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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

What Are You Doing? Wednesday Blog Hop #6

Welcome to week 6 of my blog hop. This blog hop runs every week from early morning Wednesday to next week 11:59 pm EST Tuesday night. I can't wait to see what everyone will be sharing this week!

The featured blog entries last week are from Debi at Piece by Piece and Krissy at Hot Commodity Home Decor. We have 2 quilters featured today! Debi showed off her picket fence design, and Krissy did a great job on her quilt. Congrats!

Piece by Piece

Hot Commodity Home Decor

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What am I doing this week?

I'm back on the crocheting wagon! I started a project on Monday night, and I finished it this morning. I was thinking of making a top with this pattern, but I didn't have enough yarn to continue. I think it's long enough to wear as a bandana.

I bought this beautiful bright yarn to try the pattern again. I bought this yarn at Big Lots. It says mixed yarn, but it looks more like homespun yarn. Hopefully 7 little skeins will be enough. It's a very simple pattern, and I can't wait to share it with you and see what I can make with it.

Now for the blog hop!

Make sure you visit another blog that interests you and leave them a message. It's always nice to make new friends! Don't forget to share this blog hop, and visit other blogs to see what they're doing.

And watch out for next week's blog hop. Your blog entry might be featured!

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Please post the link to a specific blog entry, not just the blog. I look at every link posted, and I comment in every entry. If you don't post a specific entry I can't comment!
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

What Are You Doing? Wednesday Blog Hop #4

Welcome to week 4 of my blog hop, now bigger and better! I'm happy that a few more blogs were involved, and there are a variety of fun things to read about. Thank you all for sharing!

The most visited blog entries last week were from Lauren at Fashion, Love and Lauren and Elsie from Elsie On The Lake. I hope everyone received more blog followers from this blog hop!

Elsie on the Lake

Fashion, Love and Lauren

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What am I doing this week? I finished my mystery crochet. I decided to start making something to see what it turned into, since I didn't have enough yarn to make a specific pattern. Turns out it decided to be a hat.

Ok, let's get on to our new blog hop!

Please note:

Adding your email address will add you to my blog hop email list. I will only send you an email once a week informing you of the blog hop. If you don't want to be emailed, just let me know.
If your blog is featured on this blog hop, I will be using the picture you posted on the linky.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

What Are You Doing? Wednesday Blog Hop #3

How is everyone doing? I love this blog hop because it keeps me busy.

What did I do this week? I finished my puzzle frames for mother's day.

I also started working on sorting my yarn stash. I want to see what I have and use what I got before I can get any more! This will either be a little bag or a basket, if I don't have enough yarn to finish.

What have you been up to this week? It could be anything, from a project you've been working on, or an idea that you have planned to do at a later time. Let me know!

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Wordless Wednesday #3: Rain

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

ZOYA Earth Day Nail Polish Exchange 2013

I'm not much of a girly girl, but once in a while I love experimenting with color, especially on my nails. Look what Zoya is doing? They are offering 50% off a minimum of 6 nail polishes in exchange for 6 of your nail polishes not in the BIG5FREE (Free of Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, Toluene, DBP and Camphor).

This offer ends on the 26th, and I found out about it today! I need to look at my nail polish collection to see what I can trade off.

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What Are You Doing? Wednesdays

It's the middle of the week. What are you working on?

Here are a couple of crochet jobs I've completed:

I finished the Sundance Slouch Hat around the end of March. I add an extra inch to the rim. Next time I will have an extra skein of yarn to make the hat more floppy.

I finally found a button for my scrap yarn cowl that I completed in February. I had a half a skein or so of each yarn that I found in a grab-bag of yarn I bought. I didn't follow a pattern, and it's not as difficult as I thought to make the checker pattern. When I make another cowl I will write down how I made it.

Next week I am starting a What Are You Doing? Wednesday blog hop. Show me what you've been working on! Whether it is a crochet/knitting job, a DIY repair, testing a Pinterest craft, or even a post about an idea, I want to see what you're making/doing!

The blog hop will start NEXT Wednesday, May 1!

Wordless Wednesday #2: Superhero

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Recycled Yarns: Part 3 - How to make yarn out of JEANS

Don't forget to check out the other two How-to's:
Part 1: How to make yarn out of plastic bags
Part 2: How to make yarn out of t-shirts

I know this post is a day late. I was trying to figure out when I can plan this tutorial. I ended up doing this Wednesday night right before I want to bed. It was still done on Wednesday, though!

Here is the third part of my recycled yarn tutorial: How to make yarn out of jeans.

1) First, you will need a old pair of jeans. You can use any type of jean material, from original jean to stretch jeans. It will make a difference on how you cut the jean.

2) Cut a leg off the jeans. Get as close as you can so you can get as much yarn as possible.

3) Cut the bottom hem of the jean leg.

4) Now you will be using the same instructions from the t-shirt yarn. Depending on the material, you would need to cut about 1 inch strips. The jeans I used were stretchy. I tried cutting 1/2 inch strips, and some of the strips broke when I finished. I used the rotary cutter to cut the strips, then I cut through the smaller seam to continue the loop strips.

5) Flip your jeans to the other side seam, and you want to cut diagonally to make one continuous strip of jean.

6) You then CARFULLY roll up the jean into a ball.

This is what happens when I pulled too tight on the jean yarn. The smaller seams of the thinner parts of the yarn ripped. The smaller seam was not as strong as I thought. But I can still use these strip pieces for another craft, or just crochet the pieces in. I will have to figure something out.

These also look like they could be nice jean roses.

I hope you enjoyed my 3-part tutorial. There may be a part 4 when I figure out how to spin newspaper into yarn...

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