You know when you’re at a “fancy” meal and they give you sorbet in between courses to cleanse your palette? That’s how I feel about the Prism Ruffled Scarf I knit. It was a little pick me up project that bridged the gap between my winter knitting and spring knitting.The pattern calls for 2 half…
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Playing with Yarn
I keep all my leftover bits and skeins of yarn and save them by colorway. I felt like playing with these colors last night and decided on a scarf worked lengthwise. I’m trying something new. Instead of swatching (lighten up, sometimes I don’t want to swatch either), I worked a foundation single crochet.Then I looked…
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I’ve always liked the look of Broomstick Lace. After looking at the patterns in Doris Chan’s new book, Crochet Lace Innovations, I had to try it. Since I enjoy learning about history, I looked that up too. Broomstick lace is a historic crochet technique from the 1800s. Traditionally a crochet hook and broomstick was used,…
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