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It’s all over but the end weaving . . . again
Estimated reading time: 1 minute I finished the stripey, color work shawl! I ended up doing a border of shells, which I like, so I’m not upset at all about not having enough yarn to do a large block of color at the end of the shawl to match the…
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Crochet in Season One of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Here’s something fun I learned after finding so much crocheted clothing in Pushing Daisies: The costume designer, Robert Blackman, also designed for several of the Star Trek franchises among other things. I’ve noticed crochet in Star Trek before, so I decided to re-watch with a…
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The wrap is almost done or That’s one big banana
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes The wrap is growing really well, and I’ve gone so far as to temporarily abandon all of my other projects in an attempt to rid myself of this one. Except, of course, for the damn ends. Those will be with me for a while. I’m…
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The deconstructed banana colored shawl
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes In a move that surprised literally everyone, my uncle passed away recently. He lived his life up until the last conscious second, which is the best any of us can hope for. Needless to say, my aunt and two cousins (I have nine total cousins.…
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Sudden afghan project finished!
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Well, aside from the ends, which are still unwoven as I write this, I did finish this project in a week. It surprises me a bit because I always think that bigger yarns go faster, but not ridiculously faster. In fact, they do go ridiculously…
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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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