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I have been crocheting for many years.  Over those years I have collected many crochet hooks and have lost more than I can count. Anyhoo, I am always looking for the perfect hook.   You can find Boye and Susan Bates in many craft chain stores.  You can find bamboo and other wooden ones at yarn stores.  [...]

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Finally a picture of the prize someone will win tomorrow morning!  WooHoo    Sorry about the photos.  I don’t know why the colors are so off.
 
This little kitchen towel is made with white, 100% Cotton and measures 20″ x 28″. It was purchased from Embroder This. The embroidery pattern is called Happy Fruit and I purchased [...]

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This is a tea cosy I made for my swap buddie at Crochetville.  It is made from Red Heart yarn.   My friend wanted something retro, with colors to match her kitchen.  She also likes anything with stars.   I fashioned this cozy from Fox-Glove Tea Cosy .   The big red star is a button used to close the [...]

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These are so cute and I would like to make more, but I don’t have a place to give them to.  I did mail these along with adult chemo caps to Texas, but the cost was too much and I really wanted to find a place here in town to give them too.  Haven’t found [...]

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This purse was made for a very dear friend.  She likes two things, besides the good Lord of course, and that is chocolate and the color pink.  I searched a long time to find fabric that looked like a box of chocolate.  I tell you, you can find anything on eBay. LOL
This purse is made [...]

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I thought I would share a few pictures of the recent handbag I have crocheted.  This is from a pattern by TLC Essentials, called Pretty Purses.  LW1368.  Free from Hobby Lobby.
This is a fall purse that I made for a swap buddy at Crochetville.  I loved making this purse with a matching cell phone cozy. [...]

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I have decided to go back to one of my favorite crafts, embroidery.  I haven’t done it in many year,  so for my first little project, I decided to do a Celtic cross.   I was thinking of making them into Christmas ornaments.  This design is from  Celtic Quilting by Gail Lawther, which I got at the [...]

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I have been getting tired of covering my bread, to rise, with my everyday dish towels. Children would come along and pull it off to wipe their hands. There were times when I couldn’t even find a clean dish towel to use. Then I remember many years ago my grandmother gave me a set of [...]

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