Tag: crafts
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Shepherd’s Knitting: origins of crochet
Pjoning, Shepherd’s Knitting, Bosnian crochet, Slip Stitch crochet etc… The only way slip stitch is currently used is to connect rounds in hats, or squares of a blanket. Occasionally slip stitch will be used in order to create a ribbing for a project. However, slip stitch was the origin of all other crochet stitches, used…
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Christmas Season Giftables:
It is currently the end of October, which means it is time to start making Christmas gifts! Some may be excited, many will be overwhelmed… I am the latter. There are so many people you “could” make gifts for, but should you? I apologize, but I cannot determine that for you. If you desire to…
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Reflections of a young woman
My hope for my crochet work: “Every worker after a time should be able to work from a drawing, and until she can at least to some extent follow one the highest perfection in Irish crochet cannot be obtained.” -designs and instructions in Irish crochet I am still young. At the moment of the writing,…
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A Winter Gift- 1848 -book review
As we approach fall and the colder months of the year, it seemed appropriate to turn towards winter wear books as the first to review at DMA. So, today we will be looking through “A Winter Gift: for ladies” published by G. B. Zieber and Co in 1848. Unfortunately the only author listed for this…
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Dogwood Mountain Arts 