Well Hello Excitement! I’ve Missed You!

Well Hello Excitement! I’ve Missed You!

Hey there my Lovelies! You didn’t keel over from the shock of seeing a post from me, did you? ...

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A Fabulous Design Star!

A Fabulous Design Star!

Confession. I stopped watching this season’s HGTV Design Star around the third or fourth ...

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My Therapists Have Whiskers

My Therapists Have Whiskers

One fine Sunday in July, hubs and I went out to breakfast. On the way home, we spotted a yard sale ...

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Gilt. Aged Golden Goodness.

Gilt. Aged Golden Goodness.

My nesting gene has lain dormant the last few years, a function of limited space and limited money. ...

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Life as Dominos

Life as Dominos

One thing leads to another. Meeting so-and-so led to this-and-that, this-and-that led to meeting ...

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Stressful TV

Stressful TV

Okay, TV producers, showrunners and programmers, enough. I can’t take it anymore. Uncle, ...

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Tuxedo Lace to Knit

Tuxedo Lace to Knit

Random favorite vintage pattern. The abbreviation “n” here stands for ...

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Archives

Category Archive for: ‘Crochet’

Vintage Jack Frost Bags1

24 Handbags From 1944

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Pattern books and magazines from the about the 1920s through 1950s really do it for me.  It matters not if [...]

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Paperphine Dot Com

Paper Yarn

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Yes, darlings, this skirt and vest ensemble was knit from paper yarn that was made from newspaper. Then there’s this [...]

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Doily Art

How To – Tastefully – Display Your Hobby

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Don’t you just love the graphic punch of this beautifully graphic display? If you’ve got Grandma’s old-fashioned handiwork stashed away, [...]

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Vintage Beginner Crochet Belt Pattern

Organizing an Obsession

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I’m in the process of creating a database of all my needlework books and magazines, and the patterns therein, with [...]

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Crochet Ottoman

Small Projects with Big Impact

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Crochet has to be handmade. To date, no fancy schmancy machine has been devised that can duplicate it. That’s why [...]

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Hangers

Inspiration: Crochet Hangers

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Years ago, my mother gave me a bunch of old vintage wooden hangers. You know what I did with them? [...]

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Springtime Inspiration: Egglace

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I give you the humble little ancient symbol of rebirth … and spring fever. While I love eggs over-easy on [...]

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Rogues Sweater And Cap

Oh, Baby

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No sooner did I give away that cute baby girl dress when a couple of my nieces announced their pregnancies.  [...]

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Crochet Vampire Bite Necklace

Vampire Crochet

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The imagination of yarnies never ceases to amaze me – a vampire bite necklace.  Who’da thought?  Meekssandygirl on Etsy, that’s [...]

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