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A sneak peek at Design Essentials: The Quilter’s Guide
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Do you have books in your collection that you have been hauling around for a long time because something in them speaks to you about art in such an inspiring way that you need to have it in your collection always? Enter Design Essentials: The…
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Weekly project update: From swearing to whining
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Well, here we are for another project update. I swore less this week. Well, I swore at my projects less this week. I swore at the television plenty. Oh, the subtle and non-subtle horrors of the times we live in. I ended up ruining the…
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Review of Connect the Shapes Crochet Motifs by Edie Eckman
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I bought my copy of Edie Eckman’s Connect the Shapes Crochet Motifs over a decade ago. Crochet books have come and gone in my collection, but this one has stayed. I’m not at all surprised because Edie Eckman is a crochet master. If you read…
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A sneak peek at In the Wilds by Nigel Peake
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes This week we will be looking at Nigel Peake’s In the Wilds. I asked for this book for the holidays last year, and I am so glad I did. Peake has a very distinctive way of drawing and a warm and wonderful view of the…
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Weekly project update: Let the swearing begin
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I would dearly like to crow to you that I reached the end of the center section and that the three pieces of my mother’s wrap are now blocked to size and drying. Alas, I cannot. Oh, I can tell you I nearly reached the…
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A shawl adventure
Estimated reading time: 11 minutes As a rule, I do not like hand-painted yarns with lots of color transitions. To my eye, they make crochet look muddy and strange, especially when I use lace stitches, and I use a lot of lace stitches. The color in hand-painted yarn just jumps…
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A sneak peek at Organic Embroidery by Meredith Woolnough
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Organic Embroidery by Meredith Woolnough is a seriously fun book filled with nature inspired designs. Woolnough works in thread and sews her designs on to water soluble stabilizer paper, which is then dissolved away, leaving open designs that call to mind the sea and nature. …
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The trials of a center panel
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I tried my very best to avoid the doom scrolling this week, and I managed to finish the second side panel for my mother’s wrap. The row counts and the shell counts across the top match in both panels, so I am super happy with…
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Crochet in Warehouse 13, Eureka, and School Spirits (or not)
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes I’ve been watching lots of shows on television lately, so it should come as no surprise that I have two fun crochet finds and one crochet fake to share with you. Each of the garments I found comes from a show that doesn’t really have…
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A peek at The Quilt Design Coloring Workbook
Estimated reading time: 2 Minutes Quilting books are full of inspiration for crochet projects! And I like quilts. I like them a lot. What I hate is sewing. Sewing is a chore that makes me want to never touch fiber again, yet I am a textile crafter, so what to…
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