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Sunday Snapshot: It's Sweater Season | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: It’s Sweater Season

Sweater season is finally upon us, and I hereby dub the next seven days Start That Damn Cardigan Week! I’ve spent the last few days flipping through all of my books and magazines trying to find the *perfect* pattern, and I think I’ve managed to whittle the pile down to only two or three top …

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Craft Tip: Coffee Mug Crochet Organizer | Red-Handled Scissors

Craft Tip: Coffee Mug Crochet Organizer

Remember the Kwik Sew cup organizer sewing pattern that I reviewed last week? Turns out, it’s the perfect companion for crochet projects! Just slide your hooks, scissors, and notions into the outside pockets and load the center with your measuring tape and stitch markers, and you’ve got a crochet organizer that you can take along …

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Sunday Snapshot: Rainbow Striped Crochet Slippers | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: Rainbow Striped Crochet Slippers

Today, I took part in a very productive Sunday evening. While my BFF Melanie knocked out the last stack of pages in a freelance copyediting gig, I wrote a pattern for rainbow striped crochet slippers. Alas, due to a serious underestimation in yarn quantities, only one slipper actually exists. Guess I’ll be making a trip …

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I Love Kitchen Cotton Yarn! | Red-Handled Scissors

I Love Kitchen Cotton Yarn!

I spent a rockin’ Saturday evening catching up on my favorite ghost-related “reality” TV shows and tackling some practical crochet projects. (We party pretty hard here in Brookyn.) Between EVPs and EMF spikes, I turned out three new dish scrubbers using Lion Brand Yarn’s new Kitchen Cotton yarn! I first saw Kitchen Cotton yarn when …

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