tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78598256508245184712024-02-07T20:50:59.135-08:00My Hooks and NeedlesMargaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.comBlogger447125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-20744255390401834192020-04-07T13:36:00.000-07:002020-04-07T13:39:22.192-07:00New Bullion Flower<b><span style="color: blue;">Good Afternoon Everyone,</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">It has been a long while since I did a blog post, but Corona Virus Isolation = more play time.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue;">I have been encouraging everyone to practice the Crochet Bullion Stitch, so this afternoon I experimented with a new Bullion Flower, instructions below. If you scroll down a post or two, I have a pattern for a cute chemo cap with a flower, you can substitute the flower with the Bullion flower and make a few of the caps for your local hospital. Have Fun!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Margaret</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">New Bullion Flower<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and leaf<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Margaret
Hubert 4-7-2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Special Stiches Used:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bullion
Stitch; Wrap yarn over hook 10 ten times, pick up a loop in designated
stitch,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>yarn over and draw through all
10 wraps,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>yarn over and pull through
remaining loop on hook to lock stitch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do not pull tightly, but leave thread as long as the bullion
stitch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Foundation Round: Chain 5, join with a slip stitch to form a ring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ch 3 (cts as dc) , make 9 dc in the ring,
join with a slip stitch, to top of beg ch 3.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Rnd 1: Ch 1, work 2 sc from back loop, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in each stitch around, join with a slip stitch
to beg ch 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Round 2: Work bullion petals as follows:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>*Chain 3, (1 bullion, ch 1) 3 times all in
next stitch, chain 3, slip stitch in next stitch, single crochet in each of
next 2 stitches, repeat from * 4 times more (5 petals), join with a sl st to base
of beg ch-3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fasten off. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Leaf<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leaf<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is worked on both sides of the foundation
chain.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Foundation: Ch 16, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">First half of leaf, 5 trc in 5<sup>th</sup> ch from hook, 1 trc in each
of the next 4 ch, 1 dc in each of the next 3 ch, 1 hdc in ea of the next 2 ch,
1 sc in next ch, 1 sl st in last ch, ch 3, sl st in the same ch (point of
leaf), do not turn.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Second half of leaf,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>working on
other side of the foundation ch,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>work 1
sl st in the first ch, 1 sc in next ch, 1 hdc in ea of the next 2 chs, 1 dc in
ea of the next 3 chs, 1 trc in ea of the next 4 chs, 5 trc in last ch, ch 3,
join with a sl st in same ch, end off.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-23175945024842041442018-02-12T13:55:00.000-08:002018-02-12T14:14:09.923-08:00<span style="color: blue;"><b>Good Afternoon Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Teaching still is the best part of my job. I just love teaching both knitting and crochet classes and have been doing so for a lot of years. The look on the faces of students when they "get it" is priceless. I am grateful that I will have another opportunity to teach at the CGOA conference in Portland, OR this July. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Nothing makes a teacher happier than having happy students. When one writes and shares some of the things that they make, that is even more rewarding. Loren, who took my Entrelac Crochet class quite a few years ago, has gone on to such great lengths with this method. I have lost track of just how many blankets that she has made for her family and friends, but her latest creation just blew me away. Wow Loren, this is just beautiful and clearly made with love. I am so proud of you. Thanks for sharing.</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: blue;">Here's what Loren writes (makes my heart sing).</b><br />
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Attached is a picture of my latest entrelac blanket. This was SO MUCH FUN! Each color was stitched individually. Big job, but worth it. </div>
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Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-35403126405790468202018-01-10T05:18:00.001-08:002018-01-10T05:18:05.792-08:00<b><span style="color: blue;">Good morning everyone, </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Its been a really cold few weeks and everyone is trying to keep warm. I am reposting the instructions for the chemo cap that I did a while ago, because it has been a big hit with charity groups making caps. Have fun making this quick, easy hat.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">RUFFLED CHEM0 CAP MARGARET HUBERT © 2018</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">CROCHET HOOK SIZE 10.5<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">GAUGE: 12 DC = 4 Inches<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">YARN: 1 skein Berroco Inca Tweed, 3.5 oz/100 g or any #3 weight yarn to get gauge.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Rnd 1: 8 sc in ring, mark beginning of rounds, carry up marker after each round, do not join after each sc round.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Rnd 2: <span> </span>2 sc in each sc around (16 sc). <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Rnd 3: *1 sc in first sc, 2 sc in next sc, rep from * around (24sc).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Rnd 4: * 1 sc in each of next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc, rep from * around (32sc).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Rnd 5: * 1 sc in each of next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc, rep from * around (40 sc).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Rnd 6: * 1 sc in each of next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc, rep from * around (48 sc).</span><span style="color: #741b47;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Rnd 1:Ch 3 (cts as dc), skip first dc, 2 dc in next dc, *1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * around (96 dc), join with a sl st to 3<sup>rd</sup> ch of beg ch 3.</span><span style="color: #741b47;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Rnd 2: *1 sc in each of the next 3 dc, 2 sc in next dc rep from * around (120 sc), join with a sl st to first sc.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Good Morning Everyone,</b></span><br /><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span><span style="color: #38761d;">Its been quite a while since I did a blog post. I was kind of busy, working on 4 books over the past year. As I write this, I am in the process of ordering yarn for my next book. When Amy, from Crochetville, asked me to participate in the Blog Tour honoring crochet, during the month of March, I said that I would love to.</span></span></b><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b>The Four new books are CUSTOMIZE YOUR CROCHET, 10 SQUARES 30 BLANKETS, 10 SQUARES 30 BAGS, and CUSTOMIZE YOUR KNITTING.</b></span><br /><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span><span style="color: #38761d;">I have lots of special things for you today, a free pattern and several great prizes. All you have to do is leave a comment, and leave your email address, so that I can get in touch with the winners. The winners will be chosen at random.</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span><span style="color: #38761d;">The free pattern is one that I usually sell, but today it will be free for anyone who wants it. I tried to make it so that you could download it, but could not figure it out, so you will have to copy and paste. In addition to the free pattern, there will be five books and one Free Form Crochet DVD for 6 different winners, and one grand prize, which all entries will be eligible for.</span></span></b><br /><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: blue;">AND THE GRAND PRIZE</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Good Morning Everyone,</b></span><br /><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>First day of July, gorgeous blue skies, everything around me bursting with color, I love the Summer.</b></span><br /><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>In keeping with my blog posts about all the amazing people in my world, I would like to introduce you to my friend Stephen Haggerty.<span> </span>I met Steve through my Shakespeare Club, and when he told me that he wrote poetry, I was immediately intrigued.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Stephen has written his first book called COWS IN THE FOG, and I love it. I asked Steve if I could interview him for a blog post.<span> </span>I told him that my blog was mostly for knitters and crocheters, but that did not bother him at all, he said that he would be “honored” how’s that for a real gentleman <span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>J</span></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">MH: When did you realize you had a gift for writing poetry?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">SH: In general, I realized I had a gift for writing in grade school. My father was a musician editing Broadway Musicals at the time, and he encouraged me to write. In first grade, in fourth grade, I won the class contest.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">In college, my writing professor for poetry and fiction had me stay after class and told me I had the ability to be a successful poet and fiction writer. She liked a poem I wrote about a character in Vermont. I wrote with a spirit of enthusiasm, and was creative in coming up with ideas.</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">MH: What was your schooling?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">I graduated from Greenwich High School in Conn. I received my bachelor’s degree from Southern Vermont College in Communications with a minor in English Literature. I went to the University of South Carolina on a full scholarship to the College of Journalism. There I studied with William Price Fox, who was known to be one of the top fiction writing teachers in the U.S. (He taught with Kurt Vonnegut at the U. of Iowa Writer’s Workshop, known as the leading U.S. writing school.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">During college, I wrote articles for the Bennington Banner in Vermont.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">For my first job, I was selected as one of 40 students for the American Society of Magazine Editor’s Internship Program in New York. Upon completion I was chosen as one of three American students by the Vice President of McGraw-Hill Publications as a trainee.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">I worked at McGraw-Hill Publications as a reporter, writer and staff editor for magazines, and have also edited published inspirational magazine articles. I wrote and edited many pieces.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;">My poetry was inspired by the fact that I love to read poetry. On still evenings when snowflakes are falling, or on quiet evenings listening to the brook flowing and to crickets chirping, I like to enter into a poem and to be swept away by its feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"><span> </span>For this book, I was inspired by my childhood summers in Vermont. We lived secluded summers working on family dairy farms six miles back on a dirt road working for people whose families had lived there since the 1700s. I spent many afternoons walking up mountains, strolling through meadows and streams. At night, we would walk in the dark down country dirt roads. Writing poetry takes me out into nature.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;">Writing poetry also gives me warm connections to people. I am sharing my life, and learning about other people. I enjoy reading my poems to groups to do this. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> Here Stephen is posing with his new book, and I added my great grandson's visiting flat Stanley into the photo. Steve was such a good sport and got a kick out of it.</span></span><o:p></o:p></b><br /><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Cows in the Fog will be available on amazon.com very soon.</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Stay tuned, I know a lot of interesting, fascinating and truly amazing people.</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Have a great day,</span></span></b><br /><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Margaret</span></span></b></div>
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Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-9744906510600049192017-10-24T08:32:00.001-07:002020-05-19T04:25:38.481-07:00My Needle Arts Journey<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7859825650824518471" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Good Morning Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b> I put a kind of a "Throw Back Thursday" picture on Facebook yesterday, and it received quite a bit of attention. Several people have been asking me how I got started in this business and I remembered that I did this blog post a while ago, so instead of re-writing the whole thing, I updated it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia";"><b>My son likes to say, “My
mom is an overnight success after only 45 years in the business.” This is not
far from the truth. My life in the fiber world has been an odyssey—a long,
adventurous journey, woven throughout with beautiful textiles. The journey
began when I was about 5 years old and my mother taught me to knit. My mother,
who was born in Italy, also learned to knit as a very young child. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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knitting was done strictly for utilitarian purposes and she was knitting her
own stockings when she was about 9 years old. The beautiful yarns of today and
the fabulous garments that are made from these yarns, always surprised her. My
mother and I made all the garments for my first book.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia";"><b>I have no memory of these early
lessons, but my sister recently told me that I would sit for hours making doll
clothes. As I grew older I learned to crochet, sew, and quilt. I loved it
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I learned to crochet at 19, when I really goofed up the front of a sweater that I was knitting. The local yarn shop owner told me not to rip it out, that she could help me fix it with some crochet. When I told her that I did not know how, she put a hook in my hand and said, "you will learn now".</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia";"><b>While I initially learned
all these crafts at a very young age, my successes in the world of knitting and
crochet came much later, with helping hands from lots of people. People have always had to drag me kicking and screaming into each new adventure. Through the
years I have owned a yarn shop, I was a needlework instructor for Bloomingdale’s,
and a partner in a hand knit sweater business. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>When my children were very young, I had a little knitting group that met in my house, just for fun. One night I mentioned that when my children were older, I would love to open a yarn shop.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>The next day, my friend and neighbor called and said "why wait, why not open that shop now, I will partner with you and help". I thought that she was a bit nutty, I had four small kids. When I told my Mom, she said "do it, I will help with the kids. Four months later Sit 'n Knit was born.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>I was in the shop for 12 years, and they were fun, a great learning experience and lots of work, but </b></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>unfortunately we were not making much money, and I now had college looming for 4 kids. I saw that Bloomingdale's was looking for a needlework instructor, so I left the shop and got the job at Bloomingdale's.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia";"><b>At Bloomingdale’s, a yarn
representative from Brunswick Yarns, saw a sweater that I had designed. He was
impressed by my work and gave me the name of an executive at Brunswick Yarns and encouraged me to go see him. I had never even been to NYC by myself, so my oldest son, who was 20 at the time, escorted me into the city. It was the seventies, and I was making crochet bikinis with cover ups. When I met with this gentlemen, he said "I like your work, but you are a little risqué for Brunswick", my son, who was sitting in an outer office, almost fell off his chair laughing when he heard this. The exec, then picked up his phone and made several phone calls to the editors of McCalls, Ladies Home Journal, Woman's Day and Good Housekeeping, telling them that they should see my work. He made appointments for me with all of them, that very afternoon. We walked the city, from office to office, my son pep talking me the whole time. The very first day that I met with all the editors, I sold 5 designs.
I was elated, floating on cloud nine and could not believe it. That was the day that this incredible journey began.<o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia";"><b>I was at Bloomie's for 9 years, and while there I met Dorothy Gusick, we became very good friends. I had been designing and had already written two books by then. Dorothy convinced me that I should be doing other things, and suggested we go into business. She told </b></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia";"><b>everyone, once again, that she had to drag me kicking and screaming into business, soon after that, Mme DeFarge Handknits was born and we were very successful for quite some time and eventually sold the business. Dorothy and I wrote two books together. Dorothy retired, but like the energizer bunny, I keep on keeping on. Unfortunately Dorothy passed away a short time ago, and I miss her.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia";"><b>My work has been a great
source of pleasure in my life and I feel very fortunate that I love what I do,
and at my age, I can still do it. In 45 years in this business, I have had over 31 books published, countless designs in magazines, and contributions to
many other publications. My first book called ONE PIECE KNITS, published in 1978, was a big hit, and I still get letters about that book to
this day. My Most recent book is a newer, up to date book on one piece knitting. For the past 15 years I have worked with Quarto US, and editor Linda
Neubauer, who is the best ever. Linda, along with my family, has helped me navigate
the transition to doing everything digitally—years ago I did everything on a
typewriter and had to mail all entries into editors, or take a trip into the New
York City to have meetings in person. During this process, my brain was often overloaded,
but I am getting better at it every day. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia";"><b>I think part of my success, in addition to having been blessed with helping hands and opportunities offered by so many people, is the fact that I am very versatile in my designs. I have designed everything
from doggie sweaters to men’s extra large - but my main focus has always been
women’s fashions. I get genuine pleasure from the feel and texture of the
lovely materials available to us today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> While most of my designs are classic, I do dabble in flights of fancy every so often, and my passion is free form crochet.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia";"><b>One of my favorite things
to do is teaching workshops. About 20 years ago I was invited to speak at
Professional Development Day at the Crochet Guild of America Conference in
Chicago. This was a huge eye opener for me. I had no idea that these events
even existed. Seeing so many avid crochet fans, gathered in one spot, taking
classes, sharing stories, enjoying each other’s company, it was mind boggling.
The following year I proposed classes to teach at several venues and another whole
new world opened. Many students tell me that, while they love the idea of
making a uniquely handmade garment that fits and flatters, either for
themselves or as a gift, they find the process difficult. I love teaching them
how to achieve this. One of my most popular workshops is “Customize your
Knitting or Crocheting.” The response has been so great that I recently did two
books on the subject. I get emails from students all the time telling me of the
great satisfaction they feel when they can accomplish this. They always include
pictures of their work, which brings me joy. My other most popular workshop is
Free Form Knitting and Crochet. Students love this class and we have so much
fun creating fabulous items. In the Free Form workshop, I give students some
homework to complete before class, and something really unusual happens.
Fifteen people, working from the same set of written instructions, come into
class and every one of their pieces is totally different. I have actually been
criticized for writing instructions for “Free Form”, but I feel by giving
people a little jumpstart, their imagination takes over and amazing things
begin to happen.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "georgia";"><b>There is something very
calming about working with your hands, and it has helped me immensely over the years.
It is very therapeutic and can be a great stress reliever. Many tell me that
their handwork helps them to cut down on various addictions. At the end of a
busy day, what could be better than picking up some knitting needles or a
crochet hook, some beautiful yarn, and creating something lovely. Crochet has saved my sanity more than once, through my husband's illness and losing him, through cancer, now through our new upside down world, my family is the best, my work keeps me together. AND I recently learned to ZOOM. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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My Latest Book (40 years later)</div>
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Among my first designs, the ones that labeled me risqué<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">My first Free Form Jacket, combining knitting and crochet.</span><br />
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<b>Crochet Quilt done for Alchemy Yarns using almost all of their yarns in one project.</b><br />
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<b>Autumn in New York Shawl inspired by my yard in October.</b><br />
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<b>Made the cover of CROCHET! magazine They took a chance on a free form look.</b><br />
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<b>My experiment Embellishing a mesh base, Using several different yarns, making a lighter weight free form garment.</b><br />
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Mme Defarge did a wonderful project with Fantacia Yarns</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Right now I am still working on designs for magazines and I am currently working on several designs for CROCHET!, CROCHET WORLD, and SIMPLY CROCHET. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Have a great day!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Margaret</b></span></div>
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Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-32805668805995529852017-08-28T07:07:00.002-07:002017-08-28T18:44:05.483-07:00CGOA Conference 2017<span style="color: blue;"><b>Good Morning Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>We are enjoying a beautiful late summer day in New York, and I am busy working on a new project. I know that I am late with this, but I just wanted to post some fun pictures from the recent CGOA conference that took place in the Chicago area. Next year the conference will be held on the West Coast, so I hope some of you will be able to attend this great event. I also wanted to announce the giveaway of a copy of my latest Granny Square Book Second Edition. To be eligible just leave a comment below (be sure to leave your email address). There will be a random drawing on Sept 12, and if you win, I will contact you for your mailing information. Sorry, but this offer is only open to US and Canada residents.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Be sure to leave a comment and your email address to eligible for drawing.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Have a great day</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Margaret </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-11689164491820913792017-02-18T16:58:00.000-08:002017-02-18T16:58:04.329-08:00<span style="color: #990000;">February 18, 2017</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Hi Everyone, it has been such a long time since I did a blog post that I almost forgot how to post.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Its been a rough couple of months. Lets just say that I was not sorry to see 2016 end, but </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">unfortunately 2017 is not beginning much better. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">We are having a crochet guild meeting tomorrow, and since I have not been able to attend in quite a while I really wanted to go. We are collecting chemo caps and I had not even made one, so I decided that I better get busy. I started out making a really plain one, but somehow it took on a life of its own and turned out to be a really cute little hat. I really liked the way it turned out, so I wrote down the instructions and decided to share them. I only wished that I had made it in a little brighter color, but this is what I had on hand. I could not figure out how to add a PDF to my blog post, so I just added the instructions to bottom of post.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">In spite of all, I am still working on another new book, and just about 3/4 way through, I will be very happy when it is done. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"> I hope that you enjoy making this quick, easy little hat.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Margaret</span><br />
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2017</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #741b47;">CROCHET HOOK SIZE 10.5<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #741b47;">GAUGE: 12 DC = 4 Inches<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #741b47;">YARN: 1 skein Berroco Inca Tweed, 3.5 oz/100 g or any #3 weight yarn to
get gauge.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-89171396909101713832016-03-18T04:09:00.002-07:002016-03-18T04:09:45.848-07:00Crochetville Blog Tour March 18, 2016<span style="color: blue;"><b>Good Morning Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Its been quite a while since I did a blog post. I was kind of busy, working on 4 books over the past year. As I write this, I am in the process of ordering yarn for my next book. When Amy, from Crochetville, asked me to participate in the Blog Tour honoring crochet, during the month of March, I said that I would love to.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The Four new books are CUSTOMIZE YOUR CROCHET, 10 SQUARES 30 BLANKETS, 10 SQUARES 30 BAGS, and CUSTOMIZE YOUR KNITTING.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">I have lots of special things for you today, a free pattern and several great prizes. All you have to do is leave a comment, and leave your email address, so that I can get in touch with the winners. The winners will be chosen at random.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The free pattern is one that I usually sell, but today it will be free for anyone who wants it. I tried to make it so that you could download it, but could not figure it out, so you will have to copy and paste. In addition to the free pattern, there will be five books and one Free Form Crochet DVD for 6 different winners, and one grand prize, which all entries will be eligible for.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b>This is a sweater from CUSTOMIZE YOUR CROCHET, it is a medium size, chest measures 37/38, everyone who leaves a comment and their email address will be eligible to win.</b></span><br />
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Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-80739992633161026762014-07-01T08:22:00.001-07:002014-07-02T19:42:19.073-07:00More Amazing<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Good Morning Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>First day of July, gorgeous blue skies, everything around me bursting with color, I love the Summer.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>In keeping with my blog posts about all the amazing people
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when he told me that he wrote poetry, I was immediately intrigued.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Stephen has written his first book called COWS IN THE FOG,
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knitters and crocheters, but that did not bother him at all, he said that he
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">SH: In general, I realized I had a gift for writing in grade
school. My father was a musician editing Broadway Musicals at the time, and he
encouraged me to write. In first grade, in fourth grade, I won the class
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">In college, my writing professor for poetry and fiction had
me stay after class and told me I had the ability to be a successful poet and
fiction writer. She liked a poem I wrote about a character in Vermont. I wrote
with a spirit of enthusiasm, and was creative in coming up with ideas.</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">I graduated from Greenwich High School in Conn. I received
my bachelor’s degree from Southern Vermont College in Communications with a
minor in English Literature. I went to the University of South Carolina on a
full scholarship to the College of Journalism. There I studied with William
Price Fox, who was known to be one of the top fiction writing teachers in the
U.S. (He taught with Kurt Vonnegut at the U. of Iowa Writer’s Workshop, known
as the leading U.S. writing school.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">For my first job, I was selected as one of 40 students for
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completion I was chosen as one of three American students by the Vice President
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;">My poetry was inspired by the fact that I love to read
poetry. On still evenings when snowflakes are falling, or on quiet evenings
listening to the brook flowing and to crickets chirping, I like to enter into a
poem and to be swept away by its feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For this book, I
was inspired by my childhood summers in Vermont. We lived secluded summers
working on family dairy farms six miles back on a dirt road working for people
whose families had lived there since the 1700s. I spent many afternoons walking
up mountains, strolling through meadows and streams. At night, we would walk in
the dark down country dirt roads. Writing poetry takes me out into nature.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;">Writing poetry also gives me warm connections to people. I
am sharing my life, and learning about other people. I enjoy reading my poems
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<b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> Here Stephen is posing with his new book, and I added my great grandson's visiting flat Stanley into the photo. Steve was such a good sport and got a kick out of it.</span></span><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Cows in the Fog will be available on amazon.com very soon.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Stay tuned, I know a lot of interesting, fascinating and truly amazing people.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Have a great day,</span></span></b><br />
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Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-18824318045238843182014-06-11T13:55:00.000-07:002014-06-11T19:57:00.897-07:00Amazing People in My World<span style="color: blue;"><b>Good Afternoon Everyone,</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b>I had a rare day today, a day that had no appointments, no deadlines looming, nothing that had to be done yesterday and it was also gloomy and raining. I planned to do so much work, but I had a little trouble getting started. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>I am working on another new book (really just beginning) and it is proving to be a challenge for me, as it is a little different than anything I have ever done before. I have been driving my editor, Linda Neubauer, slightly mad </b></span><b><span style="color: blue;">(she would never tell me that) with my unending questions and phone calls. While talking to Linda this morning, I realized what a truly amazing person she is. After I spoke to Linda for about the 3rd time, a germ of an idea was planted in my brain. I thought that I should do a series of blog posts acknowledging some of the amazing people in my world.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Before I start this journey, I have to go back to the beginning and thank my wonderful Mother, who always encouraged me, was so proud of me, and even told me that I could be president if I wanted to. My Father who told me that I was given a great gift and told me never to be too lazy to open the box. The first two truly amazing people in my world!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Back to Linda. I have been working with Linda for about 9 years and she has always been encouraging and most helpful, guiding me through some of the technical stuff that I was not familiar with, always with a smile and such patience. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Besides being an editor, Linda is an expert at sewing and has written quite a few books herself - THE COMPLETE PHOTO GUIDE TO WINDOW TREATMENTS, COMPLETE PHOTO GUIDE TO SLIPCOVERS, THE COMPLETE PHOTO GUIDE TO CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES, to name a few. All are available on amazon.com</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Thanks Linda for all your help.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Have a great day everyone.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Margaret</span></b>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-30453036189425671112014-05-17T12:59:00.000-07:002014-05-17T13:14:06.410-07:00Great New Book<span style="color: blue;"><b>Hi Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>I have a nice surprise today, just for leaving a comment on my blog, you have a chance to win this great book - CROCHETING CLOTHES KIDS LOVE - by Shelby Allaho and Ellen Gormley.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>This book has 28 designs for garments and accessories for school-age kids. I really love them all, but two of my favorites are the Pretty Popcorn Vest, and the Chelsea Capelet. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>All projects are designed using a variety of yarn types in fibers that are easy to care for. Instructions and schematics make it easy for even beginners to crochet these great projects.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Shelby has won numerous design awards, and has been published in magazines. When I first saw Shelby's work I was immediately taken with her attention to detail and unique designs. Shelby has also contributed to two of my books. You can see more of Shelby's work on her blog</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Ellen, has had so many designs published in numerous magazines and has also contributed to one of my books. Her designs have been shown of the PBS show Knit and Crochet Now! Her two books are Go Crochet! Afghan Design Workbook and Learn Bruges Lace. Ellen is now editor of CROCHET! magazine.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Shelby and Ellen, together you have created a great book for all who love to crochet for kids.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">PS: I'll choose the winner after midnight May 23rd.</span>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-52385280894539796742014-04-10T07:09:00.003-07:002014-04-11T09:15:02.050-07:00<span style="color: blue;"><b>Good Morning Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>This past week I have been a little under the weather and so had the opportunity to catch up on some reading. I recently purchased THE FINE ART OF CROCHET by Gwen Blakely Kinsler</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>In the introduction, Gwen States the the book represents "the diverse styles, unusual shapes and exquisite textures, that characterize crochet art today" that says it all.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Gwen has featured 20 artists that incorporate crochet in their work. Many I knew about, some I have met personally, and others were brand new to me. I found that reading about their lives, how they evolved into the art that they are currently creating, and the different mediums used was truly fascinating.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Thanks Gwen, for a beautiful, informative book.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Its been a while between posts, but being it is still National Crochet Month, I thought I would get something done. Been kind of hectic and a bug laid me low for over a week, just beginning to feel better.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Our meeting of the Happily Hooked on Crochet Guild in CT. was such fun this month, lots of show and tell and a special exhibit on crochet doilies. Our meetings are held in the Danbury Library, and the Library has a showcase for special events, this month it was crochet. Everything is behind glass so photography is a little tricky.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Anna has singlehandedly made so many blankets for donations to </span></b><span style="color: blue;"><b>charity that I have lost count. Great work Anna.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Ruth is another crocheter constantly working for charitable organizations, great work Ruth.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Beautiful photo, just love it! Thanks for sharing Kathy.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Margaret</span></b>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-83305549323638835792014-02-09T11:11:00.002-08:002014-02-09T11:18:50.846-08:00Crochet Fun<b><span style="color: blue;">Good Morning Everyone,</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Another cold day here in New York, but at least the sun is shining. Not for long though, they tell us more snow is coming this afternoon, really wishing Spring would hurry up. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">I received a copy of a great new book in the mail this week. It is CROCHETING CLOTHES KIDS LOVE by Shelby Allaho and Ellen Gormley. Shelby and Ellen are friends and I just love what they did in this book. I want to say to any one who has a little girl in their life, you must get a copy of this book. From sweaters, skirts, hats, and bags to whimsical designs in scarves, slippers and leg warmers, this book has it all.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">I showed this book to a friend who has 5 granddaughters, and she immediately said that she had to have the book and also said that she loved everything in it.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">I love it when readers send me photos of projects that they have made from one of my books, and I received one this morning that made me smile. Juanita made my Fiesta Convertible Skirt from RUNWAY CROCHET, but instead of paring it with the shell as shown, she pared it with the Venus Racerback Tank, that was designed by my daughter, Sharon. What a great idea, sorry that I did not think of it. Thanks Juanita.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>So much of our country is experiencing cold, ice and snow, so if you are in a warm sunny spot, enjoy, wish I was there.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Margaret</b></span>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-23079444493210571672014-01-21T09:08:00.000-08:002014-01-23T06:45:40.243-08:00Vouge Knitting Live NYC<span style="color: blue;"><b>Good Morning Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Vogue Knitting Live in NYC this past weekend, was quite an experience. The crowds of people in the market, and the amazing booths were overwhelming at times, but so much fun.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>I left Pawling at 8 am Saturday morning on a cloudy, gray day, with some flurries falling, and arrived home to a winter wonderland of trees that looked like they were covered in cotton balls, and streets covered with snow. My friend, Carol, was with me and she had the job of getting us home from the train station. All was well.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">I had to stop by and see Steven Be, Steven always surprises. The sweater he was wearing actually had some kind of film rolls knitted into it and some other unusual things. When Steven invites you to dance, even if its on the floor of VKL, who could resist?</span></b><br />
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Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-84287341861454568802014-01-12T09:24:00.001-08:002014-01-18T03:36:23.770-08:00Fun Gifts for the Needleworker<span style="color: blue;"><b>Good Morning Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>I was packing away all the Christmas things, and contemplating all my lovely gifts and I thought that you might like to see one of them. My daughter in law, Marianne, always manages to find something special for me. This year her surprise was a new iPad cover. My iPad is the original one, and my cover was getting kind of shabby, but I could not find a new cover. I was toying with the idea of knitting or crocheting one for myself, but this is what I received as a gift. I don't know how she does it, but always a nice surprise.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Margaret</b></span>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-56648982214967022042014-01-02T14:05:00.002-08:002014-01-02T15:39:20.688-08:00Goodbye 2013<span style="color: blue;"><b>Happy New Year Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Last year, when I did a post called "GOODBYE 2012) it was my most read blog post to date. Since then I had another blog post (The Clog Blog) Which was my all time most read blog post. Literally thousands of readers checked that one out.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Here it is, another year gone by, and as I look back, it was another eventful year. A year filled with highs and lows. Some great happenings, and some not so great. I read somewhere once "that you do not know when you are on a mountain top, unless you have been in the valley".</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>My year began with trying to finish up loose ends on my book RUNWAY CROCHET. It was a fun book to do, and I had lots of help from fellow designers. I had just come off a rough year and I was so grateful for such talented friends - Shelby Allaho, Ellen Gormley, Tatyana Mirer, Shannon Mullett-Bowlsby and Sharon Hubert Valencia, all contributed designs. Gwen Blakely-Kinsler, founder of CGOA, recently reviewed the book and you can see her review here.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>First Granny book was so popular that it has been translated into Italian. Some of my other books have been translated into other languages, but this one is the first in Italian, so it is a little special to me. Besides, I have a bunch of new friends from Italy on Facebook, such fun!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Early in the year, I had finished with the loose ends on RUNWAY, started second Granny book, finished that one and no sooner was that one finished, started on another (title still under wraps, but due out soon). If that wasn't enough I am now working on another new book (also still under wraps). Should keep me busy for awhile.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>In addition to all the books, I did several workshops throughout the year. I attended and taught at CGOA events in Indiana and North Carolina. Did book signings at several events, like the New York Sheep and Wool Festival and Stitches East in Hartford, Ct.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Margaret</b></span>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-3204067134698144262013-12-17T14:43:00.000-08:002013-12-18T18:12:13.807-08:00Blog for a Snowy Day<span style="color: blue;"><b>Hi Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>I have been a little busy and procrastinating about blogging for weeks now, but being snowed in yet again, has given me a some motivation. I started out the day doing a little (very little) housework, wrapped a few gifts, finally put away the Halloween/Thanksgiving decorations, did a little work on phase three of current book, baked two batches of biscotti, knit on current project for 1 hour, now on to blog.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>My fall was filled with workshops and conferences, and I had such fun. Students have been sending me photos of their work and I love seeing them. It makes me feel wonderful - so - in no special order, I would like to share some of the photos with you.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>This is precious little Scarlett, wearing the jumper from my newest book, GRANNY SQUARE FLOWERS, The yarn is Red Heart Luster Sheen, and Scarlett's Grandma presented her with the jumper.</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: blue;">The bags that the attendees were working on were turning out to be works of art. It was an all day workshop and we were running late. Everyone was having such a good time, but they had to get moving. Most were all packed up and gone, before I remembered that I wanted to take some pics, so I only got a few. The lovely lady, with the beautiful bag in the back (whose head I cut off) is Linda Ruth Tosetti. She is granddaughter of the late, great, Babe Ruth. Meeting her was one of the high lights of my day. She gave me photos of Babe, for all my grandchildren. For my NY group he was pictured in Yankee Pinstripes and for my MA group he was in Boston Uniform. Such fun, the kids loved the photos and all were autographed by Linda. Others in this photo, Brenda, left front, and Chris.</b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Did a quick change, left Granny behind, I'm at Country Yarns booth, showing off my 2 patterns in Lucci Yarns, the blue one is Knitted, the Toast color one is crocheted.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Happy Holidays to all and a very Happy, healthy New year.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Margaret</b></span>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-15195248877299797272013-11-03T13:14:00.000-08:002013-11-03T17:52:04.363-08:00October is over<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Hi Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Well October is gone, (I cannot believe it) and I promised several blog posts on the conferences etc and just never got to it. I was determined today to finish up some stuff, and I am taking a little break to post some photos from the events of October.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Here I am with Twin1 and Twin 2, we had a lot of fun with the twins!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">At the banquet and Fashion Show with 2 of my students, Jessie Anest Rayot and Lorene Haythorn Eppolite.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Brandyce, from Lion Brand Yarns, modeling the Grand Prize winner. This dress was so stunning, photo does not do it justice, Brandyce looked gorgeous in it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Two more of my students at the banquet</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Rita Weiss and Me, Rita was just inducted into the Jean Leinhauser Crochet Hall of Fame.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Janet and Me. Janet was the student that I did not recognize as being a student of mine several years ago. I was describing an incident when I tried to change a student's mind as to her color choice and how wrong I was to try to do that. Suddenly, Janet raises her hand and tells everyone that she was that student. Was my face red, good thing that I was only saying nice things about Janet's bag. I will not forget Janet again :-).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Juanita was another student in my Free Form Class and Juanita's work was beautiful. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Juanita's shawl that was made using many different motifs from a very old book. It was just beautiful. Juanita was part of group that translated all the old patterns, and the shawl was her project with them all.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Margaret</b></span>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-51880809861509943172013-10-22T07:28:00.000-07:002013-10-22T07:38:22.712-07:00October Madness<span style="color: #990000;"><b>October started off with a long drive to Concord, North Carolina to attend the Knit/Crochet Conference. We (Nancy and I) decided to drive because we had so much stuff to carry. Well, I had so much to carry, Nancy traveled a little lighter than me, and did most of the driving.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b>I was teaching four classes and doing some book signings, so I had a really busy week ahead.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">One of the highlights of the Conference was Rita Weiss' induction into the Jean Leinhauser Crochet Hall of Fame. I was last years inductee, and loved that Rita was chosen. We are two of the remaining members of "The Old Broads Club". Jean being the first inductee and founder of the "club".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"> I had a few funny things happen during the week, but my favorite moment happened in my Free Form class. We got on the discussion of color, and I was telling the story of a student, that I had years ago, who came into class with all black yarn. I tried to discourage her from using black. But she was determined. Her finished bag was absolutely gorgeous and won all kinds of accolades, ending up in The Lacis Museum of Textiles Fibre Exhibit. I saw a hand go up, and one of the students said "that was me, Margaret". You could have blown me over with a feather! Good thing that I was saying all nice things. I had seen Janet the night before and we said hello, but I honestly did not remember that she was the student who I had tried to discourage. You can be sure that I will not forget Janet again :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Me and one of my favorite people, Barbara Hillery Van Elsen. Not many people know that Barbara is the reason that I am even teaching at conferences. Barbara "met" me on line quite a few years ago. Barbara was then president of the New York City Crochet Guild, and she invited me to teach at their retreat weekend. I was fairly new to the Internet, and even though I had written a few books and designed for magazines, I had only taught locally. I did not even know about guilds, retreats and conferences. Barbara opened doors that I did not even know were there, so a great big "Thank You" to Barbara.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Yesterday I left bright and early to teach my usual Monday crochet class at the Yarn Box in Pawling, NY. As I approached the village I saw police cars diverting traffic. I stopped and asked the officer what was going on and he told me a TV show was filming in the village and that I would have to park a little further away and walk to the shop.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>When I got to the shop, quite a scene was going on. Production people setting up all kinds of equipment, people gathering to watch, such excitement. They were filming a scene for an upcoming "Elementary" one of my favorite shows as I am a Sherlock Holmes fan. We could not get close enough to see much, but this is what we saw from the shop window.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Then a fun thing happened, a lovely young girl came into the shop and asked Marie (owner of the shop) if Marie could teach her how to knit. It turned out that she is Lucy Liu's stand in on the show. I asked her if I could take some pictures and she gave me permission to share them on my blog.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Margaret</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-40512823345405542332013-09-13T13:56:00.002-07:002013-09-14T06:22:06.006-07:00THE CLOG BLOG - A CAUTIONARY TALE<span style="color: blue;"><b>Good Afternoon Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>A while ago I ordered a pair of custom painted clogs from a company called The Swanx, I loved my clogs and was very happy with them. Originally I was afraid to order because they said that they were not responsible if I ordered the wrong size. I arranged to have them send me a pair to try on, at my expense, before they painted them. I felt that once I had my correct size, I did not have to do that again.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Last January I decided to treat myself to another pair. I had an idea in mind, I worked with their artist and was very pleased with the design. They said it would take about 8 weeks. Three months later I received the clogs. I loved the design, when I went to try them on, I could not fit my right foot into the shoe. I checked, I ordered the exact size as my first pair. Upon closer inspection, I realized one shoe opening was one half inch shorter than the other. I immediately wrote to the company and was advised to stuff wet newspapers into the shoe, let it dry overnight. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b>When I asked what happened if that did not work, I did not hear back. I waited a whole week, then called my bank and ask them to stop payment till I could resolve the problem. I then heard back from an upset owner, telling me that she was away and that I did not give them enough time to respond. She said that she would not even deal with me unless I lifted the "stop payment order". I did as she asked, was sent a return sticker to send the shoes back for inspection. After 6 weeks and 33 emails, I got the shoes back saying that there was nothing wrong with the shoes, that they had shown them to a cobbler, and had several people try them on and that I had ordered the wrong size. I called the bank again, and after 45 days, was advised that the company told the bank that I ordered the wrong size, that I should have ordered wide, and that there was nothing I could do.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>The last email I received from the company stated that "there is nothing wrong with your shoes, good luck". When I asked the owner if we could have a phone conversation she refused and said nothing was going to change.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>This has been going on for 9 months (babies are born in 9 months). I finally decided to hold a Cinderella Party at the conference, I was going to invite people to try the shoes on, and if they fit someone, they could have them. Then, last Friday something wonderful happened. I was talking to a friend, telling her my tale of woe, and her Mom overheard us. She said that she knew someone who made custom made shoes and perhaps he could help me. I brought the shoes over to him, he opened the box and said "there is something wrong with the shoes, they do not match". I wanted to hug him. He told me to give him a week and come back. I want to add here, that Alvaro did not give me any guarantees, he said he would try, but he did feel that he could fix the problem without ruining the paint job. I went back </b></span><b style="color: blue;">today and HE FIXED THE SHOE. Sorry all you Conderellas out there, but I am wearing the shoes. I have had them on for 2 hours and they feel great.</b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">New Pair, notice the difference from heel to top of instep</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> New Pair after Alvaro worked on them for a week</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b> Me and Alvaro, both smiling, the shoe fits!!!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>So thank you Joan for recommending Alvaro. Big thank you Alvaro for working a small miracle.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>If any one needs any special foot wear, or has any problems with shoes, be sure to visit Alvaro's Orthopedic Footwear and Shoe Service, 133-135 South Street, Danbury, CT 06810 alvarosorthopedicfootwear.com</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Margaret</b></span>Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-61746207245820617312013-06-30T11:51:00.001-07:002013-06-30T12:01:02.058-07:00Unique Yarn shop comes to Middletown NY<span style="color: blue;"><b>Good Morning Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>A few days ago, while visiting my daughter, we visited a new yarn shop that opened in her area just this week. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>What a treat for me. The yarn shop was so unique, set up more like an art studio than a yarn shop. Very spacious and inviting. The owner, James, was delightful and welcoming. James has a lot of big plans for the shop. He is planning to have classes in knitting, crochet and needlepoint and will be carrying the finest designer yarns and threads. He will also be featuring books, patterns and handcrafted needlework by fiber and textile artists.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>I hope that all of you in the area will plan on a visit to this lovely shop and welcome James into the community. </b></span><b style="color: blue;">The shop is called American Needleworks and</b><b style="color: blue;"> is located at 10 North Street, Middletown, NY, 845-699-6405. Their Website is americanneedleworks.com</b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>I took a few more photos with my phone, but for some reason I could not send them to myself and I could not figure out how to get them in here :-)</b></span><br />
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Margaret's Hooks and Needleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04680698602771176906noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7859825650824518471.post-70971876517591901922013-03-19T14:16:00.000-07:002013-03-23T05:01:41.886-07:00CELEBRATING NATIONAL CROCHET MONTH<b><span style="color: blue;">Good Morning Everyone,</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">I had this blog post prepared ahead of time, and I just noticed that the date states March 19. The 23rd is my day. The book giveaway is for today, and the comments must be made before midnight on the 23rd. I cannot figure out how to change the date at top of page.</span></b><br />
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<b>I thought that by now we would be welcoming Spring, but its not quite here yet. It has been a long winter in New York and throughout lots of the country. I truly love the warmer weather, so I will be very happy when it finally does arrive.</b></span><br />
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<b>For my contribution to National Crochet Month, I would like to talk a little about Free Form Crochet. Free Form is usually described as combining multiple stitches and yarns in a multi -directional way. There are as many ways to approach Free Form as there are designers. I usually approach Free Form in 3 different ways, I use a template, a lining or embellish on a mesh form. Many times I mix knitting and crochet together.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>In my opinion, the easiest way for a beginner, is the lining method. I usually start students out with a small bag and they see great results, pretty quickly.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b> I love to play with Free Form, in fact I would say it is my passion. I love all the textured Stitches, and combining different yarns and textures. One of my favorite stitches to use in Free Form is the Bullion Stitch. I have given you the instructions for two motifs that can be used in a Free Form project and that also use the Bullion stitch. When I first began to play with Free Form, all my projects were in naturals - until - Prudence Mapstone and I were in a lovely yarn shop in Woodstock, NY. I saw a whole wall of color and was captivated by the reds. I bought one of each shade, and made a sweater that won more accolades than anything that I had ever created. Since then my Free Form color way has exploded.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>My very first Free Form piece made in 1975, I still wear it. I did not know that what I was doing even had a name, until I met Bonnie Pierce. She told me that I was indeed doing Free Form and invited me to join the International Free Form Group. That was about 10 or more years ago, I am still a member and we have members from 14 or more countries and have expanded to quite a group.</b></span><br />
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<b>BULLION FLOWER </b></div>
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<b>Special Stiches Used: Bullion
Stitch; Wrap yarn over hook 10 ten times (same as a triple crochet but keep on
wrapping), pick up a loop in designated stitch,
yarn over and draw through all 10 wraps,
yarn over and pull through remaining loop on hook to lock stitch. Do not pull tightly, but leave thread as long
as the bullion stitch. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Foundation Round: Chain 5, join with a slip stitch to form a ring. Ch 1, make 10 single crochets in the ring,
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<b>Rnd 1: Ch 1, work 2 single crochets in each stitch around, join with a
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<b>Round 2: Work bullion petals as follows: *Chain 2, (1 bullion, ch 1) 3 times all in
next stitch, chain 1, slip stitch in next stitch, single crochet in each of
next 2 stitches, repeat from * 4 times more (5 petals), join with a sl st to
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">THIS IS THE DIAGRAM THAT I USUALLY GIVE TO MY STUDENTS WHEN TEACHING THEM HOW TO MAKE A SMALL FREE FORM CROCHET BAG.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue;">(I apologize for the small print, but I could not figure out how to make this diagram bigger)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Some more samples of my Free Form Work: </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Orange sweater made using a template as a patten.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Pink Sweater made entirely in a filet mesh pattern, then embellished with Free Form motifs.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Purple Sweater made using a template as a pattern</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Bag made on a lining, with motifs sewn directly to lining.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;"> I hope that you are enjoying the blog tour celebrating the art of Crochet, and as a special treat to those who visited my blog today, I will be giving away 2 of my Free Form Books. To enter the drawing all you have to do is leave a comment before midnight on the 23rd of March, be sure to leave your email address. The names will be randomly selected, and I will write to the winners the next day for your mailing address.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">D</span></b><span style="color: blue;"><b>on't forget to check today's second stop on the blog tour: Jane Rimmer, CGOA board member, will be talking about the Education Committee. Learn more about how this committee works to provide you with the best crochet classes at CGOA conferences.</b></span></div>
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<b> <a href="http://cgoanow.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://cgoanow.blogspot.com</a></b></div>
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<b><br /></b><span style="color: blue;"><b>Thanks for visiting me today.</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: blue;">Have a great day everyone and Happy Hooking!</span></b>
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<b><span style="color: blue;">MARGARET</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">PS: I will be teaching Free Form On April 27th at the Knit 1/Crochet 2 event in Albany, NY</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue;"> you can find out more about this great weekend event here </span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.knit1crochet2.com/learning-opportunities/shows" target="_blank"> http://www.knit1crochet2.com/learning-opportunities/shows</a></div>
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