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This This little guy is actually about 15" tall on top of 3" Candlestick and is so fun and soft - made from Alpaca and Eyelash Yarns - Has a Big Noggin and BIG Eyes - which are made of felt. Pattern has a Witch, a Pilgrim and an Elf Hat in it to dress him up for the holidays!!! MORE PIX BELOW...
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I have had best time using up all of my leftover yarn to make a multicolored caterpillar for my grandson. You can just keep on crocheting these balls and legs, matching up wild colors until you get rid of your old yarn. It is hilarious! I got the pattern as a free gift from Charles Publishing along with...
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Just finished my Little Girl's Baby Hedgehog Purse or Bag and wanted to know What is your favorite yarn to use for hedgehogs? This one's done with two shades of long eyelash yarn.
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Hey, so things are looking up----I'm back from "a trip" to several LYSs & on my 5th stop, I bought 5 skeins of MerLin in "Crabapple"---which is a raspberry-red! It's a stand-out for sure! Red is my favorite color and so I'm swatching now--hoping to catch up to all...
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i actually just picked up enough hobby lobby sport, in a very similar pale blue, a couple of weeks ago for this same sweater :) i was thinking since is is 100% acrylic, i would actually work smaller guage rather than "to fit", to give some room for acrylic stretch & growth. thoughts?
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Hello. I've never done a crochet a long nor have I made something for me to wear! I've done baby sweaters, hats, booties, fingerless gloves as well as adult hats and scarves, a few shawls and afghans/coverlets galore over the past 40+ years. This pattern is beautiful and caught my interest. However...
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You can't felt in "regular" way any synthetic materials. Natural wool, mohair is best for this already for thousand years! However you can add to natural felting material synthetic yarns and even pieces of fabric (nuno felting). In this technique you can create very beautiful scarves, hats...
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I posted a pic in the gallery (4/15/11) of something I found at the thrift store. I used it as a makeshift cone holder while I finished an afghan, but I would love to know what they are really for.
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I too used to have sad pom poms. The secret is to trim more than you think you should. See my pics I posted. I made four pom poms all the same way so that you could see the evolution. I used to stop around step 2 and the pom pom was so loose and floppy. Now I keep trimming and rolling it in my hands...
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Hi, i just picked up the pattern for the Sprout Chains Shawlette a few days ago. I got my Crochet So Fine book several months ago and absolutely LOVE it! I'm going to Italy in May and am currently using the trip as an excuse to make a very nice cover-up for those churchy-tourist attractions (no paper...