Chemo compassion caps from contest winner
April 4, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under charity knitting and crochet
In March, I ran 3 contests on Hankering for Yarn.
One of the contests was the Compassionate Crochet contest.
The winner of that contest, Barbara Pretzsch, has proved herself
to be a winner in more ways than one!
Barbara has used the kit that she won to create a whole collection
of compassion caps and has shipped them off to the Knots of Love folks
so they can distribute them to cancer patients.
Bless your heart, Barbara, and thank you!
March Is Crochet Month
March 10, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under bags & scarf & mittens & hat, crochet, knitting, spool knitter & spoolknitter, spool knitting and spoolknitting, yarn crafts
For months now, I have had a cap sitting in the studio, whining at me to finish it.
I have carried it around in bags, moved it from table to desk and back, taken it out, put it back, taken it out again, sighed, and put it back …. and just haven’t been able to finish it.
Why, why why, I snivel? It’s a simple little cap!
Alright.
Yesterday, I read a note about March being crochet month. I even joined a Ravelry group in celebration of Crochet month!
I decided- this is it!
Crochet Month is here- I am gonna finish that cap in honor …read more
Recycling And Upcycling Yarn
March 10, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Techniques & Stitches, bags & scarf & mittens & hat, crochet, tutorial
I am making a cap for a friend. He wants it in synthetic yarn, and it has to be quite thin yarn, so I went mooching through my stash looking for the perfect yarn.
I had some discontinued Caron Shadows that I had used in another project that was rejected, so I figured I would be eco friendly and recycle and upcycle the yarn.
By splitting it, I was able to divide out the color shifting sections and use them in the design of the cap.
Splitting yarn is a pain in the neck if you don’t have the secret to doing it …read more
