January 11, 2015
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Gramma Nancy’s Animal Hats (and Booties, Too!): Knitted Gifts for Babies and Children is published by Potter Crafts and written by Nancy Nielsen. It retails for $18.99 in the US and $21.99 in Canada. Though you will find a few … Continue reading
June 5, 2012
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One of my yarn splurges awhile back was a 50 gram/170 meter skein of Peter Pan Double Knit 55% nylon and 45% acrylic. I purchased it at a yarn store with the idea that I make lots of baby items. … Continue reading
March 23, 2012
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Here is a photo of all the donated baby items for the February 2012 Crochlist donation drive. We ended up with 50 hats, 2 sweaters, 1 pair of booties, and 9 baby afghans. Wow! My next step is to drive … Continue reading
July 23, 2011
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Using the smallest loom, I have made a number of baby hats. These work up wicked fast, but you have to use either bulky yarn or double strands. That’s one draw back with the loom. You can’t use thin yarn … Continue reading
March 29, 2011
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During spring break, I am washing and blocking all the baby items my craft club made for Healthy Start, and then I will deliver them when we get back from the break. Pictured are a dozen hats. I wash them … Continue reading
March 21, 2011
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Along with crocheting baby afghans, our club is also working baby hats. I haven’t made these in a while, and though I’ve been trying to find some different patterns for me to attempt, I keep coming back to this one … Continue reading
October 31, 2009
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You can call me the “crochet mad hatter” lately, and I mean that in the since of being crazy (not angry). Though, I will admit crochet hats have been trying my patience lately. First, I had issues with various patterns … Continue reading
July 3, 2009
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During one of my recent stash sale yarn purchases, I picked up a few skeins of TLC Baby Amore in Baby Print. This is a Coats & Clark yarn, and I had never tried it before, but as I’ve continued … Continue reading
May 6, 2009
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in no particular order… make jewelry, make jewelry, and make more jewelry work on my About.com site, which includes making jewelry & misc. organizing work on a fiction piece I’ve been writing, hopefully get a full draft together read/research about … Continue reading