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It’s Crochet Today!’s one year anniversary and to celebrate, they’re offering a free crochet cake pattern. You can get it here: Crochet Confection, but just be sure you have a program that reads PDFs since that’s the kind of file it is. It’s cute, but I’m not big on crocheting food items. I saved it [...]

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The Place to Be

A couple of weeks ago, I got my invitation to join the group of crocheters and knitters at Ravelry, and the site has been taking up my time ever since. It hasn’t been opened to the public just yet, as they’re still working on some bugs and making sure it can handle alot of traffic, [...]

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Too Much of a Good Thing?

Annie’s Attic is having their Spring Clearance Sale, and I’m debating ordering a couple of the books listed, which brings me to the question: Can a person ever have too many crochet books? I’m starting to think so. I’m surrounded by patterns–patterns in books, patterns printed from the net, patterns in magazines, patterns in brochures. [...]

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Crochet Wishes & Wonders Book

Crochet Wishes & Wonders is a great book full of over 70 colorful crochet patterns. I’d recommend it for anyone who likes more traditional patterns, like doilies and afghans, but there’s probably something in it for just about every crocheter.
It has five chapters, as follows:
Chapter One – Fashions and accessories.
Chapter Two – Doll dresses, a [...]

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