February 2008

Babette Beginnings

February 27, 2008

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 [...]

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Sunlight Induced Insanity

February 25, 2008

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 [...]

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Crochet Me

February 20, 2008

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

February 19, 2008

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 [...]

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My First Real Finished Crochet Project

February 15, 2008

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 [...]

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Valentine’s Day Paper Doilies

February 14, 2008

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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