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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Knitting and Crochet Tips from Lion Brand Yarn Company

Knitting and Crochet Tips from Lion Brand Yarn Company

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Heart these tips from fellow Lion Brand users. A knitter recently posted her solution to making sure sleeve lengths match. Use an extra long needle to hold both sleeves! How smart.

Of course, as a crochet girl, that doesn't work for me. Instead, I always do patterns on grid paper to be sure that my row count is correct and my tension is consistent. That's very important since I take my crochet with me. The speed of a subway, for example, shows up in tension. Definitely tighter than sitting in a rocker watching Dancing With The Stars!

Monday, November 9, 2009

Creating a pallette online

Called Color Schemer, love this method for playing with colors.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Video: How to create an art quilt



Nice piece to show how nature inspires the selection of fabrics, design and process.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Cool Jewel Pallette

 


Created with Wordle. Cool pallette work well with florals.
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A rose is a template of a rose

 
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Free sample, appearing in Dover Publications 1500 Decorative Ornaments CD-ROM and Book C Dover Publications.

Like the look for applique, or doing an embroidery piece. This could easily be the center diva piece, elegantly framed