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New member, I would love to chat with you!

Amber — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:16:25 GMT

Hi everyone! I’m new to the group and wanted to say, “Hi.” and make some new friends. I love to do crafts of all kinds. I crochet, knit, bead, sew (cross stitching, machine sewing and hand sewing), sketch, scrapbook, paint and those are just the few I can think of off the top of my head. My favourite craft would have to be crochet and I have been doing it for as long as I can remember. I have only recently gotten back into crocheting because I have been too busy. Thanks for reading I would love to get to know everyone! BTW my names Amber.

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support a fellow knitter!!

Meg — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:51:19 GMT

Hello friends! I am part of a little group on Ravelry called the Bad Knit Girls. Find out more aobut us at www.badknitgirls.com. Every month we have a competition where people vote to decide who should be the next Bad Knit Girl. Starting Saturday, the polls opened for the July Bad Knit Girl competition. This group has had such an unexpected and wonderful impact on my life, and has quickly become my favorite group on Ravelry..the place where I feel at home and open to express myself. I would love nothing more than to represent this group of ladies, and so I’m asking for your support and your vote. This is my second time running and this time its special because July is my birthday month. So make me a happy birthday girl and vote for Megzilla!

Thank you, and I love you all.
Meg

Please vote for me as July Knit Girl at http://www.badknitgirls.com
Only one vote per IP address/computer please!

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KnitSanity.com

Christina — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:33:04 GMT

Hey there everyone!

I am a young knit designer from Santa Cruz, CA and I would be delighted if you would all checked out my website: www.knitsanity.com.

All the best wishes,
Christina

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Come join the new forming group, IndieCrochet!

Jamie — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:12:24 GMT

IndieCrochet is a community dedicated to those who crochet or those who wish to learn! Feel free to jump right in and discuss patterns, projects, yarns, selling your crafts, or whatever else is on your mind!

Just visit, http://indiecrochet.ning.com/

Look forward to seeing you there! :)

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Belly dancing and crochet

fayme — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:42:07 GMT

I just started crocheting a new hipband. When I was younger, I hated single crochet because it took forever compared to say doing a bunch of shell stitches or triple crochets. But as I've gotten older and wiser I've discovered that the single crochet gives the most solid base for embellishing later on. (Like hanging tassles onto it for example). Keep in mind you can also crochet with twine, hemp, ribbon, wire and plastic bags cut into spiral strips. Bigger threads require bigger hooks.
For example with that seashell bra in the photo gallery, another approach would have been to thread all the beads only the string and then crochet medallions (scrumbles), sliding each shell up as needed and crocheting around it. If you do it on one long string you only have two ends to sew in per medallion when all is said and done, saving lots of time.

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Anyone Interested in a Swap?

ZizaRose — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:08:54 GMT

13 is my lucky number! There's 13 of us, but not a lot of action in this tribe. I thought it might be fun to host a swap if anyone is interested.
I know I could use a little inspiration and motivation to play with some ideas for projects I've got ratteling around in my head.

Let me know what you guys think, or who's interested and I'll get a game plan together.

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newbie

GinaRenay — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:40:50 GMT

Hey all,

I'm a new member--give a shout out when you can!

I have freeformed all my life and love walking in my poetic threads!

Thanks,

GinaRenay
http://gina_renay.blogs.com

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freeform photos

GinaRenay — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:36:45 GMT

Hi all,
GinaRenay here, and I have uploaded some freeform photos. Check them out.
Also check out my OFF DA HOOK blog & photo albums at http://gina_renay.blogs.com

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Freeform Crochet

Karen — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:12:12 GMT

I'm new to this tribe - I do regular crochet (easy stuff hehehehe) and I'd love to learn freeform. Are there any good sites out there?

Thanks in advance for your help cuz I know how helpful you tribe girls are :)

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Caps to the Capital for newborns

babysolomon — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:25:54 GMT

Newborns lives can be saves by warming their heads. Make a cap and send it in.

http://www.savethechildren.org/capstothecapital/

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Scrumbles

fayme — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:44:34 GMT

My new group on Flickr. http://flickr.com/groups/scrumbles/

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The Cob Web Dress

fayme — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:40:54 GMT

Today I pulled out a project I've been working on for a few years now. It was originally a dress to wear on Halloween, and I didn't finish it on time and back in the bag it went. This has gone on for several years now so today I attempted again to get all the pieces to play well together. This would be way simpler with either a dressform or a fitting buddy because the front half is done and I can't seem to get the back half together. Next time I'll do the whole front first, the whole back second and work flat, then put them together along the sides at the very end. Still, I have so much time invested in it now I'm not about to give up. I finished the left sleeve today. When it cools off in here I'll give it another go. It's just too hot to be trying this thing on over and over again.

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Tomorrow is Michael's special event from 12 to 5

fayme — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:59:12 GMT

http://www.michaels.com/art/online/static?page=yarn_event

I'll be at the one in Buena Park. Check to see if your local store is having it as you could enter some contests and drawings and win something.

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Post your photos

fayme — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:28:30 GMT

Now that we have more members, I bet some of you have freeform crochet photos that would help others see just what we are talking about. They can either be finished projects or works in progress.

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When Mr. Knit and Ms. Crochet get married.

fayme — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:32:08 GMT

I always try to encourage crocheters to learn to knit and knitters to learn to crochet, because they go well together. Many a time you need to put a crochet trim around the edge of something you knit. Or you can use crochet to join pieces of knitting. Or you can crochet flowers to add to your knitting items.
You can also take a crocheted piece, fish up some loops around the edge of the piece, thread a knitting needle through the loops as you go, and then start knitting! That makes for some exciting texture changes as you explore the possibilities of morphing the two together.

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Tired of doing the same stitches?

fayme — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:16:51 GMT

I found this extensive link directory to all kinds of crochet and knit stitches. http://www.myhq.com/public/s/i/sivi/

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Include the kids.

fayme — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:15:20 GMT

I just read a post on a yahoo group for free form crochet, and someone said their young daughter had taken quite well to free form and was even making gifts for everyone. It makes sense...children are much more willing to try new things. And if they have their own project going, they'll hardly resent the time you spend on yours. Once they know the basics you can sit side by side with them and have some quality time.
If they are too young for that, they are happy decorating a paper plate or a piece of cardboard by gluing on odd bits of yarn.

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Mermaid Belly Dance Costume

fayme — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:20:11 GMT

I'm still working on it! I have big hips, so it's taking a lot of square inches of crochet. I think I have enough pieces, but the tricky part is putting the puzzle together. At any rate it will have to wait until after the Morro Bay Harbor Festival. At this point, it's too unwieldy to take with me, and I don't want to risk losing parts of it on the long drive. I found some more seashells to incorporate into it. And it's been a lot of fun. But I had to set it aside to get some of the paid work done.

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I lost my hook again

fayme — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:08:03 GMT

Dagnammit...I can't find the crochet hook I need, nor can I find my box of hooks. The more I try to get organized, the worse of a disaster I create. Hmpf. I wish my evil twin would stop messing things up.
The free form yahoo group I'm in is doing a Free Form Crochet challenge. And I was hoping to make some progress on it today. So I better get back to looking.
Also, I want to make a freeform bra and hipband for belly dancing. I'm glad costumes have finally gotten more creative. When I first combined ethnic and cabaret I got dirty looks and snarky comments. Now so many people are doing it it even has it's own name...tribaret. Raspberry to all those people that made snarky remarks.

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Big Sale at Joanne's in OC,CA

fayme — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:18:16 GMT

If you happen to live in Orange County CA, and can get to the Joanns in Cypress on Katella, they are closing the store and moving to a big new Super Store on Lincoln. So everything is on sale. Right now all the yarn dept. items at 30% off and they are extremely well stocked with knitting needles in straight, circular and bamboo, and crochet hooks in every size. All the books are on sale too. Literally, everything in the store is 20% off or better.
Their goal is to have the entire store empty by the end of Oct. so the discount will keep getting better as the days roll by. But the longer you wait, the more things will be picked over.
So I went ahead and bought 2 sets of double pointed needles, a double ended crochet hook and some sewing patterns. All their sewing patterns (even Vogue) are $1.99 right now.

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Hat in the making.

fayme — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:48:31 GMT

I posted a photo of the hat I started today. You can follow along as I make it if you wish.

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What the heck is she going on about?

fayme — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:14:25 GMT

If you are like me, you have bags full of half finished granny squares, gauge rectangles, strips of knitting that never quite gelled into what you'd plan on them being, and bizarre bags of projects some great aunt gave you that you have no hope in the world of figuring out and finishing.
So, grab those oddballs, figure out what you want to make (ie. poncho, vest, blanket), and start laying out all those pieces like a big jigsaw puzzle. Of course you'll see a lot of blank spots where the pieces don't quite fit. Pin it all together with safety pins, and then start knitting or crocheting new motifs to fill those gaps. Whipstitch or crochet it all together and you have ART!

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