Babette 1 I have finally finished the babette for my mom! I’m very excited to close out this chapter in my crocheting adventures and start a fresh one. The final border went on last night, so today I’ll be washing and drying it. Then I’ll take some pictures. Here is the final photo! Babette 2 [...]
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Well, I promised that I would link up to a blog which has great pictures and descriptions of different stitches to use when sewing together the babette blocks. I’ve been unable to locate the blog, but I know it is out there. So I offer up this short pictorial to you, which describes the stitch [...]
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I will be taking a few pictures, as promised in my last blog, tomorrow when the sun is out. The photos seem to come out better with the natural light. I’ve been sewing in my babette squares, working from the center out. Each panel is sewn together and then sewn onto the next (or previous) [...]
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This weekend, the Slipstitches had another Yarn Over at my house. At this meeting, we worked on a new pattern we found at www.freecraftunlimited.com. It’s this cute little 7-Point Star Hot Pad, which is super easy to make and looks really sharp in the 2 toned colors the pattern recommends. I don’t have pictures available [...]
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Previous I have finished blocking my first set of squares. This process has been incredibly interesting to me, mostly because I have never blocked before, but also because it achieved things I never expected. When I think about blocking, or when I’ve read about it, the only thing that comes to mind is “making my [...]
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See Previous Post Wow! Blocking makes a HUGE difference. First, I should say that I have never blocked before. I have no idea if I’m doing it correctly. The idea to do this came from a ravelry user after I looked through her pictures and read her blog. In her notes, she says she didn’t [...]
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I love Ravelry! http://www.ravelry.com/people/fmgarman/stash They keep track of my wonderful, growing yarn stash. So, to make things fun for myself, I captured pictures of all my yarns and have them up on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fmgarman/sets/72157620609116587/
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Previous I am really excited about how my current project (the Babette Blanket) is coming along. I have completely finished making and sewing in about 25 2-Round squares. I had to remind myself last night that I needed to start blocking soon or I wouldn’t be blocking as I go! So tonight my goal is [...]
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Previous I finally finished! Well, making the centers with all my colors. I’m really excited about how all these look. I’ve also finished making my blocking board out of the corkboard my boss gave me. I’ll have pictures of that later, but I did take pictures of the middles. Now onto making the blocks. Next
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