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New Hobby on 2009
Baca selengkapnya: New Hobby on 2009I never thought my self as a someone who will do handcrafts. My sense of art is just so so, but yet recently I found myself enjoying doing some handcrafts. Since I started knitting I also started crocheting, and since then I always have so many things that I want to do, slowly but surely…
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Knit and Crochet in the New Year 2009
Baca selengkapnya: Knit and Crochet in the New Year 2009First of all, I would like to greet all of you with Happy New Year 2009. This year I decided to practice my knit again. If it wasn’t because I wanted to learn how to knit, I don’t think I will find my passion in crocheting. The reason I learn to knit again is because…
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Vest Finally Finished and Lessons Learned
Baca selengkapnya: Vest Finally Finished and Lessons LearnedI hope you don’t get bored with my vest project story. This is my first big project. I learned a lot of things while doing this project. After about 1 month waiting for the yarn, and a few in between projects while waiting. I decided to use the layette yarn that my friend Meiche sent…
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MultiCounter for Knit and Crochet
Baca selengkapnya: MultiCounter for Knit and CrochetThe first time I used a counter while crocheting was when I made the vest. Since I don’t have a real counter, I borrowed my husband’s Ipod Touch so I can use the StitchMinder to write my row count. Today, he made a multicounter application for my mobile phone. If you’re mobile using Symbian operating…
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Single Crochet Stitch yang Miring
Baca selengkapnya: Single Crochet Stitch yang MiringSalah satu pelajaran yang saya dapat sewaktu mengerjakan vest – yang belum juga selesai – adalah, ketika kita melakukan single crochet berkeliling, maka sc tersebut akan cenderung miring. Padahal saya hanya mengikuti petunjuk dari patternnya. Kemiringan ini yang menjadi salah satu alasan saya mengulang project vest. Memang benar kalau pengalaman adalah guru yang terbaik, saya…
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Little Blue Boy Hat
Baca selengkapnya: Little Blue Boy HatA few days ago, Free pattern of the day from Annie’s Attic was a baby boy set (hat and sweater). I like the texture on the pattern so I decided to make it. I thought the mix of blue-white yarn can show the texture. So I started right away with the hat. I used a…
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Cable Hat and Beanie Hat
Baca selengkapnya: Cable Hat and Beanie HatUntil today, I still can not decide how to finish my vest. I’ll just leave it for a while and come back again after I know what to do with that. While I was doing the fpdc hat, I saw this cable hat from the same designer. I decided right away, this hat will be…
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Crochet Cable
Baca selengkapnya: Crochet CableBeberapa teman menyangka vest yang saya buat dikerjakan dengan knitting karena ada motif ‘cable’ nya. Ketika saya beritahu bahwa saya menggunakan crochet mereka jadi ingin tahu bagaimana caranya. Sebenarnya sudah banyak sekali referensi mengenai crochet cable ini, tapi baiklah saya coba menjelaskan dengan singkat. Ada berbagai cara untuk membuat motif cable dengan crochet. Pada vest…
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FPDC stitch on Vest and Hat
Baca selengkapnya: FPDC stitch on Vest and HatI always love to crochet with fpdc(front post double crochet) stitch. That’s why I started the vest project for Joe. The vest pattern has hundreds of fpdc stitch, and I enjoyed every fpdc stitch that I made. At first, I started the vest project using some acrylic local yarns. After half way, I changed my…