March 17th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Help a Reader
Reta-Kaya is looking for a crochet or knitting pattern. She writes,
I am looking for a knit or crochet (prefer crochet but will take knit) pattern for bed doll. It is the kind that a cushion form goes in side and the doll’s dress is the top of the cushion. I have seen these Bed Doll [...]
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February 24th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Help a Reader
Reader Barbara is looking for a few different patterns. She asks,
I’d like to find a pattern for little girls, where the top-bodice is crochet and the bottom is co-ordinating fabric. A nice summer dress. The next would be Nativity figures like the Japanese animals, Amigurumi. I’ve tried googleing both of these things and haven’t seen [...]
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Tags: Christian, Crochet, help
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January 27th, 2010 at 05:00am Under Crochet
Can you help this reader with her crochet question? Eileen asks,
I am trying to find out if you can cut a crocheted blanket in half if you do a double stitch tight enough up the center of the blanket prior cutting. I have been working on a blanket for awhile and realized I am running [...]
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December 9th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Help a Reader
Can you help this reader find a knitting pattern? Marian writes,
I’m hoping that you can help me. My Grandmother had knitted a sweater, using only 1 skein of wool. The sweater had 3/4 sleeves, was about waist-lengh; the knitted stitches looked as if they were “elongated”. She used a pattern that was from a skein [...]
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December 2nd, 2009 at 05:00am Under Help a Reader
Can you help this reader make this ornament craft? Have you created something similar that you would like to share? Teresa writes,
I saw a clear bulb decorated with glow in the dark paint and a fabric cut out decal of tinkerbell. I tried using elemers glue mixed with a little water to glue to clear [...]
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Tags: Christmas, help, ornament
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November 18th, 2009 at 01:00pm Under Help a Reader
Can you help this reader find a knitting pattern? Dan asks,
I’m looking for a pattern for knitted dice, like from the 50-60s that hung in the car; would guess about 3 to 4 inches square .. can you help? would perfer the fuzzy kind … thanks
If you know how to knit fuzzy dice or where [...]
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November 11th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Help a Reader
Dottie is looking for crochet patterns to decorate a dollhouse. She asks,
I would like to know if anyone out there has any dollhouse size patterns for rugs, bedspreads or anything else in crochet.
Can you help? If so, please post a comment in the blog. If you haved designed a dollhouse-sized pattern, we’ll publish it at [...]
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November 6th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Help a Reader
Can you help this reader with a clever craft idea? Brenda writes:
I’m looking for something to do with the hundreds of empty sugar free drink mix containers I have.
I’m assuming Brenda means the plastic tubs which store dry drink mixes. What can she do? Decorate and turn into holiday gift boxes perhaps?
Post your craft idea [...]
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October 21st, 2009 at 11:50am Under Christmas+ Help a Reader
Can you help this reader create a silk flower angel? Sounds like a great craft for Christmas. Make a whole set in coordinating colors to adorn your Christmas tree.
I’m looking for a pattern for angels made from silk flowers. You put glitter on the edges of petals & leaves, turn the blossom upside down, [...]
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Tags: angels, Christmas, decorating, help
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September 30th, 2009 at 12:34pm Under Knitting
Can you help this reader? The best answer wins a craft prize!
“I am looking for a knitting stitch called Trinity Stitch. It is in a book about prayer shawls. Could you help me find the pattern. Thank you.”
Do you know the trinity stitch? Describe the stitch in the comments. Best answer will win a special [...]
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Tags: help, Knitting, pattern, stitch
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