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Pushing Daisies: The Fun in Funeral
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Having faithfully continued my watching and exercising plan, I’m back with another episode of Pushing Daisies and its attendant crochet. As for the exercise, it is possible I am slightly stronger; however, my elbow has begun to ache, and I am babying that now. There’s…
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A Poet Dreams of Warmth Capelet
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I met Violeta, my very best friend, when we both took our kids to a homeschool art class. We sat outside and chatted while our children learned to draw. We bonded over a shared love of books and pets and nature. When my father fell…
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Thursday on the Covid train
Estimated reading time: 1 minute With apologies to AA Milne, I present my little Covid poem. There is a window where I sit There isn’t any other quite like it It isn’t open to the outside Behind its glass I must now hide Quarantined yet again Covid is a horrid…
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Crochet in Pushing Daisies, Pie-lette
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes When I watch TV, watch is really a loose term that mostly means I was in the room while the TV was on, but I was probably crocheting. The exception to this is the one hour of every day when I call upon myself to…
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Crochet calculators
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Let’s talk about crochet calculators! I see mentions of them here and there, but I have never used one because, despite hating it with my whole entire soul, I feel safer doing the math myself. This is not because I believe I am particularly good…
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Review of The Beaded Edge
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I like to take on new challenges in my crochet projects, from stitch patterns to beading to new techniques. I will admit that I struggle with borders. I know they are necessary to create a finished looking piece, but I do so hate them because…
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The Charlotte Wrap
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I’m done at last! From my original inspiration of Paul Klee’s The Messenger of Autumn to a finished wrap this has been a fun creative journey! Though I scraped my plans for a marled moss stitch point to side wrap with inset flowers pretty quickly,…
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End weaving continues
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes First, a warning. The Shingrix vaccine is serious business. I want to believe I would be much farther (Side note: I like the word farther. I think it is underused. I’m going to use it here even though it seems to be a bit contested…
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Review of Amanda Perkins Desirable Crochet Motifs
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Most motif books are pretty standard: Here is a motif, here is a diagram of the motif, here are written instructions for the motif. If it’s a good book with respectable morals, there is a little chapter in the front about working with motifs and…
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The edges take shape
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I have finished the main body of the wrap! For a minute, I thought the end points were going to be different, but no. I did it correctly. I am so very pleased with it and myself. The majesty of the unwoven ends is a…
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