Hankering for Yarn

June 18th, 2008

Blogiversary bracelets

Yesterday, I posted about the ‘Blogiversary Bracelets’ that
I made to celebrate my daughter, Chloë’s and my blogiversary of our blogging for 2 years for b5.
We drove to their house for dinner last night - through a storm of epic proportions. Whew!~ visibility at one point was zero. We had to pull off the road because […]

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June 17th, 2008

Recycled Wood Bracelets

Happy Blogiversary to us!
Happy Blogiversary to us!
Happy happy to us!
My daughter, Chloë Findlay-Harder of (Tangled Threads and Her Accessories  among others!) and I are both celebrating our 2 year Blogiversary at b5media.
To celebrate, I have made us each 2 recycled wood bracelets that I call: Recycled Ruffle Cuffs: I guess you could call them a […]

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May 29th, 2008

Piglet pouch and weaving birds

It’s a very bad idea to read a hysterically funny book when you are in bed, and your exhausted husband is trying to sleep.
Last night, I was reading with my wee tiny light, trying oh so hard to be inconspicuous…. well…. oops!
I am reading the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith, and […]

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May 7th, 2008

Three doors down - 1- Jewelry and Beading

The Three Doors Down project on the Lifestyles Channel is under way! I am really enjoying this! (click on the link for an explanation)
My first ‘neighbour’, three doors down on the list of fellow Lifestyles bloggers at b5 is Cyndi at Jewelry & Beading.
Cyndi does a great job of finding really useful info […]

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April 25th, 2008

Contest - Crocheted Wire Butterfly Earrings-WINNER

Drumrolls please!
Tick tock… midnight mountain standard time Friday night I asked my husband to please call out a number between 1 and 219.
He thought for a moment, and then announced:
♦ 87!♦
TADAH!
So, the winner of my
Crocheted  Wire Butterfly Earrings contest is:
Pat(crochetsew) 
Who asked:
Is Friday here yet??
Well… Friday was a very good day, and Saturday is even better […]

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April 20th, 2008

Contest - Crocheted Wire Butterfly Earrings

It’s been awhile since I had a contest on hankering for yarn!
Even though it’s suddenly winter again where I live, I figure that we ought to be celebrating BUTTERFLIES!
So, I have designed and crocheted copper wire
B U T T E R F L Y Earrings:

The contest to win the crocheted […]

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April 5th, 2008

Inspiration- Fabulous Felted Necklaces

Omigosh! Look at these!

Aren’t these wonderful? They are necklaces that my oh so brilliant daughter, Chloë Findlay-Harder, has designed and made, combining felted cords with beads. I love love love these necklaces.
Chloë has given me permission to upload her pics and to link to the original source, which is her etsy store. […]

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August 14th, 2007

Butterfly Shawl Pin Contest almost over

This contest ended in August of 2007.
BUT! I am always holding new contests. Just scroll down down down down the categories on the lower right hand side of this page and click on ‘contest’ and see what’s up!
:o)
Image source: Noreen Crone-Findlay 
Tags: butterfly earrings, contest, crafts, crochet, crocheted butterfly, jewelry

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August 7th, 2007

August Contest- Copper Celtic Interlace Butterfly Shawl Pin

Note: THIS contest finished on the 15th of August….
the butterfly pin has been awarded……… but more contests will be unfolding, so do keep checking for them!

And since Jim and I are in the process of radically downsizing in preparation for a whale of a move…..
I decided to have another celebratory contest.
This […]

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