Online yarn/stashbusting group

Are you interested?

The Steady Hand has come up with an idea for a new group:

She is thinking of starting a Facebook Group for yarn stashers. You could post pictures of yarn that you don’t need or want anymore and see if anyone is interested in trading or buying it from you. Or if you are looking for a specific type of yarn, you could ask the group if anyone has some or knows where to get it.

If you are interested please hop over to her site:

The Steady Hand

and leave a comment.

If she gets 10 comments she is going to set it up.

Sue

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Guest Blogger Week 2 Krys from Crafty Stuffs

Today I would like to welcome our guest blogger

Krys from Crafty Stuffs

http://craftystuffs.wordpress.com/

Crochet- becoming a hooker –krys lefler

So , I have always been crafty.  My mom is crafty, so I get it from her.  Mom could always crochet, and although I had NO interest in crochet and more interest in fashion design as a teen, I ADMIRED crochet.  It looked too darn fun!

Fast forward to adulthood, living in Asheville and enduring a VERY hard winter.  Mom has sent a package of random crafts, included is a skein of cheap acrylic and an H hook.   Internet is finally back up and running, log onto Google and find instructions on How to Crochet.

Struggle with chain stitch till I get a grove going.

Struggle with SC til it feels right.

HDC and double.  Making my stitches even.

To most crocheters, this is rudimentary.  To me a bloody miracle I can hold a hook and craptastic yarn and do anything at all.  I have two hands that barely work when they want due to an injury that resulted in severed nerves in both hands.

Crocheting opens my crafting horizons.  Soon I am hooking any long bit of ‘yarn’ that crosses my path. 

This is the drug that eventually turns younger hookers into yarn bombers .  J

Thank you Krys for your wonderful post.

As you can see Krys has some wonderful work and over come so much!

Please take a look at her: 

Blog

Etsy Shop

& Facebook Page

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Question for my readers!

I have a very big question for you my readers!

As you know I've been entering a number of giveaways this week.

The question to vote on is:

Keep the giveaways on this blog

or

Create a new blog for the giveaways

The choice is YOURS!

What ever most people vote for is what I will do.

I don't want to loose you my readers!

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FO Friday

Good Morning everyone!

Hope you are having a good FO Friday!

I haven't done a negative & positive thought lately

Negative: Has to be my CFS

Positive: it's giving me time to come up with new ideas

I'm learning other crafts

I've had the time to enter loads of giveaways :-)

I haven't got many FO's today but I do have one;-)

I kept quiet about this one because I didn't know how it would turn out

I was finding it difficult to concentrate so there are a few mistakes but I 

love them. 

I got the pattern from:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/girls-victorian-texting-gloves

I have to confess I did change the pattern slightly.

I only did 21 rows for the ribbing section

I then altered the top and bottom section to increase to the amount required

I also increased the shell to 5dc's

Apart from that I followed the pattern ;-)

I can't believe with all the changes I still managed to get them looking the same

I would recommend this pattern (even without the changes)

The pattern is easy to follow and the instructions are clear.

I hope you like my FO

Go on over and see what other people are making:

Don't forget 

I'm currently having a sale at my shop.

15% discount on my buy now items (prices already reduced)

& a special price of £3 P&P for international buyers

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Please join in this Giveaway

 Please go over and join in this giveaway. 

 http://lazydaisycrochet.blogspot.com/2012/02/snuggle-puppy-pattern-giveaway-contest.html

Melissa is a fantastic crocheter and has wonderful patterns

Please go over to her site and join in the giveaway

I would highly recommend following her blog!

I'm currently having a sale at my shop.

15% discount on my buy now items (prices already reduced)

& a special price of £3 P&P for international buyers

Sue

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Giveaway on a crochet search

I'm currently having a sale at my shop.

15% discount on my buy now items (prices already reduced)

& a special price of £3 P&P for international buyers

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Yet more giveaways

I know I'm an addict but I hope you are

finding some giveaways that you

would like to join in

I am trying to find as many giveaways that I can that are open WW

The twin sisters are having a fantastic giveaway

Go on over and see what you think of their blog and their giveaway

You never know there might be something for you.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/YourDailyJewels?ref=seller_info

I'm currently having a sale at my shop.

15% discount on my buy now items (prices already reduced)

& a special price of £3 P&P for international buyers

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