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Hankering for Yarn

May 13th, 2008

Organize that yarn

I’ve been posting about organizing yarn stashes
Here’s one of my most favorite book cases. It’s GREAT for storing yarn and stashes:

We found it at a garage sale. For FREE! The lady who owned it reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally hated it. (I didn’t ask why).
On the second shelf, I have a heap of yarn in wire baskets from […]

By Noreen -- 5 comments

May 8th, 2008

Yarn Storage

A constant question for yarn aholics yarn afficianado’s is: ‘ACK!!!!!!!! My stash has eaten my house! HELP? ‘ um…. ‘How do I store my yarn so it’s easy to get to but out of sight of cats, dogs, friends and relations?’

Here are a few […]

By Noreen -- 7 comments

May 7th, 2008

Butterfly effects in crochet

Lately, there has been a lot of attention paid to crocheted mathematical models.

I am passionate about butterflies. I am constantly designing homages to them in crochet, weaving, knitting, (see yesterday’s entry for a knitted Butterfly Bag), spool knitting, tatting, sewing, you name it. The picture above is a butterfly that is part of a […]

By Noreen -- 1 comment

May 6th, 2008

Knit a Butterfly bag for Mother’s Day

Last year, I designed a Butterfly bag that’s knitted  with crochet edges. It’s spring again! (finally) and time to knit something up (quickly!) for Mother’s Day…….

Don’t have any thick yarn? Easy. Grab 3 or 4 strands of  worsted weight and big fat needles and go for it!
Here’s the link to my pattern:
Noreen Crone-Findlay’s BUTTERFLY BAG 
Image […]

By Noreen -- 3 comments

April 24th, 2007

Knitted and Crocheted Butterfly Bag

Knitted and Crocheted Butterfly Bag
by Noreen Crone-Findlay (copyright)
I have a real ‘thing’ about butterflies.
I also LOVE bags.
And, knitting, and crocheting…..
So - to pull all these loves together - I designed this knitted Butterfly Bag……. in celebration of springtime!

The bag is approx. 15 inches by 15 inches
Here’s what you need: […]

By Noreen -- 7 comments