I love the internet. It is packed with a plethora of information. It is easy to spend hours and hours looking at pictures, patterns, web sites, emails of all things knit and crochet. For a new knitter or crocheter, it can be quite overwhelming trying to find the right pattern to knit or crochet. Over …
Summer’s Ready Cotton Crossbody Bag
Have you ever flipped through a magazine, walked into a store, found an article of interest and said to yourself, “I can do that”? Well, that happened to me recently and I had to do something about it. While walking through the local mall, I came across a purse on a mannequin that caught my …
Crochet Edgings, A How To
Crochet Edgings At the knitting guild I belong to, one of the classes we learned from was how to add crochet edgings to baby afghans. It is a nice embellishment to an ordinary item. All it takes is 1 yard of fleece fabric, a rotary cutter with a skip cut rotary blade, some yarn and …
Finding my niche
Last Saturday I participated in the El Segundo Hometown Fair. It’s an annual event for the city that brings out families. The kids get to play in the bounce houses, the adults chatting amongst themselves and the arts and crafts vendors get to make new customers. Typical of beach living it was a cold, windy, …
2017 Spring Arts & Crafts Fairs Update
Here are 2 of my Spring Arts & Crafts Shows I am participating in. I hope to see you at either event. Earth Day is April 22, come out, see some fine crafters selling their wares. Arts & Crafts Fairs are not only for fall and winter, they are also for the springtime. I am …
LA Yarn Crawl 2017 “Wrap” Up
Did you get a chance to “crawl”? How many shops did you visit? I crawled, and my husband was gracious to drive me from store to store. We even found a couple book stores for him to “crawl” in. We mapped our route, packed a snack bag of water, sodas, chips, then started the …
Caron Cakes Cherry Chip Review
Now that I have to take the time to rest my hands, I will be reviewing more products. Next up is Caron Cakes Yarn. I chose Cherry Chip, a nice color combination of various shades of pinks. Caron Cakes is quite generous in their “cake:” 7.1oz/200g, 383 yards of 80% Acrylic, 20% wool yarn. Recommended …
The Clover Pom Pom Maker Product Review
R & R continues, so today I am reviewing a product that I absolutely love. It is the CLOVER Pom Pom Maker. I had a 50% off coupon from Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Store, and decided to pick it up. I bought the Large set. It comes with 2 different size pom makers, 2 ½ …
Fiberista Elbowitis Againus
Was writing this as we were waiting one of those “big storms of some century.” Not much in the knit and crochet has been going on. Why? Because I am STILL suffering from Tennis Elbow of my left arm. As WebMD states: “Tennis elbow is a pain focused on the outside of the arm, where your forearm …
New Year, New Pattern & The Women’s March
Rain, Rain, Rain… oh how I love the rain. We here in California really need it, and this year we have had plenty of rain. It’s also a good time to look at new items to crochet and knit. Baggy here: Speak for yourself, I have cabin fever and I don’t even know what a …