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Old 03-13-2010, 05:45 AM

::wonders if anyone here speaks Spanish and crochets::
::grumbles::
I found this pattern for an awesome tie-front shrug, but it's in a Hispanic dialect, which I don't speak.
Gr!

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Old 03-14-2010, 12:02 AM

awww! i hate that, when it's a really awesome pattern but it's in a different language.
hmm, you work in a craft store, right? maybe ask around and see if you have any luck.

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Old 03-16-2010, 04:46 AM

No such, unfortunately.
I know for a fact that no one I work with at the moment can speak a Hispanic language, period. I've only been able to confirm via Ravelry that it's in Portugese, but even the person who told me that can't translate it because she only knits.

I've tried the google translator, but that only gave me a bunch of words thrown together that just have no place in crochet instructions.

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#279
Old 05-11-2010, 10:53 PM

So I just finished some baby booties for a co-worker's baby shower (the shower is tomorrow and I just remembered and I don't have time to go buy her something so I thought this would work well) - they turned out pretty cute, and worked up really really fast!




The pattern is here

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Old 05-18-2010, 04:25 PM

Aw, those are adorable! I hope they fit the kid. They look so soft and comfy.

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Old 05-19-2010, 05:15 AM

I fail at taking and posting pics.

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Old 05-20-2010, 02:27 AM

aww!!! those are so cute!!! i'm crocheting a baby blanket for a friend's soon to be baby girl. I guess I should post pics soon. It's about half way?

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Old 05-22-2010, 04:49 AM

I just love this new shrug I made too much not to brag about it.
It's still in the works, but all it needs are sleeves, so I'll try to get my boyfriend to take a pic of it on me this weekend, then I'll post it when I've got time on Tuesday.

You guys have GOT to try Michael's new yarn, Charisma. It's so soft, it feels almost like cashmere, but it's 100% acrylic. Seriously, try it out!

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Old 05-22-2010, 03:56 PM

Ahh! I was just at Michael's....I'll just have to go again, I guess...

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Old 05-22-2010, 07:03 PM

Ohh - that sounds nice :yes:

I'm working on 2 baby blankets for my nephews who were born in March - I figure at the slow slow pace I work at I may have them finished by Christmas :XD I'll have to take some photos - they're both going to be pretty much the same - blue and white stripes, but 2 different shades of blue so they can tell them apart :yes:

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#286
Old 08-26-2010, 01:36 AM

~revives thread~

Anyone else working on some projects right now?

I'm still in the middle of learning how to quilt. It's a bit tough, but I think I'll have a quilt finished by the end of the week. We'll see. :sweat:
I've got this material. Hopefully there will be enough for some matching pillows afterward:


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Old 08-26-2010, 03:16 AM

oops! forgot about this thread!!

[I][URL=https://www.menewsha.com/forum/member.php?u=27391]Knerd[/URL][/I]:i've never tried quilting, keep us updated :)

I knitted & finished a slouchy beret, I used NORO yarn and used an entrelac pattern:



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Old 08-26-2010, 03:46 AM

Oh... SO beautiful!

This is what I'm working on, only I'm using super bulky weight yarn instead of the worsted weight that is recommended. I'll have two shades of brown in place of the blue, and I'm going back and forth whether, in place of the white, I want a cream-ish color, or orange to make it more fall-like.

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Old 08-26-2010, 02:39 PM

ohh! nice! how far along are you?

I guess since the fall is coming around the corner I've been making some nice slouchy berets.

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Old 08-26-2010, 04:03 PM

I just started it yesterday and got six squares finished.
I'm going to have to buy more of the color I'm working on, and I still have to figure out what other kind of yarn to use for the other shade.

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#291
Old 09-05-2010, 09:48 AM

I'm happy to see this thread alive and well. I have a few things I've been working on lately. I'll post up pics probably tomorrow or so.

I really like that hat. It's a little too warm here for something like that right now. I've not tried to knit entralac. I'm still learning. I can crochet anything.

I have piles of squares I need to put together but I get bored of doing the same thing over and over so I have about five projects all going at once. I'm very proud that I've only got 12 more rows of a blanket for a baby (for someone on site, shhh...) and I'll be finished and I'm working section 9 of the Moderne Baby Blanket so I'm close to finishing it.

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Old 09-24-2010, 05:27 PM

Okay, so I've got the colors settled.

And still working squares.
I'm getting bored, too, with doing the same thing over again. And over. And over. And over.

So right now I'm taking a break from the blanket, because it won't ever be ready for this fall anyhow.
And my work is getting more new yarns in. I can't wait until they're out! :eager:

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#293
Old 09-24-2010, 11:50 PM

Don't worry, there's plenty of time for the blanket. It's only just starting to get cool (in my part of the world, at least :lol:), so you'll get some use out of it even if you finish in a couple months.

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Old 09-25-2010, 03:18 PM

Bleh.
It won't be ready this year.
Between the slowpoke pace I go at (as said before, doing the same thing over and over again gets boring), and the fact that it has to cover a queen-size bed....

Yeah.

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#295
Old 10-01-2010, 08:58 PM

Hey everyone.

I'd really like to learn how to crochet so can anyone point me in the right direction of how to start? xD

I can knit a tiny amount, or at least I used to be able to, and I want to get back into it all again. ^^ And then eventually I want to do my own kind of patchwork quilt ...

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#296
Old 10-01-2010, 09:34 PM

Well, I learned from the book Stitch 'N Bitch: The Happy Hooker. It's the series that inspired the title of this thread, so you can tell that I'm a fan. :lol:

If you don't feel like spending the money, there's a ton of great tutorials on YouTube. They'll show you how to crochet a chain and then expand it in order to make a scarf. Once you can make a scarf, you can use those skills and apply them to just about anything!

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Old 10-01-2010, 10:35 PM

I swear I actually saw the book, or maybe it was a magazine, in the shop my mum works at. I instantly thought of this thread. xD

Is it an expensive hobby? After christmas my money will have sorted itself out, but right now I can't really dive into it full throttle. :sweat: But I've saved images of things I've found on flickr or DA that have been knitted or crocheted (is that a word? o.O) and they look so cute! I want to make them. n.n

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Old 10-02-2010, 02:13 AM

well it depends. If you want to make just a scarf to start out it's like $3-5 for a skein of yarn and then some needles cost up to $8-10. at least in my area they are. It depends what yarn you like, also. I don't spend a lot of money on it...yet. Until you get to the bigger projects or things that need more colors and whatnot.

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Old 10-02-2010, 04:56 AM

Yah.
As Yuen said.

If it's a small project, it shouldn't cost that much, and cost depends on the yarn you use.

For me, at this very moment, I'm working on a market bag, using a cone of cotton thread that cost me I think around $6 at Walmart.

But my side project, which will take until next year, is a queen-size blanket that will cost me a lot of money with all the balls of yarn that I'll have to buy, even with my employee discount at work.

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Old 10-02-2010, 04:49 PM

*pokes head in*

I heard about this thread from Connielass. I'm planning on making all my holiday gifts this year (I always say that, but am usually too busy - but this time I mean it!) .. anyway, I'm subscribing to this for inspiration. And so I can come cry to someone. :)

 


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