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Friday Internet Crushes: Crochet Obsession | Red-Handled Scissors

Friday Internet Crushes: Crochet Obsession

Crocheted Cat Bed from Moderncat I was flipping through my RSS feed when I saw this on Moderncat. After the first picture I thought, “Yep, that’s a crocheted circle.” Then, I took a second look and thought, “Holy crap, that’s a cat bed!” Ah, spreading the crochet love to our furry friends. (You know, without …

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Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Exhibit at the Smithsonian | Red-Handled Scissors

Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Exhibit at the Smithsonian

Jeremy and I were in Washington, DC this weekend for the the Rally to Restore Sanity, but we made sure to carve out enough time to hit a few museums before we headed back to NYC. Our first stop was the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Natural History, where, surprisingly, I immediately walked smack into …

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Crocheted Flowers: You're Doing It Wrong | Red-Handled Scissors

Crocheted Flowers: You’re Doing It Wrong

I had jury duty yesterday. This meant that, when I wasn’t being grilled simultaneously by two attorneys and a judge, I finally had a good chunk of time to wrap my head around the pattern for my very first crochet project: the Garden Scarf from the Stitch ‘n Bitch crochet book. I was quite pleased …

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Single Crochet: Totally Harder Than It Looks | Red-Handled Scissors

Single Crochet: Totally Harder Than It Looks

Today, I was taken by a sudden, very pressing need to learn how to crochet. There was no use in trying to resist the siren call of needlework, so I hit a Barnes & Noble on my lunch break to check out crochet books, then stopped into La Casita Yarn Shop & Cafe on my …

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