As my fellow hookers can confirm, reading a pattern can be a bit like learning a foreign language. Sc, dc, hdc, dc2tog, ch…Yikes! In plain speak this reads sc: single crochet; dc: double crochet; hdc: half double crochet; dc2tog: double crochet two stitches together; and ch: chain. As I worked through Crochet Today’s Raspberry Beret Pattern I found myself frustrated and sporting a funky…
Words and thoughts from Rachée
Reason #36 why I heart Effin Guy: after going on and on about the empanadas The Bee and I had at the Lansdowne YMCA’s international Fair this past Sunday he found a place in the area that served the wonderful bites and last night we headed to Cafe Clave. Cafe Clave is located in University City at 4305 Locust Ave and has a nice vibe….
Or My pile of to be read books has gotten quite out of control*. At the rate the books have piled up I may never die. Or at the least I am so going to need to start working part time so that I can catch up with what I am reading.On the nightstand Piled at the bottom of the steps:…
OK. I totally made that up but March is National Crochet (Lovers) Month…what are you all hooking? On the hooks:hats, hats, a scarf (For Dewey Decimal Dude), fingerless mittens (for Bookwoman) and more hats.I like hats. The Bee and I saw some yarn bombing on the Parkway yesterday during an outing to The Franklin Institute. Not my thing but it was…
A while back a friend mentioned in Facebook the hooping class she was taking and I couldn’t wrap my mind around the idea. My idea of hula hooping was a cheap plastic tube with a bead in it and the circle never staying up around my waist or middle. Hooping always frustrated me as a child and I was sure that…