To Do: Windowsill Cozy

Gayla over at You Grow Girl crocheted a lovely windowsill cozy for her plants. What a great idea! Perfect for keeping your little sill-lings warm in cold climates like… I dunno… Wisconsin.
Ooo, and a pot cozy too!

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Crochet: Ripple-Along

Alicia (of Posie Gets Cozy) finished her ripple afghan and it’s beautiful! There’s another one starting over at Yarnstorm. Apparently these ripples are all the rage. If you’re thinking of joining the madness, there is a No-End-In-Sight-Ripple-Along. With my baby projects looming, I will sadly have to sit this one out. But then, there’s always [...]

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Crochet: Whiny Star Pillow

So I wrote this whole post whining about how I have oh-so-much work to do and this big deadline on Thursday and how I really want to do something crafty and creative that is not work… And then I realized that I was, in fact, whining and who in the world wants to [...]

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To-Do: DIY Thread Board

Some wood, some nails and a hammer and you’re good to go! Quick and easy thread board from Ruth @ Mantua Maker.

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How to Upholster a Tree Stump

This is all at once completely fascinating and completely bizarre! I just can’t look away!

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Swap!

CraftyPod has an interview with Rachel Johnson, co-founder of Swap-bot. Having never experienced the wonder, I wandered on over to the website and boy is it a brilliant concept! Crafty and challenging activities! And mail? Who doesn’t love mail? As you might have guessed, it didn’t take long before I was signed up for my [...]

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Crochet: Baby Afghans

A friend is having a baby in a few months and my landlords had a daughter last fall, so I’m going to try my hand at a couple of baby-sized afghan. Both come from the Happy Hooker. For the landlords, I’m going make the Li’l Monkey and for my friend the Seija Set. I just [...]

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Knit/Crochet: Collaborative Lawn Project

Christine Domanic is starting a collaborative project: a duplicate of a suburban lawn with thousands of knit and crocheted blades of grass. You too can contribute a blade to the project! In any shade of green, knit/crochet a blade of grass 2.5 inches long. Some brief instructions: using a size G or F [...]

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Market Nostalgia

I’m having some London nostalgia this morning because Apartment Therapy (The Kitchen) has an entry about the Borough Market in Southwark. I lived nearby in 2000-01 while studying at the LSE. My mouth waters just remembering the Market. But it got me thinking about how different it was to cook and eat in London. [...]

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Knit/Crochet/Whatevs!: Random Stripes Generator

Playing with this random stripes generator could probably keep me busy for hours! (Easily entertained, yes.) I don’t think I have quite the yarn collection necessary to really make use of this fab tool, but one can aspire. Speaking of, when I do some day get cluttered up with yarn, I fully intend to [...]

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