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Crochet Workshop book review
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes I read James Walters’s Crochet Workshop after I read Dora Ohrenstein’s The Crocheter’s Skill-Building Workshop: Essential Techniques for Becoming a More Versatile, Adventurous Crocheter. I loved Ohrenstein’s book and decided to read Walters because she thanks him in her acknowledgements as both her inspiration and…
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The sudden afghan project
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes It got very cold and snowy here very suddenly. Despite all of the projects I have on hook, I got it into my head that I should throw all of those to the side for a bit and make an afghan. Why? Because it’s cold…
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A day for weaving ends
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I do a lot of projects with far too many ends. Ends are, after all, the means to greatness, but they are also the means to my destruction when there are 2000 or more of them, and I have left them all for the end,…
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Very slow crochet
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes In the interest of pulling things off the UFO pile, I have been working on this shawl for Hannah. I’m making it with a 2.5 mm hook and Malabrigo silkpaca lace weight yarn. My goal was to create a thin shawl with intricate little stitches…
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Crocheted sweater spotted in Only Murders in the Building
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Confession time. I have not watched most of Only Murders in the Building. Oh, it’s been on, and I have occasionally looked at the screen, but it was on as background noise while I crocheted. I have actually watched the fourth season as I exercised.…
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An Autumn inspired capelet
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I love autumn. I like the smell of the air as the cold weather moves in. I love the shortening days and the time spent with the gentle light of the moon instead of the harsher light of the sun. I appreciate the way the…
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Resting lizard cowl
Estimated read time: 4 minutes Sometimes you just want a look for the season. A theme, if you will. A way to say to the world, “I seriously do not need your fast fashion nonsense. I have struck out on my own and will be setting my own fashion trends…
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Murder on the lawn
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Allow me to be dramatic for a moment. A murder happened on my lawn three weeks ago. For most of the country, probably the world, it wouldn’t even be a murder. It would just be life, but for my family, and many of our neighbors,…
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Crocheted sweater in Nightbooks
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Continuing my non-scary, Halloween viewing even after the holiday, I’ve watched Nightbooks. This is not a scary movie by any measure, so it’s right up my alley with a very benign evil witch, a cute magical cat, and two children as heroes. I did not…
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Sweater Paws and Stripes
Estimated reading time: 1 minute True to form, Adia asked for another relaxed fit, cozy, ‘90s inspired sweater. This one is crafted with Juniper Moon Farm Herriot Fine yarn in sienna with ochre stripes. This is an alpaca yarn with a bit of nylon. Adia purchased a bunch of it…
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