Continue reading »]]> We all get ideas for making original and unique things. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. And sometimes, we just aren’t sure.

Such is the case of my Spring Awakening scarf (working name). The idea was to make a semi three-dimensional scarf that had flower plants that wrapped followed the length of the scarf (from the bulb below ground to the flower on top). Two of the stems are stitched on top the scarf to create a raised stem. It was designed with four colors and acrylic yarn (Vanna’s Choice) to keep the cost down.

Once it was completed, I sat back and asked myself, “Who would wear this?” Maybe everyone. Maybe no one. I just don’t know.

So it’s up to you now. Do I tie a rock to it and sink it in the deepest lake? Do I put the pattern to paper and make it available for everyone? Or, is it close to good but I need to cut away the not-so-good parts and rework the pattern?

Take a look at the pictures below and make your choice in the poll. Your choice to help…or save the world of fashion as we know it.

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Continue reading »]]> Ever since I was introduced to the Crochet Liberation Front I was drawn to their style. There’s something about militant hookers that just makes me…happy.

So, for this Memorial Day weekend, I came up with a few graphic designs for the militant hooker in all of us. All four designs are based on vintage propaganda posters from the Second World War.

As a little extra bonus for iPhone users, I also created backgrounds for the iPhone based on all four designs that are free for you to download.

And, if that wasn’t enough, all four designs are available for purchase as coffee mugs, tote bags or posters through the newly created Double Treble Zazzle store.

AND it keeps getting better! Zazzle is having a Memorial Day weekend sale on posters. All posters are 70% off through Monday. Just enter MEMORIALSALE as the promo code at checkout and a $9.95 poster will only be $2.74!

Enjoy expressing your militant-hooker spirit!

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Continue reading »]]> Way back in the time that is known as Let’s see how many projects I can do just before Christmas, I purchased some Stansborough Grey yarn because…well, the idea of it is freakin’ cool. The wool that was used on Lord of the Rings, how cool is THAT? The problem was now I had the yarn but I had no idea what to do with it. I knew it had to be a project that was just for me (a first), but what that was going to be, I hadn’t a clue.

I don’t know about you, but most of my best creative ideas gently caress me in bed around three o’clock in the morning and then sixty seconds later they grip my neural pathways and do a gymnastic floor routine en route to my bladder. Being confronted by both a creative idea and urinary desperation proves too much and I get up to resolve one problem while contemplating the other.

That was the scene when the Diamonds in the Rough scarf pattern came to me. A simple scarf for an understated yarn that would be enhanced by the simple textured pattern of alternating Tunisian stitches.

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I’m even more excited that the pattern is available for download! The $4.00 FREE pattern includes both standard written instructions as well as a symbol crochet chart. 

I hope you enjoy crocheting it as much as I did designing it.