Last week my co-worker, whom I have dubbed the Yarn Whisperer, taught me how to knit (Golf clap)!Ever since The Bee and I saw Debbie Stoller at the Free Library and Debbie made knitting seem possible, I have wanted to give it a go. My failed attempts left me thinking that knitting wasn’t for me and that, coupled with my…
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…
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…
In which The Bee and I meet Ms. Stitch ‘n Bitch herself Debbie Stoller. Or I am going to the dark side. The Free Library of Philadelphia hosts a program called the Author Events. This program has won three “Best of Philly” designations from Philadelphia magazine and according to the Free Library web site hosts more than 125(!) authors each year. Last night…
Finally finished!I have been trying to make Effin Guy a crocheted replica of The Jayne, a hat Adam Baldwin character Jayne Cobb receives on the now cancelled (but totally awesome) show Firefly. Most patterns that I found were knit. Since I don’t knit and unsure of how to convert knit instructions to crochet friendly, I kept putting the hat on the back burner.Kim…