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Continue reading →: Lessons from Red Heart Flower Power – Video
I posted a video on my YouTube channel to go along with my blog post about my learnings from playing around with Red Heart’s All-In-One Flower Power yarn. Check it out!
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Continue reading →: Lessons from Red Heart Flower PowerI know that granny squares are one of the bedrock creations of the crochet world. It’s often the first project one does as they’re learning the craft. Nevertheless, I’ve made maybe one granny square in my life and that was just a test. I got a bunch of Red Heart…
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Continue reading →: Tunisian Cross Stitch ScarfI have a beautiful scarf for sale on my new store at Ko-Fi. It’s a one-of-a-kind scarf made in lovely neutral shades of sand and beige with bright interspersions of blue and green. It’s nice and long to wrap around multiple times and is sure to add some warmth to…
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Continue reading →: Bold Waves of Relief Shawl- Buy It Today!A few months back, I put a pattern for my Bold Waves of Relief Shawl on my Etsy store. It’s not hard to make, but it does take time. Nevertheless, it results in a stunning piece that really catches attention – trust me, whenever I’ve worn it, I’ve gotten questions…
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Continue reading →: Guclud Tunisian Crochet Metal Hook SetDisclosure: I bought these cables with my own money to try them out and to provide a review for you, but if you buy these hooks using my Amazon affiliate link below, you will be helping me financially so that I can continue to buy and review more products for…
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Continue reading →: Straw Hat Adventures
I have been working on making wide-brim sun hats and narrow-brim fedoras using Tunisian simple stitch (I like it for hats because it has a nice woven look) for several weeks now. I have experimented with different kinds of “fake” straw yarns and combining them with other yarn for unique…
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Continue reading →: Pattern – Bold Waves of Relief ShawlThis Tunisian crochet shawl is made from 4 different colors of worsted weight yarn (sample shawl uses Caron Simply Soft and Simply Soft Paints), with one color used to create multiple rows of ribbing as the other colors are rotated without it. Then that color is brought back into rotation…
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Continue reading →: Silian Tunisian Crochet HooksYou may have seen the reviews on YouTube of the Tunisian crochet hook set that some have ordered from AliExpress. It was really Toni Lipsey’s (TLYarnCrafts.com) review that tipped me over the edge. But when I went to AliExpress to order the set she bought, it wasn’t available. That set…
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Continue reading →: Crossed TKS?
Lately, I’ve been scouring my crochet books for interesting (but relatively uncomplicated) stitches, especially Tunisian crochet stitches. I’d been playing around with crossed double crochet and crossed Tunisian simple and decided to try crossing Tunisian knit stitches even though from a couple of web searches, it didn’t seem like there…
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