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Hankering for Yarn


Inspiration - crocheted edgings

Have you seen Turkish ‘Oya’ lace? It’s a fine and colorful lace trim, and is usually pictorial, with tiny crocheted peppers and flowers and other images from nature. When I googled...

Started in Hankering for Yarn • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: crafts, crochet, oya
Memorial textiles- all the links

My daughter, Chloë, has just posted the most heartmelting entry on her blog. (click the link below to see her pics) She has written about what it has been like for her to do the sewing of the...

Started in Hankering for Yarn • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: about me, memorial weaving, sacred textiles, altar cloth, antependia
Artsy bloggers roundup for May 16-2008

How Will the Orphan Works Bill Affect Ownership of Your Art & Written Work? Mary Emma at Quilting and Patchwork wonders what you think of the proposed Orphan Works Bill in the US Congress and how...

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Tags: artsy bloggers links, crafts, how to, inspiration, links
Discount coupon for Portland Knit and Crochet Conference

Registration is now open for the Knit and Crochet show in Portland Oregon in September. I will be teaching 7 workshops:o) Here’s the class descriptions: Workshops and here’s the link to...

Started in Hankering for Yarn • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: creativity, crafts, crochet, workshop, classes
Calls for entry

Andrea found a really great blog. It’s all about calls for entry. Looking to expand your presence in the  fiber art world? Check out:  Calls for entry Tags: call for entry, calls for entry,...

Started in Hankering for Yarn • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: call for entry, links, calls for entry, fiber arts
Organizing Crochet Hooks

On one on my email lists, people have been chatting about how they sort, store and organize their crochet hooks. Here are a few pics of how I store mine, as well as a nifty new gadget that I really...

Started in Hankering for Yarn • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: crochet hooks, old crochet hooks, organizing, product review, storage
Organize that yarn

I’ve been posting about organizing yarn stashes Here’s one of my most favorite book cases. It’s GREAT for storing yarn and stashes:We found it at a garage sale. For FREE! The lady...

Started in Hankering for Yarn • 1 response • Last response by twilight021 (1584) • 4 months ago
Tags: yarn storage, organizing yarn stash, yarn, yarns, bags
3 Doors Down - Junk Creation

This week, Junk Creation is the blog that I’ll be spotlighting for the ‘Three Doors Down’ series.  I sent Peggy Rowland, the host of  Junk Creations a few questions,  and she...

Started in Hankering for Yarn • 4 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: 3 doors down, b5, blogs and blogging, links, neat neighbourhood networking carnival
Great yarn read

OH oh….. I am seriously sleep deprived. (what’s new?) I borrowed ‘The Friday Night Knitting Club’ by Kate Jacobs on CD’s from the library.  (I love LOVE LOVE books on...

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Tags: book & magazine reviews, 'the friday night knitting club' by kate jacobs, book review
Inspiration - Crochet at the edge

My friend Bonnie, sent me a link to the site of an extraordinary artist Joana Vasconcelos.  Her work reminds me of the art nouveau decoration and sculpture of Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona. Her website...

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Tags: crochet, crochet sculpture, inspiration, joana vasconcelos, sculptural crochet