Won’t you take me to…. Tawashi Town!! i just discovered what a tawashi is… It is a japanese knit or crochetes scrubber. Powered by a book from kinokuniya called “Magic Scrubbers Part 8″, I whipped up a number of little crocheted scrubbies and dusters. A baby seal. Believe it or …
That’s the sound of me tooting my own horn! My kitchener stitch markers were featured this month in Knitty’s ‘”Cool Stuff” (scroll down to the very bottom and don’t click the picture). It is always nice to know that someone likes your stuff. And I am not the only one …
Has anyone tried “retro-clean“? It is a detergent for cleaning old linens. Sounds nice.
Happy St. Patrick’s day! last week I was goofing off with my crochet hook and thinking about St. patty’s day. i thought I might make a four-leaf clover… I found a few shamrock patterns, but none of them had 4 leaves! After a few failed attempts, here is my version. …
Pretty much without even a second thought, I recently bought a few Japanese craft books in Japantown. These are my first, and while I don’t speak or read Japanese, everyone always says the diagrams are so good that you can figure everything out from the pictures. Well, they are mostly …
Lately, I have had visions of ripping this out. It is sized to become a queens sized afghan, so it is several feet wide. There is a lot of crochet going on there. I an unhappy with how strictly I striped the colors. Each color row is actually two rows …
i felt so lucky when I found these at the east bay depot, and the price was great. They are the nicest emboidery hoops I’ve ever seen The outer ring is flexible rubber with a faux bois pattern. They are much easier to deal with than the flat sided wooden …
I can’t wait to get old and retire. Well, I guess I can wait, but I already have plans. I will get an old lady helmet hair perm, and enjoy my weekly gossip filled salon visits. i will yank my pants up too high (I’m guessing they will be corduroy) …
Hard to believe that I haven’t had anything to say in such a long time, huh? Well, I was busy with a visit from my hometown friends! We went to Alcatraz Don’t let this photo fool you – I really like it there Did you know that some of the …
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