Archive for February, 2008
Babette Beginnings
When I crocheted that dishcloth a couple of weeks ago, to keep my fingers busy while watching TV during a round of the not-quite-sick-blahs, I never imagined that I would be setting out to create an entire blanket just a couple of weeks later. This crafting thing, it’s freaky. It takes over my brain. And my [...]
Filed in: Crochet
Sunlight Induced Insanity
This weekend, it was sunny, and it didn’t snow. For those of you not living through The World’s Longest, Coldest, Grayest Winter, Ever, (Seriously, Ever), this may not be a big deal. But for those of us who are living through The World’s Longest, Coldest, Grayest Winter, Ever, (Seriously, Ever) this was a very big deal. What [...]
Filed in: Crochet • Stash Building
Crochet Me
I have no idea what that title means. I just know it’s all crochet, all the time around these parts. Or at least it was over President’s Day weekend. After my success with the dishcloth, and my intense love of the Babette Blanket, I pulled out my one and only crochet instructional book: Stitch ‘N [...]
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Babette Inspiration
I spent the entire weekend teaching myself to make granny squares and making square after square as practice. Photos to come, but in the meantime, how about a little Babette inspiration? Once again, I’m fascinated with the possibilities this blanket offers. Change the colors a bit, and it takes on a whole different personality. Here [...]
Filed in: Flickr Inspiration
My First Real Finished Crochet Project
As I mentioned in my post yesterday, I was sick last weekend. It was more of a “I just can’t seem to make myself get off of the couch, so I may as well just stay here for awhile” kind of sick – more like the blahs, really. I wanted to do something crafty that [...]
Filed in: Crochet
Valentine’s Day Paper Doilies
Note to self: Next time I launch a new website, make sure that I don’t get sick immediately following the launch. It’s just sad to make everyone run over and look at the same post over and over for a week. Eep. Sorry! When I was in grade school, we swapped Valentines each and every [...]
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