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03 May

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE PDF PATTERN HERE As I wind down our crochet handicraft series, I was trying to think of a worth-while project to make that would incorporate several different stitches, while still being fairly quick and easy to make. It didn't take long. I immediately thought of these crocheted baby shoes. They are my go-to for shower gifts. Not only are they a great gift, but they can also serve as a gift embellishment, taking the place of a bow. They are quick to make, consisting of only seven rows. And they are quite...

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26 Apr

We are officially 1/6 of the way through the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Unwin. We've questioned ourselves a few times as to why we decided to do this video series. There are 60 models in this book - and we are determined to do every single one of them. It was only a few weeks ago that I was sitting down looking over this book, feeling rather overwhelmed. But as with anything, when you break it up into small pieces, it becomes very do-able. Not only that, but it is important to us to do...

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19 Apr

Today we are continuing to work through the book, A Manual of Clay-Modeling by Unwin. In this post, we are going to be making model #9, which is a clay model of a laurel leaf. This model worked up very differently than the previous ones, so be sure to follow along on our video below to see how we did it. We found it a little more difficult and a little more labor-intensive, but still enjoyable and rewarding. Our big challenge this week was finding a laurel leaf. Should I be embarrassed that I had to google this? I...

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12 Apr

I recently did a post and video on How to do an Increase in Crochet, so it only falls to reason that our next crochet blog post has to be about how to do a decrease in crochet, right? In many patterns, think of a ball shape, for example, we begin by increasing our stitches until we reach the middle area. Then we begin to decrease. Our baby chick in an eggshell project is a perfect example. The increase and decrease in crochet are stitches that will be used over and over and over again. For...

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05 Apr

Today we are continuing to work through the book, A Manual of Clay-Modeling by Unwin. In this post, we are going to be tackling model #8, which is a clay model of an acorn. We took a stroll through our neighborhood and found a little acorn, so that's what we'll be using. In this model, we are instructed to build a slab around the armature that is 1.5" in height. We are also instructed to create our acorn to be twice its natural size. The purpose of this is so that the armature does not...

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29 Mar

As I was working on our baby chick in an eggshell project the other day, I realized that I had never shared a video on how to do an increase in crochet. I've explained and quickly demonstrated it during other videos, but this little nugget deserved its' own video. It's a stitch that you will use over and over and over again. Anytime you're wanting to go from smaller to larger, you'll be using this stitch. I've used an increase in crochet, for example, when making our hat without a pattern, when making our baby chick in an eggshell, and...

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