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I am a firm proponent of the joys of doing the froggie dance. Don’t worry. I haven’t lost my marbles. See? There they are, glowing in the sunshine. Now, about the froggie dance….. ‘Frogging’, of course, is ‘ribbit, ribbit’ or … More
In January, I took over the knitting of a sweater – the family heritage sweater ( click on link for explanation- LINK) for my grandbaby. It’s a sweater that he won’t be wearing for a year or two, as it … More
March 3 is Girl’s Day (also Doll Festival Day) in Japan. Tea parties are in order! While you sip your fave tea, enjoy the rituals of knitting, crocheting, weaving, wrapping and making dolls with yarn! Yarn and dolls are the … More
Do you have a button jar? And a couple of pumper tops from hand lotion bottles, and a cork? Why not make a button doll for the Doll’s Festival aka Girl’s Day? To make the face, slice the end off … More
Last year, I learned about the Japanese Girl’s Day festival (link to Wikipedia article) too late to do much about celebrating it. I decided that, this year, I was going to make sure that I celebrated Girl’s Day on Hankering … More
It’s been a crazy busy week around here – although, it always seems to be crazy busy! I am running 3 contests on Hankering for Yarn to win yummy books, so saunter on down the page and check out the … More
Guess what? Today, I talked to a very neat person at my publisher’s (F&W Media, the parent company of Krause Books), and asked her if I could run a contest to give away a copy of my scrumptious new book: … More
I have had a very good day. I am very very pleased, because, I have finally, after much interuption and delay, finished the pattern for a collection of fun caps, beanies, skullcaps and kippah. AND… the thing that I am … More
Guess what? Nicky Epstein’s Knitted Flowers book is now available in soft cover! ‘Knitted Flowers’ is a luscious collaboration between Nicky Epstein and Sixth and Spring Books (aka SoHo Publications, the folks who bring you Vogue Knitting and all it’s … More
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Nicky Epstein has just released a lovely new crochet book: Nicky Epstein Crocheted Flowers. This book is a collection of crocheted flower designs, as well as projects to use the flowers on. My favorite? I love the lanterns trimmed with … More
Last summer, I wove place mats for everyone in our family – Here’s a link to one of the posts about them: Link It has become embarrassing, as the months have passed, and the place mats have remained unfinished. Oh … More
Wow, the Artsy bloggers have quite the range of projects this week… Beading Arts Cyndi’s new bead embroidered necklace has everything but a name! bead-embroidered-necklace-with-czs-part_15 Creative Dreamer June is inviting everyone to knit (or crochet) some boobies…come see this GREAT … More
For the last few days, I have been posting about a quirky little weaving shuttle that I am carving for myself. Link to previous post. I have been pondering about what images to draw onto the shuttle…. leaving it blank … More
Yesterday, I posted about a shuttle that I am making for myself. (link to post) This is the shuttle before I finished the sanding process. Oh man… I sanded and sanded and sanded it, because I wanted it to feel … More
