Month: May 2007

fabric, patterns & tutorials

Summer Fling

A lot of times you can find really great fabric at the thrift store in the form of an outdated frumpy dress. That was definitely the case for this little summer fling. The dress had buttons up the front, so they even matched the top. The great thing about dresses

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Crocheted H2O Slinger

Edited in: Okay, I re posted the pattern with the corrections. I had added in an imaginary round in the base! Sorry about that. There were some other smaller errors that I fixed too (spelling and such). I also added in my gauge and the yarn that pattern was written

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++Welcome All ++ Crocheted Welcome Mat++

Nothing quite welcomes summer (or winter for that matter) guests like a handmade welcome mat. I’ve had a ratty looking carpet sample since I moved in and with all this crocheting going on I couldn’t help but whip up a new welcome mat with some craft leftovers that I had

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Life is getting in my way

I really hate having to do this, but it seriously cannot be helped. Because of time constraints there will be no Craft Leftover pattern this Saturday. But. There is a but. I will post twice next week. I’m looking at Tuesday most likely for this week’s make up and then

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crochet, journal, patterns & tutorials

Crocheted Sun Tea Spot

For one of the first times of the year I sat outside on the front stoop with my drink to work on some research stuff on my laptop. As I put my drink down I had a deep seated fear that I was going to put my glass down to hard and crack the bottom on the concrete… no good. So what to do? How about crochet my own little spot for my sun tea.

It’s also heating up around here, finally, and condensation is getting everywhere, so they will be coming in handy for that too!

And so this week’s Craft Leftover pattern was born.

Unfortunately, today is not one of those “sit outside in the glorious bliss of the sun” so here it is keeping my external from getting wet.

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