In Part 1 of this blog post, I described the Bernat Sesame yarn I received as a gift from a good friend and how I had to prepare it (i.e., hank, wash, dry, and skein the yarn) before I could actually begin crocheting. I learned a big lesson in that I really need to take the time to thoroughly wash …
Tag: freeform crochet purse
Yarn for My Monochromatic Freeform Crochet Purse The grandmother of a good friend of mine passed away a while back, and this friend generously offered to give me the yarn that remained in her grandmother’s stash. You can well imagine how my eyes lit up just thinking about getting my hands on FREE yarn, but then common sense took hold. …
Lion Brand “Outside-the-Lines” Freeform Crochet Purse I’ve commented in previous posts that I designed this purse for Lion Brand back in 2006 and didn’t see a published pattern until some time in 2010. Yes, I know, freeform crochet is supposed to be a “patternless pursuit,” but Lion Brand wanted me to create an easy project that crocheters who are new …
I was floored and amazed to find out a couple of weeks ago that a freeform purse I’d designed for Lion Brand back in 2006 has been published. Floored and amazed because, after I’d submitted the pattern, I searched and searched for it in LB’s free pattern catalog, but never found it. So I just kinda forgot about it until …
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 …
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 …
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 …