Crafty Roundup

Is it Friday yet?  Didn’t think so.
I picked up my second sock last night to knit a little bit along it.  It’s messy.  Somehow I can manage 2×2 ribbing but 1×1 ribbing turns out like dogs vomit in my hands.  More practice needed I suppose.  I want to get the second sock finished!  I have [...]

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Book Review: Creepy Cute Crochet

Creepy Cute Crochet by Christen Haden aka Needle Noodles
I recently learned to crochet because I saw these amazing pictures of cute critters online and I wanted to learn how to make them! I learned that these cute things are called “amigurumi”. Amigurumi is, according to the Wikipedia, “the Japanese art of knitting or [...]

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Yarn-thulhu

I’ve started making the amigurumi Cthulhu during lunch today.  My yarn is deliciously soft and snuggly and I love it.
Except!  It SPLITS like crazy!  So this is kind of driving me nuts.  I did 6 rows or so and fought with it the whole way!  Blargh.  Future thulhus will probably not be in the wonderful [...]

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Amigurumi and New Glasses

The amigurumi bug continues to bite and I’m waiting on some supplies and a new crochet book to arrive in the mail :)  I’ve finished updating my amazon wishlist with some new yarns and some new crochet books.  Hopefully I can drop hints to relatives and parents that I’d like those.
I also want a new [...]

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Amigurumi

I’ve got amigurumi on the brain!
I bought a new container to keep my yarn in this weekend.  And I have a ton more yarn than I have any business having :}
I’m working on a cute little bunny today.  I’ve got half his head done and I just realized that I don’t have any fiber fill [...]

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