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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Category Archive for: ‘HOOKS & NEEDLES’

Crochet A Crown 1

The Charm of Crowns

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Constantine I brought the crown from ancient Persia to Rome and Europe. Since then, the simple browband made of leaves [...]

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Doily Bedecked Jeans Two

Wearing Your Doilies

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Well, what do you think? I’m on the fence. While I love lace, not sure I like a cobble-together-a-bunch-of-doilies wedding [...]

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Bella Vita Parade Home 2

Croffice of My Dreams!

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Do you know what a croffice is? If so, read on for the most gorgeous croffice you’ve ever seen. If [...]

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Wide Knits

If It Makes the Size 2 Model Look Wide …

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I was just looking around for something to get on the needles (that means starting a project to you non-knitters [...]

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Crocheted Japanese Flower Scarf 2

Crocheted Japanese Flower Scarf

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Sometimes you just need a quickie. This scarf started as a distraction when I was supposed to be cleaning up [...]

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Double Crochet In The 1920s

What’s Old is New Again

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When I first stumbled onto double ended crochet I thought it was a brand new technique. Feeling all superior and [...]

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Crocheted Market Bag Cotton 1

Handy-Dandy Market Bags To Make Yourself

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A reader emailed me questions about the market bag I made a long, long time ago. That wonderful pink bag [...]

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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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Giant Knitting

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Remember how I wondered about the hook sizes required to make these? No luck, so far, finding giant crochet hooks. [...]

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