I bought a set of the round Knifty Knitters last week, using the 40% off coupon at Michael's, but I have yet to try it. I also bought a long wooden knitting board a couple of years ago but haven't yet tried it.
And I just found some more neat sites, which you can do a search for. Because of a Lion brand post on FaceBook, I found the Loom Dude who uses knitting looms; and because of an article and pattern in a crochet magazine, I found Crochet Dad who uses finer yarn. Another is the site for Drew Emborsky, known as the Crochet Dude, who has been crocheting since he was little - said his dad used to crochet rugs for their house. Drew designs things for everything and everybody, and uses a lot of post stitches.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
A New One!
Greetings! It is a cold day in the South, but because I recently quit my job, and because I have been crocheting since I was little, what better way to support my habit - LOL! - than by showing some things I crochet (and sometimes knit) and try to get back the cost of the yarn plus a little bit extra. It's hard for me to pass up a yarn sale, and a major project I have now is to get the yarn organized and mostly into one room - and out of the kitchen, dining room, bathroom, bedroom!
So give me a little while and you'll be seeing the goodies I make. I set up my first blog little over a year ago. It's blindedbyinsight.blogspot.com. On it, besides mostly poems I've written (something else I've done since I was little), you'll see some of the things I've knitted, crocheted, and painted!
Daddy's mother taught me to crochet when I was probably in grammar school. Mother taught me to sew (including embroider, etc.) and she, her mother (a professional dressmaker), and I all have taken in sewing. I taught myself to knit when I was late 20s or early 30s. The first thing I knitted was a simple headband. The 2nd thing I knitted? ... a dress for myself!
After becoming legally blind at age 59, I was glad to figure out that I could still crochet, using at least worsted weight yarn and a larger hook - and even when my sight was pretty bad, I crocheted almost a whole afghan while on an Amtrak ride to and from California, doing some of it while going through tunnels in the Rocky Mountains!
So give me a little while and you'll be seeing the goodies I make. I set up my first blog little over a year ago. It's blindedbyinsight.blogspot.com. On it, besides mostly poems I've written (something else I've done since I was little), you'll see some of the things I've knitted, crocheted, and painted!
Daddy's mother taught me to crochet when I was probably in grammar school. Mother taught me to sew (including embroider, etc.) and she, her mother (a professional dressmaker), and I all have taken in sewing. I taught myself to knit when I was late 20s or early 30s. The first thing I knitted was a simple headband. The 2nd thing I knitted? ... a dress for myself!
After becoming legally blind at age 59, I was glad to figure out that I could still crochet, using at least worsted weight yarn and a larger hook - and even when my sight was pretty bad, I crocheted almost a whole afghan while on an Amtrak ride to and from California, doing some of it while going through tunnels in the Rocky Mountains!
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