surprising because Hannah has been a rock collector since she was very young. She is a connoisseur of rocks that are pleasing to hold and enjoy, even if they are…
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A frogging we will go!
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Oh Harbinger of Autumn, how you vex me! I had such dreams of the perfection I would create only to have those visions smashed by the reality of my own shortcomings! I have been frogging and reworking and frogging and getting very frustrated. I think…
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Bright Star and its teasing crochet, part 1
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Estimated time spent re-watching Bright Star over and over and then dreaming of the crochet: A lifetime It was the sort of wet, weird, sad weekend in which I find myself watching Bright Star again. Fine. Truth be told, I watched it twice. This time,…
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A wrap takes form
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I continued the story but departed the text! No simple stripes! No neat fade! Nope. Not for me. I’m doing my own thing inspired by Paul Klee’s work entitled The Harbinger of Autumn. I like the different shades of purple and blue and the bright…
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Too much time to plan is a dangerous thing
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes I have to make a wrap and make it fast. Because I am a fussy little princess about yarn, I have to wait for the yarn to come in the mail, taking up precious time, so I’m planning while I wait. What I know is…
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The New Crochet Stitch Dictionary: A review
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes I am one step closer to my ultimate goal of owning all of the crochet stitch dictionaries! Someday, people will come and study at the “Catherine Madjaric Library of Crochet Stitch Dictionaries”. This will be my legacy! My latest acquisition is The New Crochet Stitch…
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Copacetic Boyfriend Sweater
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes “Hey, Mom, can you make a 90s style boyfriend sweater with a little fitting around the waist and not too floppy arms?” As “This Here Giraffe” starts playing in my head, I remember my own perfect “boyfriend” sweater. It was big and baggy and wooly…
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Say Yuck to Green
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Everyone has a favorite color. Mine is periwinkle. There’s something about that purply-blue color that brings me joy. I have vacillated since childhood between a true blue and periwinkle as my favorite, but I have never reached outside the bounds of blue’s cool and serene…
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The Met Gala!
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes I love watching the Met Gala! It is so much fun to see what people wear-from the fabulously fashionable to the fantastically fabulous. I watch every year and come away inspired and amused and happy. This year was no different. I loved the various interpretations…
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