Hankering for Yarn

May 8th, 2008

Quick- crochet Mom a Wow Market bag!

Need a quick and easy mother’s day gift that is also good for the earth?

Tell your mom, or tell the world: WOW!
Yay, MOM!

Here’s the link to my pattern:  WOW MOM!
Image Source: Noreen Crone-Findlay (copyright) 
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April 19th, 2008

The Floss Mess Monster and Flissy Floss Doll-1

A few days ago, I posted about tackling
The Floss Mess Monster
Well… the Floss Mess Monster has been tapping me on the shoulder, saying…..
‘I want you to make thisssssssssssssssssssss’:

‘Oh! A tiny spool knitted floss dolly?’

‘Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss: Flissy Floss Dolly‘
‘Alright! How’s this?’:

‘S’goooooooooooooood- finissssssssssssssssh her!’
‘Say please!’
‘Pleasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssse’

‘Flissy Floss! What are you afraid of?’

‘The Floss Mess Monster?’
‘YES!’ 
‘Wait! Don’t run away!’
‘But the […]

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February 19th, 2008

Easiest EVER Knitted Angel

The ‘newspaper yarn’ has gone viral on the net…. everyone’s talking about it. Cyndi at Layers upon Layers has posted the link to it…. newspaper yarn
That inspired me to dig out my
‘Easiest Ever Knitted Angel’

that I had knitted from tissue paper that I spun with hand spindles.
I don’t like spinning tissue paper on […]

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January 24th, 2008

Update on carved avocado pit doll head

When I mentioned the Thumbelina crochet hook in a recent  post, I remembered that I haven’t done an update on the avocado pit that I carved to make a doll head.
When I last posted about it, she was looking like this…

See that line on her forehead?
Oops.   BIG oops……
I forgot to check where the […]

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April 22nd, 2007

Crocheted Market Bag - Wow~Mom

Happy Earth Day, and Happy almost Mother’s Day!
To celebrate the earth and Wow Moms, I have designed this crocheted string/market bag:

The instructions for making the handles are at
Round Bag Handles
NOTE: WORKING FILET CROCHET FROM CHARTS: by Noreen Crone-Findlay (copyright)
Each square represents one space in the filet lace. Open spaces are formed by […]

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