Free Knit or Crochet Pattern

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Sweater Babe and Woman’s World magazine have teamed up to bring you a free knit or crochet pattern.  After you pick the pattern you want and answer a couple very easy questions, your pattern will be e-mailed to you in pdf format.  If you need Adobe Reader, you can download the free software here.

Green Bags

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Green bags, red bags, blue bags and purple bags.  They’re all green when they’re reusable.  Today we go on another venture searching out bags to stitch, knit and crochet. You can even have a bag to hold your bags if you’re still collecting those plastic bags. Indigo Blue has a nice chunky knitted bag.  Knit […]

Bloggy Giveaway

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Good morning and welcome to my sunny little island.  I’m a little late getting a posting up for the Bloggy Giveaway carnival, so I will be holding my drawing for the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST Sunday night, August 3rd.  I have books, magazines and leaflets covering various needlework and crafts.  This will be open […]

Clothmaker, Clothmaker, Make Me A Cloth

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

I’ve joined a Yahoo group called Clothmakers.  I’m really enjoying all the fantastic knitted and crocheted dishcloths and facecloths.  On the first of each month, there’s a crochet along of a cloth and on the fifteenth, there’s a knit along.  There’s an added bonus that keeps a person working feverishly on those cloths.  You won’t […]

Bags and More Bags

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

This is still a hot topic.  Sew, Mama, Sew!  put up a tutorial for the classic tote a few days ago.  More people are finding ways to make stylish bags for grocery shopping.  Have you given up the paper or plastic habit?  I’m trying, but find that I need to either add a few more bags […]