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Adventures in Entrelac
I recently learned a new crochet technique called tunisian entrelac. This technique creates a checkerboard pattern. It's fun and not hard to do once you get the hang of it. To practice I made myself...
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Year of the Rabbit
This is the Chinese year of the rabbit. Or more accurately the year of the hare, since China has seven native species of hares, but no native species of rabbit (Wikipedia told me this!). A rabbit year...
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a day at the track
Mike and I were fans of the Animal Planet show "Jockeys" so we decided to make a jockey doll. Today we took our jockey to Belmont Stakes, the racetrack that will host the third and final leg of the...
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Rothko Rug
What do abstract artist Mark Rothko and former letter turner Vanna White have in common? Probably not much but I've managed to unite them in my latest crochet project - a rug based on a painting by...
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Feline World Mourns The Passing Of Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs died last week. The world lost a true visionary and design genius.With Steve at the helm, Apple designed revolutionary products that we have come to know and love like the iPhone, iPod, iPad...
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Thinking About Origami Today
Today is the anniversary of both the birth and the death of Akira Yoshizawa. Yoshizawa is credited with raising origami from a craft to an art form. He created more than 50,000 models and wrote 18...
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Our Big New DIY Project
Mike and I recently purchased our first home. It's a two-bedroom garden apartment in a 100+ year-old building. On the broker's website the apartment looked like this:But once we got in and started...
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Painted Chandelier
This is our new chandelier for the office.I love the way it looks now, but when it started it looked like this:This old brass chandelier was originally hanging in the bedroom. When we put up new...
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Folded Paper
I'm writing crochet patterns at the moment and that doesn't lend itself to blogging, so I thought I'd blog about a folded paper project I made for the new apartment. This project is a replica of...
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Baby Sweater
I made this sweater for our friends Lisa and Jesse who are expecting a baby girl in a couple of weeks. I bought the yarn and buttons at Purl Soho and used their baby girl fair isle cardigan...
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Sponge or Dishcloth?
Humanity can be divided into two groups of people. Those who use sponges to wash their dishes and those who use dishcloths. My mother-in-law uses a sponge. My mother uses a dishcloth. The sponge vs....
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The Ella Doll
Our friend Ella (the daughter of a Red Sox fan) just celebrated her first birthday. To mark the event we decided to make her this doll.Mike made the card using the socks as the "L's" in Ella's name....
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I made a teapot
I've been taking pottery classes at The Educational Alliance Art School. My teacher is Lynn Goodman and she's terrific. She had everyone in the class making bowls, cups and mugs in no time.Once I was...
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Rothko Rug
What do abstract artist Mark Rothko and former letter turner Vanna White have in common? Probably not much but I've managed to unite them in my latest crochet project - a rug based on a painting by...
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Feline World Mourns The Passing Of Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs died last week. The world lost a true visionary and design genius.With Steve at the helm, Apple designed revolutionary products that we have come to know and love like the iPhone, iPod, iPad...
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Thinking About Origami Today
Today is the anniversary of both the birth and the death of Akira Yoshizawa. Yoshizawa is credited with raising origami from a craft to an art form. He created more than 50,000 models and wrote 18...
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Our Big New DIY Project
Mike and I recently purchased our first home. It's a two-bedroom garden apartment in a 100+ year-old building. On the broker's website the apartment looked like this:But once we got in and started...
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Painted Chandelier
This is our new chandelier for the office.I love the way it looks now, but when it started it looked like this:This old brass chandelier was originally hanging in the bedroom. When we put up new...
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Folded Paper
I'm writing crochet patterns at the moment and that doesn't lend itself to blogging, so I thought I'd blog about a folded paper project I made for the new apartment. This project is a replica of...
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Baby Sweater
I made this sweater for our friends Lisa and Jesse who are expecting a baby girl in a couple of weeks. I bought the yarn and buttons at Purl Soho and used their baby girl fair isle cardigan...
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