Today is another ‘Tip Tuesday’! Today, I’m going to share a little tip that helps me when I’m assembling tricky amigurumi pieces (although, you could use this when you’re seaming anything small)! I use locking stitch markers to hold my pieces in place! I’ve already talked about using locking stitch markers to help you keep […]
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Tips for managing ‘bipolar crafting’
You may not know it by that name, but we all know the feeling: one day, you crochet for hours on end, come up with 5 new ideas and can barely fall asleep at night because you want to keep working. A few days later, your wrists are sore, you’re totally out of new ideas, […]
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How to get great-looking stripes!
Welcome to ‘Technique Tuesday’! Every Tuesday, my blog post will feature a new tip/technique that will help you with your crocheting! Be sure to join me ever week! I’ve been on a stripe-kick recently… I just can’t get enough of them! Stripes are a great way to use up leftover yarn: you can mix together […]
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Interview with Stephannie Tallent & Giveaway!
Hey everyone! I’m very excited to be interviewing Stephannie Tallent, the designer for Sunset Cat Designs. She’s just released a great new e-book (which I was lucky enough to get my little hands on), and it’s really fantastic. I’m going to chat a bit about the book, then hop right to the interview. Read all […]
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Kinokuniya: Sydney, NSW, Australia
store: Kinokuniya address: Level 2, The Galeries, 500 George Street, Sydney, Australia 2000 NSW website: http://www.kinokuniya.com/ date of visit: January, 2011 Usually, my store spotlight is reserved for yarn stores, but I’m making an exception today. Because, if you love knitting and crocheting, Kinokuniya is going to be your favorite bookstore! Kinokuniya is a Japanese […]
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Stacey’s 2010 year-in-review
I’ve written a blog post about all of the exciting things that happened in 2010 with FreshStitches, but I forgot to write about what a great year it was for me! Both as a designer, and personally, 2010 was a good year… here’s the review! (in no particular order) My book was released! On March […]
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Analyzing 2010 FreshStitches pattern sales
It’s been said that you can’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been (by Will Smith -among others- and he’s always right). The new year is always a time to make plans for the new year… but it’s hard to set goals without knowing how the past year went. I’ve had a […]
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Purl Soho: New York, NY
store: Purl Soho address: 459 Broome Street, New York, NY 100130 website: http://www.purlsoho.com/ date of visit: June, 2010 Let me begin by saying that yarn store shopping in New York City can be a bit daunting… there are dozens of yarn stores in Manhattan, alone. Since I now live (relatively) close to the city, I […]
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Creating cone shapes in amigurumi
A basic amigurumi circle is made by working an increase round (usually 6 evenly-distributed increases) every round. This standard pattern of increasing is how you get nice round shapes, such as the baby penguin’s head and body. In this blog post, we’re going to show how changing the number of increase rounds can provide you […]
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Free printable gift tags!
The holidays are fast approaching… and what better way to top off your handmade creations than with a cute gift tag? I’ve made 4 adorable gift tags for you to print that would go perfectly on your amigurumi, or anything else handmade! To grab these gift tags, just right-click the image above and “save as”. […]
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