Sometime between last night and this morning this blog surpassed having 20,000 hits. Wow!!
My response is to say Thank You to each of you who find this blog useful. Normally I am a person of many words. Today this is not so. My wildest dreams for this blog have been exceeded. It is my sincere hope that you will continue to use this as a resource.
I will continue to do my best to keep this site current. If you find you need or want something, please do not hesitate to ask for help.
Posted in Blogging, crochet, free patterns, Knitting
I have been busy updating this site in the past two days. there have been additons to the Holiday, Christmas, Knitting Cloths and Animal pages. I will be adding as many links as possible this week.
While adding links to pages today I realized it is time to add new pages because some pages, like the Knit Cloths page, are getting lengthy. This will probably have to wait until after the Holidays are over because there is so much going on in my life at this time.
Enjoy!
Posted in crochet, free patterns, Knit Cloths, Links Added, Site Update
I have been busy adding more links today. There have been additions to the pages for Holidays, Crochet Cloths, Knit Cloths, and Lacy Cloths.
I found a new tool accidentally today at The Knitting Fiend’s site that answers the question:
“How to fit Stitch Multiples in a row of knitting?”
She has other calculators that deal with topics ranging from decreasing stitches evenly across a row to spacing buttonholes. Here is the link to the main page for the calculators:
Tools to help you convert knitting patterns .
Even though the author’s emphasis is on knitting, it seems to me that many of the math principles she describes could apply to crocheting as well. I speak from my own experience as one who enjoys doing both.
this site also has other pages that might be of interest. Here is one which has been added to my list of Pages to Explore:
Stitch Patterns.
May you find this useful and informative. 🙂
Posted in crochet, Crochet Cloths, free patterns, Holidays, Knit Cloths, Knitting, Links Added
The words that came to mind last night after my beloved St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series were those of Jack Buck : “Go Crazy Folks!”
It has been many years since they have won the World Series. Others have recounted the details of the games and more will continue do so. Like so many others I will read these accounts and relish in them for weeks to come.
Both teams played good baseball. The Tigers organization has come a long way and is to be respected for that. Both teams worked very hard to earn their League Championships. My hat is off to both of them. I know the Tigers committed some errors, but haven’t we all? It happens to all teams. To you Tiger fans: My heart goes out to you. As a Cardinal fan, I have been there on more than one occasion.
Now the season is over and it is time to move to the winter season. The focus in my house will return to the more mundane issues of everyday living such as : parenting; homeschooling; keeping house; knitting; crocheting; blogging ; my husband working; me looking for and hopefully getting work; and all of the other daily activities not mentioned.
Just in case you are interested, here is an article I found that expresses most of my feelings about this amazing season:
Baseball Memories
So to the baseball season I say: So long for now.
Posted in baseball, crochet, crocheting, homeschool, Jack Buck, Knitting, St. Louis Cardinals, Uncategorized, World Series
A person on an email list to which I belong requested links to apron patterns today, preferably crocheted ones. I did a Google search and found some.
These are links to crocheted aprons :
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/celtwich/Apron.html
http://www.knitting-crochet.com/crochet/aproncro.html
http://twosisters.lothruin.com/crochapron.html
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/lffunt/apron.htm
http://www.freepatterns.com/fp_pdfs/Other/Crochet/Acorn_Apron.pdf
http://www.learntoknit.com/may05_apron.html
Here is a knitted apron:
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2006/sep/knitting/knit1.pdf
Lion brand has two crocheted patterns: one free and another for free:
http://www.lionbrand.com
I also found a Blog about aprons:
http://angrychicken.typepad.com/tieoneon/free_patterns/index.html
Here is a knitted apron from a link on the Apron blog:
http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/PATTpartyapron.html
Dish and Wash Cloth Mania 