Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one with a soundtrack, And that has made all the difference. (crank up the sound) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6b9bMBXpg Thank you Karrol
If I could save time in a scarf…
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.” …
Knock, knock…
…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 …
Expressions of Personal Care
Did you ever get one of those project ideas that just keeps nagging you until you create it and then once you finish it you realize that you probably just made something that will strictly be for your own enjoyment because in all honesty, who but the dedicated attendees of the The Clean Show would …
Ten Tatts
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” …
What the WHAT?
I love creativity. I scoot on the carpet over out-of-the-box thinking. But some boxes were never meant to be crawled out of for the safety and wellbeing of the universe as we know it. A crochet breakfast? Sure, it’s cute. I have no problems. A knitted peacock hat / gas mask combo? Sweetie, drugs are …
Apr
07
Apr
06
Need Your Help
Today, a dear friend of mine and co-worker is going in for surgery. I don’t know the reasons why, but what I do know is depending on how it goes she could be out today or in the hospital much longer. The other difficult part is that the recovery will be a minimum of two …
Mar
28
Wedding Keepsake Purse
My, how two weeks fly when you are under the gun to get something done! A co-worker of mine is getting married in Greece in a couple of months, so quite naturally the office threw her an engagement party (last night), and quite naturally (two weeks ago) I got the brilliant idea to make something …
Mar
15
So Happy Together…Mostly
I promise that this blog will not turn into a brag-book about the new kitty Smalls. I guess I’m going through New Daddy Syndrome. The last thing I would want to hear is, “If this turns into cat blog I’m out of here” (five points if you get the reference). With that said, since the day …
Mar
09
iCrochet
Ever since I got my iPhone it seems I spend less time talking on it and more time using it as a utility (yes, playing Distant Shore is a utility). But the amazing thing is how much I use it when I crochet. I thought you might be interested in the five top applications I …
Mar
02
Quick Kitty Update
The last two weeks have been crazy between introducing a new kitten to the house, my getting sick, the kitty getting sick, finishing a new pattern, starting two more projects, weeeeee. But I know you are mostly interested about the kitten. Her official name…drum roll…extended drum roll…wait for it…Smalls. A very good friend suggested this …
Feb
24
Crochet Glass with Class
Sometimes I swear I craft just to have a believable excuse to buy cool things. First you buy the practical tools that you absolutely need to make something (e.g. Boye aluminum crochet hook set), then as time goes on, you find the awesome tools that actually give you a heightened sense of joy while you …
Feb
22
Diamonds in the Rough scarf
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 …
Feb
21
Crocheting Nazis?
As I was doing some research using old pattern books for an upcoming project, I came across this pattern for a crochet watch fob1 that, to my surprise, had a swastika dangling from it. The first thought that zapped through my brain was, “Great. It isn’t bad enough that crochet gets such a bad rap, …
Feb
13
The Latest Treble
It was a dark stormy…um…day. Actually, it was. It was raining cats and dogs. I never saw the dogs, but the cat was staring me in the face. A coworker had found this patchwork kitten sitting at the front entrance of our office, crying to get inside and out of the rain. The LED “Sucker” …
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