Hankering for Yarn

August 30th, 2008

Artsy bloggers roundup August 27-2008

Crocheted baby sweater and cap
Caron Yarns commissioned Noreen to design an adorable baby sweater and cap. Here’s the patttern for it.
Layers Upon Layers
Give your photos a graphic quality that will make them pop!
Make a Very Personal Gift with Scrap Girls Products
What more personal gift could you make for a friend or loved one […]

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August 29th, 2008

Blog Action day on Poverty -October 15

One of the many things that I love about the internet is the way it allows people to form community.
There’s a really neat thing happening in the blogosphere.
It’s called Blog Action Day on Poverty, and it’s happening on October 15, 2008.
The people at Blog Action Day are asking people who blog to focus on poverty […]

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August 26th, 2008

Inspiration - You gotta buy this book

My friend, Dora Ohrenstein, has written a totally wonderful book -
‘Crochet Insider’s Passion for Fashion’

It’s truly awesome. Dora is a designer and singer and stylemeister fabuloso….
She has designed  a collection of really interesting fashion accessories that combine a lovely selection of stitches that highlight a luscious palette of yarns.
I love this book. Dora has created […]

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August 25th, 2008

Spin spin spool spool

I have been spinning up a storm this past week…..
Here’s some bombyx silk that I’ve spun up and am spool knitting like mad with to finish a project for workshops I am teaching in September.
Spin spin spool spool….
spin some more
spool some more…..
(As I get  things completed, I’ll upload pics. Right now, there’s a million half […]

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August 23rd, 2008

Artsy bloggers roundup August 22-2008

Emergency Response Studio
Artist Paul Villinski is transforming an old trailer into a sustainable working space for displaced or visiting artists.

Layers Upon Layers
Get in on a giveaway! Cyndi has copies of “Altered You!” to pass out to some lucky winners!
Matchbook Favors are Hot, Hot, Hot!
Eileen recently started making mint matchbook […]

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August 22nd, 2008

Crocheted Baby Sweater and Bonnet

Awhile ago, Caron yarns commissioned me to design a baby sweater and bonnet. They’ve just posted the instructions to their website.
Noreen’s Baby sweater and Bonnet

 Image Source: Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright
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August 21st, 2008

Woohoo and wheeeeeeeeeeee! Olympic gold medal in equestrian!

This is a pic I just snapped of our 2 horsebabies, out standing in their field.
Now, they may be ‘outstanding in their field’, (sorry, I know I shouldn’t make stinkie puns, but I couldn’t resist)
but neither of them can be ridden - they are both rescued from truly wretched conditions.
Well, that’s not quite right… the […]

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August 20th, 2008

Here be dragons - 1

I have been spinning up a whole bunch of silk, wool, angelina and eco spun:

I am pleased. This is just for me…. I spend most of my life designing and making projects for other people to be able to  make.  It’s soooooooooooo much fun to make something without having to carefully, meticulously create a pattern […]

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August 19th, 2008

the machine ate my homework

Argh!
My old binding machine has met the end of it’s days….

A few years ago, I broke off one of the handles when the machine got all hung up…. and now….
sob…. the blasted thing has totally, irrevocably siezed up, while eating one of ‘Our Lady of the Hours’.
How rude.
We both have had serious ‘go’s at it, […]

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August 17th, 2008

Comfortghan for Terry Pratchett

My daughter-in-law just sent me this link….
One of our family’s favorite authors is  Terry Pratchett. He has created a fabulous fantasy series about ‘Discworld’ that is pure delight.  Recently, he was diagnosed with alzheimer’s, which is a nightmare.
His fans adore him (and his work), and some of them have just  made a terribly sweet gesture […]

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