Tag: crochet
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The Art of Patience: The Three-Year Sweater
“Goals are like apples in a tree. Some are a little higher than others, so you just have to jump higher.” ― Morten Andersen If there is one thing people have said to me over and over, it is that I have an incredible amount of patience. However, I hope one day that that they…
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Daily Art Musings: A First Time for Starting Over; The Necessary Evil of Frogging
“You can’t be afraid to burn everything down and start from scratch. Because the only direction you will go from there, is up. New opportunities will have no choice but to eventually open up for you.” ― Robin S. Baker I was once in love with a very expensive yarn, heathered in shades of olive, moss,…
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Yarn Weights for Regular People
“There’s great value to knitting or digging up your garden or chopping up vegetables for soup, because you’re taking some time away from turning the pages, answering your emails, talking to people on the phone, and you’re letting your brain process whatever is stuck up in there.” — Chellie Pingree The World of Yarn When…
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Fall Knitting Plans: Autumn Colors and Memento Mori
“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?” — Edgar Allan Poe I always feel giddy at the slightest, sexiest scarlet leaf poking through the woods during late September. It is the sign that I require to mark…
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Consummating the Knitting Marriage
“I made this for you. I thought of you while I made it. I guess I kind of love you.” ― Elizabeth Berg My number 1 priority tomorrow is… to keep showing my unfinished knitting projects some love by actually knitting them. Sometime in 2009 or so on a fateful spring afternoon, there was…
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Simple Crochet Terminology
Back Loop Only (blo): Refers to working into the back loop of a stitch, creating a ribbed or textured effect. Bobble Stitch (bo or bs): A cluster of stitches worked together to create a raised, textured bump in the fabric. Chain (ch): The foundation of most crochet projects, formed by making loops with the yarn and pulling them…
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