Tag: yarn
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January 18, 2008 10:33 AM EST --
Alright, folks. I realized last night that my yarn stash has really gotten out of hand, and I need to do something to get it back under control. However, I'm having a hard time finding . . .
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February 23, 2008 06:29 PM EST --
Hello ever one. I would like to tell you about my new charity group. It is called Angels For God. In this group we gather together and make things such as preemie hats and blankets, lapghans for senior . . .
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May 28, 2006 06:59 PM EDT --
Me, "Oh no he didn't!" Hubby laughs "Yes he did", "MY YARN", I cry.
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April 12, 2008 12:38 AM EDT --
I know I'm a little late publishing my article about Easter but I'm on a roll here and I wanted to make sure I shared my great time with everyone here.
The Easter Bunny at my house does some . . .
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July 12, 2007 01:53 PM EDT --
The HyPER PERformance of PERcival HarPER-PERthuis who was Otherwise PERfect
I met PERcy (or PERcival, as his upPER class mother PERcilla PERsisted was the only way to get proPER PERquisites) while . . .
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June 18, 2007 01:38 PM EDT --
Llama Yarn Samples SASE & S/H
http://www.ywl.com/wool/
Yarn Card Samples
http://www.halcyonyarn.com/contact.html
Leather Sample
http://www.mrhydesleather.com/sample_request.htm
NeedlePointers.com . . .
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January 16, 2007 06:06 PM EST --
Susan B. saw my blog and asked for information about felting. I am not an expert but I have felted two bags and I plan many more.
What felting is:
Felting is knitting (or crocheting) an item out . . .
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August 22, 2006 06:04 PM EDT --
I bought all the yarn to make one of Martha's ponchos. I have it all finished except the trim that goes all around it. I've tried several times and the pattern just doesn't end . . .
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April 29, 2008 03:20 PM EDT --
When working with yarn, try starting from the inside out. This will help keep the yarn from rolling away from you.
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June 24, 2008 02:50 PM EDT --
In some of the photos I've posted of Little Sabrina, you may have noticed her looking at a necklace I was wearing. Here are photos of the peace sign necklaces that I wove out of yarn and diamond-shaped . . .
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September 26, 2006 05:39 AM EDT --
Materials
Worsted Weight Yarn:
The Christmas Glitter yarn with silver thread running through the colors looks great in this pattern.
1/2 oz. green
1/2 oz. white
small amount red
Size G crochet hook
Finished . . .
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August 06, 2007 05:12 AM EDT --
I have been crocheting for most of my life. I love to crochet it relaxes me. When I first learned to crochet I was 10 years old. My mother sent me around the corner to a friend of hers house. This lady . . .
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August 29, 2007 03:57 PM EDT --
To keep metallic yarns from unraveling, dip the ends in clear nail polish.
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January 23, 2008 04:20 PM EST --
To take the kinks out of yarn which you have unraveled, wrap it, without stretching it, around a styrofoam ball and immerse it in water. Drain the ball of yarn, blot it with a towel, and set aside to dry. . . .
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April 24, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
Yarn and thread look darker on the spool than it is, so when shopping for it, choose the color that is a shade darker than you think actually matches your project.
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December 23, 2007 12:58 PM EST --
ready to settle in over the holidays with a good book? you know, the kind that you can't put down - the kind where you ignore pressing items just to get to the next page, chapter, end...
recently, . . .
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November 25, 2008 09:49 PM EST --
Why is it, you can be crocheting along just fine, from a skein of yarn, then, after you've gotten part-way through the skein, it all of the sudden knots up???
What changes?? Why does it DO that? . . .
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December 31, 2006 04:25 PM EST --
Since today is the last day of the year I thought I would be fun to reflect back on our 2006 craft/ knit projects and share our goals or resolutions for 2007.
2006- I just learned to knit this year, . . .
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August 08, 2007 03:02 PM EDT --
Hello All Of You Knitting Fanatics!
This time of the summer season is when I geared up for fall knitting. Most of the local knitting shops are having huge sales so it's easy to pick up a fresh stash . . .
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March 14, 2008 01:56 PM EDT --
Just a reminder that the knitting poetry contest deadline is Monday, March 17.
Please see my February article for details. Click here .
Although a special set of Magnetic Poetry is involved, . . .
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