Jul
13
Some things are so uber-duber cool that they are able to jar me out of the sedentary non-blog writing state that I have found myself in for, oh say, nine months. Geez. While browsing one of my uber favorite blogs, Dude Craft, (and yes, today’s word of the day, boys and girls, is “uber.” …
Oct
23
…anybody still there? Wow, you take a couple days off and before you know it four months have gone by! So, for the dozen people still here…sorry about that. For some reason, can’t explain why, when the weather gets warmer, the creativity level plummets. The last thing I wanted to do this summer is wrap …
Jun
13
Crochet tattoos seems to be as popular as crochet itself, but I did manage to find five very cool ones out of the ten. I was pleasantly surprised to see a drop-spindle tattoo. How cool is that? What no doily tattoos? (And yes…I checked. Nothing.) And why is it when you search for “doily tattoo” …
Jun
04
Have you ever wondered how to have an avatar show up when you comment on people’s blogs? Or, more directly, “How can I have a cool little picture show up that identifies me when I comment on Double Treble?” The answer is pretty simple. Create a globally-recognized avatar with Gravatar (that’s what I did). When …
Jun
02
One of the absolute highlights of my trip to Portland, OR for the Knit & Crochet Show was swinging by a little tucked-away shop called Yarnia. I had first learned of Yarnia when a certain crochet dude (aka The Crochet Dude) told me that it was a must-see while I was there. The basic concept…ok, …
May
30
So there is a new iPhone app available for the crocheter or knitter called Ewe Stash (Treeness, LLC). First reaction, “Wee! A new app for crocheters and knitters. Have to have it!” Second reaction after seeing the $2.99 price, “Why do I need this?” The goal of Ewe Stash is to give you the ability …
May
29
When did knitting become to fiber craft as a Frisbee is to flying disks, or Kleenex is to tissues? No one says, “Hey, let’s go throw our flying disk around the park!” But knitting, and knitting terms, seems to have become the generic standard for any article made with yarn. The most common conversation I …
May
28
In the half-caffeinated state I normally am in upon sitting at the computer, it’s always nice to find an article that I can say, “Here, read this. You’ll thank me.” And then continue on my java way. Today’s article comes to us from our can’t-have-enough-wool-items neighbor to the north, Alaska. In the article Undoing mistakes and …
May
27
Rebranding is typically done to a product when a company’s spreadsheets show that a product is failing in sales or market share. The company will try to jazz it up, jazz it down and try to give the old the look of something new and improved to spark interest in the masses. I can normally …
May
25
What I love about fiber art is that, for the most part, we don’t take our craft too seriously. Oh, sure there are a few out there that get their hanks in a twist over their projects (you know who you are), but in general, we are a pretty easy going bunch. And then there …
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