Hot of that press, it’s finally here – the International Freeform Fiberarts Guild’s latest challenge in book form, called Four Seasons. Fifty-two freeform artists, including yours truly, participated in this challenge to use freeform fiberart to interpret the 4 seasons. Myra Wood did an excellent job in putting the book together. All the proceeds from the sale of the …
Author: Patrice Walker
→I've been crocheting for over 40 years and blogging since 2004 - two of my favorite things in the world to do besides walking the beaches of windward Oahu, Hawaii.
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! As promised, I’m going to describe how I made the “rainy season” purse which appears in the 2009 International Freeform Fiberarts online exhibit. Yarn Selection Of course, you can’t do freeform without the right yarn, and I knew I wanted a variety of yarns …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! Yes, I’m still crocheting but not writing much about it these days (those YouTube videos sure are handy when you’re in a writing slump). New Freeform Crochet Online Exhibit But I had to come out of writer hibernation to let you know that the …
For you freeform fiber arts enthusiasts, I just learned of a new blog by Master Freeformer, Prudence Mapstone of Australia. She has decided to create a scrumble for each week of 2009. They are absolutely beautiful and inspiring. She includes information about how she is making them, so the site is instructional as well. Please click the LINK to see …
I seem to be in a video frame of mind these days. Not writing very much about crochet. But I do want to keep posting on a somewhat regular basis. So here’s another great video that I came across on the international freeform fiber crochet forum (thanks, Pirk!) about science writer Margaret Wertheim’s crochet coral reef project. Enjoy!
I found this video in one of my crochet forums. At first I couldn’t figure out what she was doing; but then I realized, omg!, she’s crocheting with her body! The artist is Inga Dawn Hamilton, and I just discovered she’s a member of the International Freeform Crochet forum on Yahoo. Be sure to check out her website to see …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! I just finished reading Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman. It is the cutest (can’t think of a better word) little book! Not only is the murder mystery convincing (it took me until chapter 20 to figure out “who done it”), it also revolves …
I wanted to tell everyone about a wonderful project that is being spearheaded by Prudence Mapstone, Australian freeform fiber artist extraordinaire. It’s called The Pink Project. The inspiration came to Prudence as a result of having participated in the International Freeform Crochet Guild’s Coat of Many Scrumbles in which members from around the world sent freeform “scrumbles” to Prudence who …
The New, 44th President of the United States – Barack Obama Here we are, a day after President Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of these United States. Did you all get to see it, either on tv or in person? Unfortunately, I woke up too late to see the actual swearing in (at 7 am Hawaii …
As you can see, I’m getting a slow start on the New Year. For some reason, I just haven’t seemed to be able to work up the energy to post here. But I did want to say something, seeing as how I only had one post in December (yes, the “Post Police” are counting the number of times I post …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! But Gift Ideas for Men Still Elude Me Yes, I think I’m about done with my gift making this year, although I’m feeling for some reason that I haven’t made enough. Part of the problem is that it’s really easy to crochet and knit …
“Chain 3” Does Not Make A Good Double Crochet Stitch There is a group on Ravelry of folk who are making the Babette afghan. One of the complaints about the squares is that, after you end a round by joining with a slip stitch, you have to chain 3 to begin the next round. That chain, which substitutes for one …
A Bad Back Won’t Keep Me From My Hooks and Needles I finally made it back to posting after about 3 weeks spent convalescing from a back injury. No it wasn’t that bad — a rotated vertabra that pulled on a rib according to my chiropractor — but sitting for long stretches at the computer was next to impossible. So …
Small Gifts = Less Worry, Stress, and Strain Yep, time again to start crocheting and knitting Christmas gifts. I decided this year to make small gifts — much less headache, worry, stress and strain. I did really big projects last year, and I had to rush to finish them in order to get them to the mainland in time for …
Here’s a freeform project that I started a month or so ago. There’s some interesting history to this project. Designing a Freeform Crochet Purse for Lion Brand I was contacted by a Lion Brand representative to create a freeform purse for use in their online, free pattern catalog. This was back in 2006, I think. The contact had seen my …
Good grief! I realized September is almost over and I had yet to post anything, so let me correct that oversight right now. I have finally finished three pieces that I will be sending off to the Christmas at Sea charity I talked about in an earlier post in June of this year. Has it been that long since I …