Hankering for Yarn

December 18th, 2006

Talking about Tatting: Wonderful tatting shuttles

Check out Lacis
for gorgeous tatting shuttles!
Lacis is the most magical store on the face of the earth.
It’s very ‘Harry Potter’, with every kind of lacemaking tool known to humanity. It also has a sublime lace museum.
Bliss……….
hugs all round, Noreen
www.crone-findlay.com

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December 18th, 2006

Talking about Freeform Tatting: Fabulous book

 
Helma Siepmann’s book:
Tatting:Artistry in Thread
is mind boggling. She uses her tatting shuttles as paint brushes, and sculpting tools. She creates freeform paintings in tatting that are simply amazing.
This book is available at Lacis.com, as are a ton of other splendido tatting books (and another Helma Siepmann book,too)
http://lacis.com/catalog/catalog.html
Gorgeous stuff!
hugs all round,
Noreen
www.crone-findlay.com

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December 18th, 2006

Tatting on a large scale

Tatting is not just for fine threads.
I bought a ‘Lady Hoare’ style tatting shuttle at Lacis a few years back, and fell in love with the creative possibilities of it!
At first, I found it to be slower and a touch clumsier to work with the Lady Hoare shuttle. BUT, it is worth mastering it, as […]

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December 17th, 2006

There’s a great new crochet ‘e’zine online

Dora Ohrenstein has built a really great new ‘e’zine on crochet:
http://www.crochetinsider.com/
Check it out~!

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December 16th, 2006

Adopt a Sheep:Supporting the sheep and their people through the drought

My friend Jacqui lives in Australia. She is really concerned about the plight of the Merino sheep and the people whose life revolves around them.
There is a ferocious drought in Australia and people are going through a dreadful time.
Jacqui adopted a sheep to help out:

The blog is:http://adoptasheep.blogspot.com/
Drought is terrifying……. it is  huge and relentless.
Having lived […]

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December 16th, 2006

Quick and Easy Gifts: Crocheted Penguins

My little neices and nephew are big fans of penguins.
So for Christmas, I have crocheted penguins for them.
I modified the pattern that I designed for my book:
Crocheted Fur and Feather Friends
If you would like to crochet quick Penguin Presies,
you can order a pdf for the pattern ($3.75)
Penguin Pattern
Happy Crocheting!
hugs all round
Noreen
www.crone-findlay.com

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December 16th, 2006

Snow on the studio windows!

We are snowed under!

That’s a ‘mini-glacier’ sliding off the hayshed roof.

Last night, we had a huge snowstorm that whirled up great
banks of snow. Our house is built into a hillside, and the lower level is my studio. It’s passive solar, and the studio has southfacing, slanted windows. And, I can’t see out them.
Why? because they […]

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December 14th, 2006

Adopt a Sheep: The drought in Australia

A dear friend of mine in Australia just sent me this link:
http://adoptasheep.blogspot.com/
The drought is killing the precious Merino sheep, and so this family is asking for help to get through the next 100 days.
We came through a drought that has left our water table low, so I have deep empathy with what this family […]

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December 11th, 2006

b5 Holiday Artists Showcase for December 2006

Welcome! I am delighted to host the December Holiday Artists Showcase of b5 bloggers who write for the craft channel of b5.
I’ll start off with a few entries that I posted recently with designs for some very easy holiday presies:
http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/a-crocheted-mosquito-finger-puppet/
which is probably one of the sillier little gifts that you’ll buzz up against!
Another quick and […]

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December 8th, 2006

Shrug links

Shrugs are right up there with vests and shawls as my most fav garments.
I just discovered that waaaaaaaay back before I took over www.hankeringforyarn.com someone asked for the links to  Caron yarn shrugs. So, apologies for being late on the uptake, but here they are:
Here’s a wonderful pattern on www.caron.com
http://caron.com/projects/gl/G1_shrug.html
and another:http://caron.com/yarns/shadows.html
hope this helps!
blessings and shrug […]

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