Hankering for Yarn » crafty http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn Knitting, Crochet, Spool Knitting, Spinning and Weaving Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:59:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Your crafty resolutions http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/your-crafty-resolutions/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/your-crafty-resolutions/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:14:57 +0000 Del http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/?p=4718 Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been knitting or crocheting for 50 years, or whether you just started. There’s always something to learn.

With this new year still fresh and full of possibilities, have you made any crafty resolutions for 2009?

Maybe you want to try a new technique, but have always been worried about the results. It’s only yarn — you can unravel it and start over. If there’s something you haven’t tried yet, come on…what’s the worst that can happen?

Join a local knitting or crochet circle. Take a class if you’re a beginner and you just can’t figure something out. Teach someone the craft.

What are you going to do this year that you haven’t done before?

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/your-crafty-resolutions/feed/ 0 Making crafty resolutions for the new year http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/making-crafty-resolutions-for-the-new-year/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/making-crafty-resolutions-for-the-new-year/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:03:45 +0000 Del http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/?p=4706 Post from: Hankering for Yarn

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With so many people vowing to start off the new year doing something differently, I wonder how many of us make resolutions related to our crafts.

I made several resolutions at the beginning of 2008 and I didn’t really meet them, so I’m steering clear this year (I think). Still, for others, writing resolutions down is a good motivation tool to:

  • Try something new
  • Use a yarn you’ve never used before
  • Use a different technique in place of the one you’ve used forever

Are you making any crafty resolutions for the new year? What kind?

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/making-crafty-resolutions-for-the-new-year/feed/ 0 Do you ever feel un-crafty? http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/do-you-ever-feel-un-crafty/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/do-you-ever-feel-un-crafty/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:30:07 +0000 Del http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/?p=4709 Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> I know some people who knit or crochet every single day. I’m envious of that, although I know the reason I can’t sit and knit every day is because I work at home, I have three young kids who need my help and attention, I have other hobbies, etc. But still, I’m envious.

I know I’d complete more projects if I worked on them more (or had the time to work on them more), but there are also times I get immersed in a good book or just enjoy getting out into the fresh air more than I feel like picking up my needles.

I guess it’s because I know the yarn and the needles aren’t going anywhere. Or maybe I just get tired of using my hands that way, though I can almost always feel a yearning to go back to it when I’m busy working or helping someone with homework. However long my un-crafty breaks, I always go back to the yarn eventually.

Do you ever put projects aside because you don’t feel like working on them? Or do you always have a project in your hands?

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