NOT a hobby!">Crochet is NOT a hobby!
It’s a skill! I was watching an old episode of Knit & Crochet Today and there was an interview with Nikki Epstein. She made the comment, “Knitting isn’t a hobby; it’s a skill!” That rang bells for me. It’s true. Crocheting (and knitting) are skills. You have to really work to hone those skills. The more you […]
The coolest idea ever!!
- 06.23.09
- Crochet, cheap, cool, purse
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Loitering online –that’s what I call “surfing”. Surfing requires some sort of skill or strategy — loitering is clearly just hangin out somewhere with no real purpose, and that’s how I internet. Anyway, as I was loitering, I stumbled onto this: Make your own bag handles Now, as a crocheter, I have found, and fell […]
How many sisters does it take…
- 06.22.09
- Yadda Yadda
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to make a dress? 3! One to send beautiful fabric One to teach how to read and follow a sewing pattern and one to follow instruction, and sew the dress! Here’s the product of the 3 sisters’ labor: I am ever so thankful to Martha, my fabric supplier, and Elaine, my sewing Yoda, for their help in allowing […]
The Great Sunflower Project
- 06.07.09
- History, Science, Yadda Yadda, bees, flower, plants, project, summer
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I had signed up for this project back in April, and thought I’d missed the chance to participate this year, but my seeds arrived today! Enclosed were some instructions and a data sheet to keep up with how many bees our sunflowers attract. This is so great! I have just decided to establish a small […]
Stone Soup, Anyone?
- 06.02.09
- Crochet, Finished Projects, buffet, food, stone soup
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A friend of mine, who works at our local library, is reading the book, Stone Soup, to a group of small children. She said she’d love to have props on hand as she read the story, so my son and I crocheted her some vegetables for her Stone Soup. We made: tomato peas green beans radish […]

