Anything Knitted and Crocheted

Welcome to my blog. I hope to blog about my knitting and crocheting as well as everyday life. The patterns that I post are original and as such there is copyright on them. When they are based on another pattern there is a link to the pattern.

My husband and I adopted a beautiful dog named Leo. He is a dachshund and absolutely adorable! we adopted him on June 23, 2010 and he has become the love of our lives.

I love to share patterns that I find along the way or to talk about some of the neatest designers that are out there today, so I love to post links to the designs or the designers.

So grab a cup a and sit and enjoy the blog.

Cora

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

So this was tweeted on Twitter by Red Heart Yarns.

Red Heart Yarn Crochet Along

Crochet with Us

We are doing our first-ever Crochet-Along here at FaveCrafts. We will be making the Pomp Poodle in Pink (shown left). As we go, we'll provide step-by-step photos, videos and instructions to help you complete the crochet poodle. Isn't she cute?

Schedule for Crochet-Along
Week 1: Gather Materials, Gauge
Week 2: Crochet Head
Week 3: Crochet Body
Week 4: Crochet Legs
Week 5: Crochet Neck, Tail and Ears
Week 6: Finish

Win the Yarn to Crochet!

Red Heart Yarn has generously supplied the yarn for five people to make this poodle along with us.
Gift basket includes:

3 skein RED HEART® “Super Saver®” 373 Petal Pink
1 skein RED HEART® “Super Saver®” A316 Soft White
1 skein RED HEART® “Super Saver®” 312 Black
1 ball RED HEART® “Pomp-a-Doodle™”9785 Cotton Candy Pink

Enter with the form below. Five people will win!
Extra entries:

If you blog about this giveaway at your blog, we’ll give you an extra entry. Contact us with a link to the blog post.
If you twitter about this giveaway, you’ll get an extra entry. Contact us with a link to your twitter profile.
If you add a link to us on your blogroll or website, we’ll give you an extra entry. Again, contact us!

Contest ends May 24th, 2010. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve your chances of winning!

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The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge - A requirement for all Knitting Scouts, the recipient must do his or her bit to present knitting in a positive light, whilst at the same time avoiding all references to “hipness”, grandmothers, and yoga.

I’m always doing my part in this arena whether it’s spoken or written like in this blog. I teach at my local community league, which was a fluke. I am involved in the Alberta Avenue Initiative and was asked to teach both knitting and crochet. I start with dishcloths as it gives the basics.

The “MacGyver” Badge (Level One) - The recipient must demonstrate clever use of a non-knitting tool in a knitting-related scenario. For instance, recipient has used paper clips as stitch markers, or successfully whittled and then utilized bamboo skewers as dpns.

I’ve used all kinds of things as stitch markers when none were available, and have found clever ways of knitting cables without cable needles using skewers.