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Yarn Bombing. WHY?

Yarn Bombing is getting everywhere, whether its Farms in Australia, streets in New Zealand or parks in Europe.  It's certainly brightening up our rural and urban spaces. This street art goes by different names, kniffiti, graffiti knitting, though the pieces in the two images are actually crochet. I'm fascinated with this idea of doing street… Continue reading Yarn Bombing. WHY?

Largest display of crochet sculptures

A Guinness World Records title has been broken by Mother India's Crochet Queens for the Largest display of crochet sculptures. Members of the organisation - from all over the world  - handmade 58,917  items to beat the record set by the British group, The Craft Club, back in 2014, of 13,388 crocheted sculptures. Subashri Natarajan is the woman behind this huge… Continue reading Largest display of crochet sculptures

Thought on the Splash Beret

  Splash Beret  I made this beret a year ago to match the most amazing scarf, I was given as a gift. It is made with King Cole Splash DK yarn. It includes a front post double crochet (FP dc){US} front post treble crochet (FP tr){UK} stitch that gives it a raised effect.  It’s hard… Continue reading Thought on the Splash Beret