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Continue reading →: Bold Waves of Relief Shawl- Buy It Today!A few months back, I put a pattern for my Bold Waves of Relief Shawl on my Etsy store. It’s not hard to make, but it does take time. Nevertheless, it results in a stunning piece that really catches attention – trust me, whenever I’ve worn it, I’ve gotten questions…
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Continue reading →: Guclud Tunisian Crochet Metal Hook SetDisclosure: I bought these cables with my own money to try them out and to provide a review for you, but if you buy these hooks using my Amazon affiliate link below, you will be helping me financially so that I can continue to buy and review more products for…
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Continue reading →: Straw Hat Adventures
I have been working on making wide-brim sun hats and narrow-brim fedoras using Tunisian simple stitch (I like it for hats because it has a nice woven look) for several weeks now. I have experimented with different kinds of “fake” straw yarns and combining them with other yarn for unique…
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Continue reading →: Pattern – Bold Waves of Relief ShawlThis Tunisian crochet shawl is made from 4 different colors of worsted weight yarn (sample shawl uses Caron Simply Soft and Simply Soft Paints), with one color used to create multiple rows of ribbing as the other colors are rotated without it. Then that color is brought back into rotation…
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Continue reading →: Silian Tunisian Crochet HooksYou may have seen the reviews on YouTube of the Tunisian crochet hook set that some have ordered from AliExpress. It was really Toni Lipsey’s (TLYarnCrafts.com) review that tipped me over the edge. But when I went to AliExpress to order the set she bought, it wasn’t available. That set…
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Continue reading →: Crossed TKS?
Lately, I’ve been scouring my crochet books for interesting (but relatively uncomplicated) stitches, especially Tunisian crochet stitches. I’d been playing around with crossed double crochet and crossed Tunisian simple and decided to try crossing Tunisian knit stitches even though from a couple of web searches, it didn’t seem like there…
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Continue reading →: Etsy Store Grand Opening
I have been working on a variety of multi-color hat and scarf sets using Tunisian crochet to get the most out of the color combinations, starting off with the box kit yarn experiment subjects of previous posts. I graduated to buying real yarn to make sets and decided to test…
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Continue reading →: More Fun with the Box Kit – Pretty in Pink?In my last post and video, I indicated I’d be doing more with the big box of yarn. I have now completed my second project from the box using six different shades of yarn in semi- related pinks. As with the green shrug and hat project, I used Tunisian Simple…
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Continue reading →: The Conclusion of the Box Kit MatterIn my inaugural post, I outlined my vague plan to make a wearable piece of clothing from a box kit designed to make amigurumi. I had started working on a shrug using 7 different balls of green yarn, broken out into one group of 4 colors and another group of…
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