carrie's crafts

World Wide Crochet & Knit in Public Day

2011-05-23T13:46:00.000-07:00

Join us June 11 10am-2pm at the Shoreline Library for:
World Wide Crochet & Knit in public day!!

Bring your yarn craft projects, any snacks or beverages you would like .

The Library is located at 345 NE 175th St, Shoreline.

If there weather is good we may enjoy the sun from the library benches and other outfdoor seating areas. If not maybe we'll hang in the library or in the meeting room.

It is also Internation Yarn Bombing day so we will be decorating one of the trees outside, so if you have some things that would fit around the trunk or branches you might want to bring that. I'll try and get some measurements on here later.

2009-06-28T13:46:00.000-07:00

Maran Illustrated Knitting and Crocheting by maranGraphics Development Group

My review

rating: 2 of 5 stars
This is a great book if you're learning to knit or want to stretch your wings on knitting, before each knitting project it teaches you the skills you'll need to do the project. The crochet section is small (57 pages out of 297 pages) almost to the point of why did they bother. It has great pictures. If you're a crochet beginner use this book, but if you're not their are only 2 projects, and some really basic stitches.

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I LOVE CROCHET

2009-06-22T12:00:00.000-07:00

I Love Crochet: 25 Projects That Will Show You How to Crochet Easily and Quickly by Rachel Henderson

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
Now this book should have been named FUN and Funky Crochet,it's way funkier than the book titled that. This book like most crochet books has a "how to crochet" section. It has ideas from Greeting Cards to clothing embellishments to scarves.

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FUN AND FUNKY CROCHET

2009-06-22T11:31:00.000-07:00

Fun & Funky Crochet: 30 Exciting Projects For A Stylish New Look by Sophie Britten

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
If you're a vetran crocheter you've used many of the techniques in this book, but they use them in ways I haven't seen very often. It teaches you to crochet in the front of the book (all the crochet books seem to) some of the projects would be good for a beginner and fun too!

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Project Log unfinished item

2008-10-09T19:46:00.000-07:00

PROJECT NAME: Scarf
YARN: TLC Essential Eden Green and Lion Brand Homespun Gray (sorry label fell off not sure of official color.
HOOK SIZE: N
PATTERN: Double Crochet the 1st and last few rows, but that is really tight so I'm going to do the majority in Triple Croche
STARTED: OCTOBER 7, 2008
GENERAL NOTES:

Project Log 9

2008-09-27T20:35:00.000-07:00

PROJECT NAME: Lacy Shell Scarf
YARN: 100% Rayon Lavender
HOOK SIZE: E ? It doesn't have letter, it's smaller than an F
MADE IN Sep 2008
GENERAL NOTES: I got this yarn at the Knit and Crochet show in Portland and thought it would make a lovely scarf for_________ so I bought it. I may even have enough for another scarf!

I kind of knew the look I wantedfor the scarf, so I did a search for Lacy Shell Crochet Pattern and came up with this site http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa031106.htm. I liked the look of that and tried it but couldn't get it to come out right, so I ended up putting 3 double crochets between the shells.

Project Log unfinished item

2008-09-25T21:16:00.000-07:00

PROJECT NAME: Knit scarf

YARN: Premier Yarns Bouncy 100% Polyamide
NEEDLE SIZE: 14?
PATTERN: Garter Stitch 14 stitches across

MADE IN Sep 2008
GENERAL NOTES: Okay I got this yarn at Big Lots for $1 a skein. It is super super soft (like baby kittens) I've knitted 1 skein so I think there will be enough yarn (I only have 2 skeins). I used really big needles because it's fairly big yarn AND when I used small needles (see Project # ___ )it took forever...of course that was also much smaller yarn.

Project Log unfinished item

2008-09-25T20:52:00.000-07:00

PROJECT NAME: Knit what I damn well want to scarf.
YARN: TLC Eden Green
NEEDLE SIZE: 10.5
MADE IN Sep 2008
GENERAL NOTES: I bought these lovely wooden needles at the Knit and Crochet Show in Portland . They are 10.5 and not very long, but just right. They feel very nice. I couldn't wait to use them so I broke out the free skein of yarn I got at the show for the Coats and Clarks Ladie who were teaching knitting and crochet and just started going, first I did a bit of a basket weave, then some stockinette stitch and making shapes out of it, some ribbing... maybe I should see if I remember how to do a cable.

Project Log 8

2008-06-25T21:20:00.000-07:00

PROJECT NAME: ATC Artist Trading Card

MATERIAL: Scratch paper (for card stock back ground and words cut from the back) obsolete stickers, Extra Fine Brown Sharpie, Post it Flag, Fine Silver Sharpie, glue stick, orange and purple paper tape.

DATE: June 23& 24, 2008

GENERAL NOTES: A new book arrived at the library 1,000 artist trading cards : innovative and inspired mixed media ATCs by Patricia Bolton. I hadn't heard of ATC's before, but having a collection of baseball cards, and a liking for paper crafts, I was interested! I also told a co worker about this and she too was interested and requested the book. So while I was bored one day (not at work of course), I put together this card and sent it to my co-worker.

Wikipedia on Artist Trading Cards

Project Log 7

2008-06-25T20:44:00.000-07:00

PROJECT NAME: Cozy Crocheted Capelet

YARN: Sensations Rainbow Classic Yarn- Bright Multi

HOOK SIZE: ? I don't remember probably what ever the pattern called for.(I guess I'm going to have to be better at this if I'm going to blog about it!!)

MADE IN MAY 2008

GENERAL NOTES: Darlene made me a capelet from a pattern she found on Joann's website and I thought it would be good for my friend Gayle who was going through Chemo. I've worn mine a lot with the chilly spring we've had plus while I was donating platelets.

This really was a fun project, easy to do, I really like the Sensations Rainbow yarn, it's pretty and fuzzy and looks nice. It's available in lots of varigated colors.

Darlene made mine out of Homespun, which is very soft not quite as easy to work with, but I don't mind it.

Project Log 6

2008-05-08T23:06:00.000-07:00

PROJECT NAME: Scarf

YARN: Caron One Pound 100% Acrylic Azure and left over Red Heart yarn, dark green, purple and Monet (varigated)

HOOK SIZE: K

MADE IN MARCH 2008

GENERAL NOTES: Another scarf for Warm for Winter. Pattern was taken from a Joann pattern flyer Crochet Pocket Blankie, which is worked in squares, instead of making squares I used the pattern and just kept going until it was 60" long.

Project Log 5

2008-05-08T22:20:00.000-07:00

PROJECT NAME: Scarf

YARN: Caron One Pound 100% Acrylic Azure and ?

HOOK SIZE: N

MADE IN MARCH 2008

GENERAL NOTES: Another scarf for Warm for Winter. Double strand, double crochets.

Project Log 4

2008-03-09T20:51:00.001-07:00

PROJECT NAME: Creative Zen Cover

YARN:Sensations Rainbow Classic Yarn- Bright Multi Acrylic

HOOK SIZE: E

DATE STARTED: 3.9.2008

DATE FINISHED: 3.9.2008

GENERAL NOTES: I needed a case for my new Zen so I made one up. 11 single crochets across until it fit lengthwise across the Zen on both sides, single crochet around the edge twice, decreased across one of the short ends, chain 50 for a tie, attach on the other edge of the decrease and chain 50. Slip stitch the edges to make an 'envelope'.

Project Log 3

2008-03-09T19:18:00.001-07:00

PROJECT NAME: 9 SCARVES

YARN: Red Heart Acrylic double strands and Lion Bouclé 79% Acrylic, 20% mohair, 1% nylon

HOOK: N and P

DATE STARTED: November 2007

DATE FINISHED:February 2008

GENERAL NOTES: Double crochet solid or Double crochet mesh (dc, ch,)

Some of the yarn is from Thrift Stores, other on sale.

The BOUCLE' was bought at the DOLLAR STORE!!!!! We should have bought it all, but at the time we didn't realize it was usually sold for around $6 a skein.

The scarves will be donated to the Interfaith Council for the homeless.

Project Log 2

2008-03-09T18:19:00.000-07:00

PROJECT NAME: Hat with Pigtails

SOURCE: Various Patterns and trial and error

YARN: Patons Canadiana 100% Acrylic Ombre Bright Rainbow Colors

HOOK SIZE: G

DATE STARTED: 3/4/2008

DATE FINISHED: 3/6/2008

GENERAL NOTES: This yarn was also in a bag from the Forest Grove Goodwill. Originally I was going to make the hat the same as the Blue Hat in Project Log 1, but I woke up the next morning when it was nearly done and went AHA it needs Pigtails. I couldn't find my Cool Crochet Hats book to look up how to do the ear flaps and I was in too big of a hurry to see how it was going to turn out (patience and housekeeping not my strong points).

Project Log 1

2008-03-09T16:35:00.000-07:00

PROJECT NAME: Hat

SOURCE: Part from Cool Crochet Hats by Linda Kopp and part Lily Sugar and Spice Cool Cap a free flyer I picked up at Pacific Fabrics

YARN: Sirdar Kool Kidz Chunky 100 g (I think it's English). It is light blue with pink, yellow and blue thread wound on the yarn with occasional chunks of it. 93% Acrylic 7% Polyester

HOOK SIZE: G

DATE STARTED: 3/1/2008

DATE FINISHED: 3/2/2008

NOTES: This Yarn was in a bag of yarn purchased at the Goodwill in Forest Grove Oregon, the bag was $4.99. The sticker on the skein said $9.95, looked like an unused skein.

The basic pattern I've been using is the Watchcap from the Cool Crochet Hats. Though I used single crochet and no ribbing. The pattern from Lily after a few rounds only increases every other round until the crown is finished. It gives a less abrupt downward slope.