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Figaflors i Braves: Fish baby fleece beanie
By Martin
Free Sewing Pattern!
To celebrate I was sewing a fish hat for the kid. This are the parts needed. I invented the sewing pattern myself. In the middle of production. The finished product modeled by Pingu. Inspiration found here. Publicado por Martin ...

Psychologist proves doodling improves concentration at boring meetings
Examiner.com - USA
Doing something that occupies that semi-conscious part of the brain, such as doodling or knitting, helps to keep that other part of the brain from ...

Free Knitting Pattern!Craftzine.com blog: Grumpasaurus Knitting Pattern
By Natalie Zee Drieu
Kathy of Kat Knits has a free knitting pattern of Grumpasaurus, a cute grumpy knit dinosaur....

heather knitz patterns: BLOG GIVEAWAY: Pick a Pattern!
By heather knitz
BLOG GIVEAWAY: Pick a Pattern! This month is National Crochet Month...but, don't worry, if you knit you can win too:). --------------------------. *I will be choosing 4 different winners for this contest!*. The rules. ...

How long would it take a competent knitter to knit a scarf?
By admin
Depends on how much time you have to dedicate to knitting it. I knitted a scarf while watching a movie. Then all done! But it was a VERY simple pattern and my kids were asleep. So I had no interruptions. References : ...

AHS students cast off for charities
Millstone Examiner - Millstone,NJ,USA
The school's Knitting Club, supervised by history teacher Judy Briar, meets bimonthly and has over 40 members. Those involved in the extracurricular ...

Swimming, running and... knitting: Triathlon with a difference ...
This Is Sleaford - Sleaford,Lincolnshire,UK
More than £5000 was pledged as people swam, ran and knitted for charity at Sleaford Leisure Centre. The event – described by organisers the Rotary Club as a ...

Needles, yarn keep group together
Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA
By Ceri Larson Danes • Staff Writer • March 4, 2009 PUNGOTEAGUE -- Think of a knitting circle and likely what comes to mind is a group of grandmotherly ...

Don't starve to death-sell your junk on Ebay! Part four-strategory.
Examiner.com - USA
If you have ten scarves, ten balls of yard, ten needles, ten knitting organizers, and ten knitting patterns for sale at the same time, suddenly, ...

Sewn on to sustainability
Ecotextile News - Pontefract,England,UK
NOTTINGHAM – [03.03.09] A new study by boffins at Nottingham Trent University says that a return to the tradition of sewing on buttons and stitching hems is ...

Elma students stitch pillowcases with care for hospitals
Cresco Times Plain Dealer - Cresco,IA,USA
By Sara Daehn / TPD April Jackson, 12, takes a turn on the sewing machine with some help from a parent volunteer. By Sara Daehn Denise Shekleton’s fourth, ...

All dolled up
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
"We're in the depth of winter here, and I decided to focus on a warmer place by sewing a new Obama doll," Barry said. "With his ties to Hawaii, ...

Local retailer keeps dogs across the nation warm and fashionable
The Bee - Portland,OR,USA
“It was a little bitty business with three sewing people,” she recalls. “And when we bought it, the lady said, ‘I would look into the dog market. ...

Community Knitting, Engineer Turned Crochet Designer, and Blue Jean Story

Sharing the warmth
Daily Freeman Journal - Webster City, IA, USA
Knitting and crocheting are definitely fall and winter hobbies for me. For some reason, it's just not as appealing to work with wool when it's 110 degrees ...

Engineer hooked into a second career making crochet designs
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
What: Robyn Chachula, knitting designer Maggie Jackson of Maggiknits and other knit and crochet experts will be on hand to lecture on an array of subjects. ...

Share your peace with the origami crane project
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
The knitnotwar 1,0o0 project involves more than a hundred artists knitting 1000 cranes for a community based public art installation, according to Knit ...

Meiko: a bit nervous but loveable
Argonaut - Moscow, ID, USA
31 at the Knitting Factory in Spokane and was a bit overwhelmed by the large crowd. “There’s so many people here right now,” she said. ...

Knit & Crochet Festival to offer classes, shopping
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
"He makes knitting needles, also, and crochet hooks," says festival organizer Barb Grossman of O'Hara. Last year, more than 1500 people from multiple states ...

Organization knits to warm up needy
SJU The Hawk - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Each afghan is comprised of 49 separate squares, which means that more than 12250000 knitted and crocheted squares have been donated. ...

NSFW: Every Sopranos expletive, in one handy video
guardian.co.uk - UK
Director Victor Solomon has spent lord knows how long knitting together every instance of swearing in every episode of The Sopranos. ...

Holly Springs students have service all sewn up
Cary News - Cary,NC,USA
The schools participated in a sewing project that had Family and Consumer Science students making children’s dresses for needy girls in Haiti. ...

Brush up on sewing, help kids learn
Longview Daily News - Longview,WA,USA
By The Daily News Do you have sewing experience? Would you like to increase your own sewing skills? Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge with others and ...

Blue jeans and hems
The Citizen.com - Fayetteville,GA,USA
Mama was always big on sewing and saving money. Growing up, I wore home made clothes but I developed an appreciation for the art of sewing. ...

Kingsbury store's sign draws mixed reaction
Glens Falls Post-Star - Glens Falls,NY,USA
By NICK REISMAN Barb Manley, the owner of SACS (Sewing, Arts & Crafts Store), an art supply store at Kings Plaza, knows how people feel. ...

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High Chaparral Sewing Ladies work on Cancer Project
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande,AZ,USA
For around three years now, a local group called the High Chaparral Sewing Ladies have been creating hand- and machine-sewn items for what is known as the ...


Green sewing projects at Baker
CNYLink from Eagle Newspapers - Syracuse,NY,USA
The project was the first time either student had sewn. Family and Consumer Sciences teacher Anne Scharmberg challenged her students last marking period to ...


Sewing the seeds of kindness
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
She is doubtless the only person in her Parker subdivision with a 14-foot-long sewing machine in her basement — courtesy of the VA's vocational rehab ...


Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room
Tonganoxie Mirror - Tonganoxie,KS,USA
Back to the sewing room: “How can I tell the right or wrong side of this fabric,” I was asked recently. True, there really is a right and wrong side of each ...


Keeping others warm
OurValley.org - Roanoke,VA,USA
They carefully select fabrics from 20 stuffed shelves on one wall, cutting pieces, pinning and sewing them together into squares and rectangles of love. ...


4-H explorations include projects for everyone
Carroll County Comet - Delphi,IN,USA
... Collections, Dinosaurs, Dogs, Foods, Forestry, Horses, Recycling, Sewing, Space and Trees. For each project, 4-H'ers will receive a project manual. ...


Model behavior
News Herald - Fort Washington,PA,USA
At least that's what the shows organizer and family and consumer science teacher Colleen Trauger said about the pajama pants fashion show that her sewing ...

A Legacy of Stitches: News from the North Pole!
By Sandi
News from the North Pole! Well, not really. It just feels like the North Pole. My sewing room is very chilly this morn. Gotta warm up a bit and then I'll be back with the snowman patterns. Tea will be served up later this afternoon on ...

A Legacy of Stitches


Half-Life 2: Portal on PC Features: How to Make a Real-Life Portal ...
She made the costume, because women like sewing stuff together all pretty like. He did the gun, because men like guns. This is the end result. There's a little visual guide on how to make one on the internet here, if you would also ... The
Escapist : Latest News found this 3 days ago on www.joystiq.com. Hopping into the Way Back Machine reminds us that Team Fortress 2 originally sported a traditional art style. One of the first classes to get a redesign was everyone's ...

pattinase: I Get My News from TV and Radio
By pattinase (abbott)
I suspect part of the answer to the decline of newspapers is that radio and TV transformed "news" into a form of entertainment. As you well know, reading is hard work. It's easy to watch Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow. ...


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Quiltbuddies - News > Vimmerby February class.
By quiltbuddies@gmail.com
7 ladies, ready for some real bonding to their sewing machines! It takes a little effort to get that right movement into your hand, but when it happens, and you feel comfortable by this quilting, you can put so many new elements to your ...

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By Denise Felton
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