Craft Gossip

Mar

17

Lithuanian Wristers KnitAlong/TwitAlong

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It’s back on! Donna Druchunas of Artic Lace fame is hosting this knit-along.

Materials:1 ball of Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport Weight in 2 colors. DPNs size 0&1, to get 9sts/in in 2-color St st w/lrg ndls. #DDTwitKAL

That’s twitter shorthand for: You need 1 ball of the yarn in each of 2 colors, double pointed needles in US sizes 0 and…

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Mar

13

Wool Flower Boa Scarf and Dolly Donations Patterns

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I received a link suggestion and there were two different URLs and think both are worth our attention. The first one is for a lovely wool flower boa scarf pattern courtesy of Marcus Brothers a wonderful fabric supplier. The other is dolly donations, sending love one dolly the time. Sarah of dolly donations it is a mother of a beautiful…

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Mar

10

Chile relief giveaway is from Etsy seller Lorena Ferreira

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 Today’s Chile relief giveaway is from Etsy seller Lorena Ferreira. http://fireandicephoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/brightly-woven-purse-chile-relief.html. The adorable bag is from Lorena Ferreira.  Hello everyone, my name is Lorena. I was born in Chile and raised in New York. I started knitting first (self taught at 19), then crocheting when I was expecting my second baby (I have 3), and finally weaving–self taught too–I read…

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Mar

10

Classes: Stamping and Mixed Media in NY

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Do you live in the NY city area and are looking to take a cool stamping or mixed media class? If so check out Rachel at her blog katzelbow, for info on her monthly classes, they meet the third Sunday of each month. Rachel is a copic and Ranger certified instructor and teaches a different set of projects or techniques…

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Mar

7

Eating Your Words Challenge

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It’s back! The Eating Your Words Challenge hosted by the blogs, Savor the Thyme and Tangled Noodle. The challenge is to use food or drink to write, spell or draw, blog about it and link to Savor the Thyme and Tangled Noodle to submit. Find all of the details HERE or HERE. You can also see examples from last year on either site, for inspiration if needed.…

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Mar

5

Attention Desert Dwellers….

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The Knitting Guild of the Desert will be hosting its sixth annual luncheon and fashion show titled “Knit ‘till your Heart’s Content” at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the PGA West Tournament Clubhouse, 56-150 PGA Blvd.

Members of the guild will be modeling their hand-knit garments and accessories. The event will also feature a raffle and door prizes.

Cost is $15 for guild…

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Feb

25

Bullseye Resource Center – Santa Fe, NM

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I am so excited for the glass artists in Santa Fe and those that don’t even know they will be glass artists. Bullseye Glass is opening a resource center in Santa Fe. Yea ha!! I’m kind of jealous…but congratulations to all involved and all that will benefit from the opening. The grand opening is July 14th and I’m looking forward to…

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Feb

19

Watch for the Quaker stitch-along

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Needleprint blog has issued a heads-up that Carrow House Museum and curator Philippa Sims will soon make available the chart for this antique Quaker sampler. The blog says,

You will be able to download the chart for free – I simply ask that you make a donation to Carrow House Museum – a donation PayPal button will take your donation direct to the museum.

While…

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Feb

13

2010 Handmade Olympics – Vote Now!

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Voting is now open for the 2010 Handmade Olympics! You can vote for cool designs such as this typography soap by Soapylove that is up for Favourite Handmade Goodie with an Innovative Design (event 1). Ultimate Organic Soap’s French Milled Vanilla Bean and Rose Petal Soap has been nominated for Favourite Handmade Goodie That Inspires Loveliness & Wellness (event 4). Voting closes…

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Feb

11

Kelly Ripa’s Cake Off for Cancer

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I’ve been hearing tons about Kelly Ripa’s cake-off, mostly from my fellow bloggers and foodies, some of whom get to go to NYC and participate. Kelly Ripa joined Cake Boss’s Buddy Valastro and five teams of our fellow bloggers to decorate cakes for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Vote for your favorite and for each vote, Electrolux donates $1 to…

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Feb

8

Free Chocolate Coasters Pattern

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A night of Knitting and Hot Cocoa! Featuring these cool coasters as the knitting project.

The event will be at The City Bakery, located at 3 West 18th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues on Thursday, February 18th, doors open at 7:00 pm. 

But even better, these awesome coasters are a FREE pattern from The PurlBee, here: http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2010/2/7/night-of-knitting-and-hot-chocolate-at-city-bakerys-18th-ann.html

Be there, or be… well, not…

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Feb

8

Blog Aid for Haiti

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In mere weeks following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, twenty-seven popular bloggers compiled and printed a cookbook, all proceeds of which go to benefit the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders. Available in both soft-cover and hardcover, find all the details HERE, buy the book HERE.

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Feb

5

Celebrate with HEN

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The Hand Embroidery Network is celebrating its first anniversary with all kinds of specials: discounts on directory listings, reduced ad prices for NEEDLE magazine, a special price for all HEN patterns, and giveaways and treats throughout the network’s birthday week. Go to the blog for all the details.

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Feb

5

CHA Video from Paperclipping: Epiphany Crafts

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Noell Hyman of Paperclipping interviews this new company, and gets a demo on their epoxy accent making tool. Click here to go video

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Feb

5

More CHA Favourites

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Vee Jennings of Creative Blessing, shares her favourite items from the recent CHA Winter show. Click here to go to article.

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Feb

4

Podcast: Hidden Gems from CHA

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Join Derrick Story of The Digital Story on this podcast discussing favourite items discovered at CHA Winter 2010. Click here to go to article and podcast

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Feb

3

Video: Ecogreen Crafts at CHA

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Join Noel Hyman of Paperclipping to learn more about Ecogreen Crafts. Click here to go to video

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Feb

2

Online Crop at Two Peas in a Bucket

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Save the date! Crop online with Two Peas in a Bucket this Friday February 5th from 7-11pm CST. The crop will be held on the Garden Girls Message Board.

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Feb

1

Video: Jenni Bowlin Booth at CHA

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Jenni Bowlin gives Amy Coon of the Paper Life a personal tour of her booth at this past CHA Winter. Click here to go to video. Also, check out all the other videos on the site that Amy has posted from CHA!

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Feb

1

Ten Notable Trends from CHA

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The Write.Click.Scrapbook Team reports on trends they noticed while at CHA Winter 2010. Click here to read the article.

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Jan

28

More reports from CHA

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Paula Gilarde writes about CHA Highlights here on her blog.

Linda Beeson posts a bunch of photos of the favourite new items she saw. Click here to see

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Jan

27

Watch for an online cross-stitch festival in February

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Heads up! Counted Wishes is in the offing! The event’s web site tells us:

A new online Cross Stitch Festival is coming!

Please join us Feb. 1-5, 2010 at this website for our online Spring Showing by Cross Stitch Designers. Mark your calendars and tell your stitching friends!

What we have in store for you:

  • Fabulous Cross Stitch Designs!
  • Mystery Treats- Find each Designer’s Mystery Treat…
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Jan

27

Eye Candy from CHA

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The team at Write.Click.Scrapbook has several articles showing all the eye candy they saw while at CHA. Click here to visit Write.Click.Scrapbook. They also have a surprise giveaway for a class from Renee Pearson in this post!

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Jan

27

More CHA Highlights

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Shimelle Laine has posted several articles with highlights from CHA. She gives a peek into new products from Girls’ Paperie, Dear Lizzy, Technique Tuesday and Jenni Bowlin Studio. Click here to go to shimelle.com

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Jan

26

Enjoy “Connected by Threads” events

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Some great news from the Alliance for American Quilts:

The nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts will host two fundraising events in Washington, DC on Thursday, March 4.

The “Connected by Threads” events will celebrate quilts, quiltmakers and quilt history through the lens of two speakers, Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi and Le Rowell, both board members of The Alliance for American Quilts (AAQ). The…

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