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Interweave Press Sale!

Have I mentioned lately how much I love Interweave Press? I swear 90% of the time when I pick up a knitting, crochet or sewing book or magazine it is published by Interweave Press. Starting today (June 3rd) there is a 40% off site wide sale! Take 40% Off at Interweave with Offer Code FFSUMMER40

A few of my favorite items:

BurdaStyle has some of the best patterns around.

Tell me who doesn’t love Downton Abbey?

I love (did I mention I love) Stitch Magazine:

The cuteness!

Who does not love Franklin?

Piecework combines history and technique in one magazine:

Spin-off is a must have resource for anyone who spins:

I so do not need another hobby:

Take 40% Off at Interweave with Offer Code FFSUMMER40

*this post contains affiliate links blah blah blah (so if you’re going to buy clink through so I get a a little bit of fun money to buy more books & yarn & fabric & cookbooks)

crafty, crochet, photo, Photos, yarn

The ugly blanket & Eye searing red heart

So in trying to use up bunches of not natural yarns I’ve  been working on an ugly blanket

 

ugly blanket
ugly blanket

It is fairly simple- take an N sizes crochet hook and a few strands of miscellaneous yarns held together. In this case various types of acrylic & nylons & who knows what else. No wool though.

I told myself that I was not going to buy yarn except I happened to be in Joann Fabrics today picking out fabric for my dad’s bathroom. I made the mistake of looking in the yarn aisle. I looked at Red Heart Super Saver which is looked down upon by yarn snobs.

I walked out with a skein of Red Heart Super Saver in day glow. This color is tied with Mexicana for ugly colors. And it will look so good on the never ending blanket.

red heart supersaver day glow

 

And look- advertising- not sure why it wouldn’t link to Mexicana but here is the link to all the Red Heart colors Amazon sells. As always if you have a locally owned store that sells Red Heart go there before the chains.

crochet, patterns, Vintage Crochet & Knitting

Vintage Filet Crochet Alphabet

This vintage filet crochet alphabet was scanned from The New Filet Crochet Book: Original Designs Which May be Used Also for Cross-stich and Beadwork, With patterns Represented in a New Way, by Hugo W. Kirchmaier, preface & instructions by Anna Wuerfel Brown, Published by Cora Kirchmaier 1912

 

Filet Crochet Alphabet
Filet Crochet Alphabet

Filet Crochet Alphabet PDF file

Note- the complete book is available at the Antique Pattern Library

Buffalo, crafty, crochet, knitting, patterns, thrift store finds, vintage

On estate sales (aka dead people stuff)

So this morning I had to go buy dog food & got sidetracked by an estate sale. Estate sales tend to be crapshoots. Some have very lovely items with lovely prices & others are filled with walmart & dollar store junque. My favorites are those with stuff. This one had a lot of collectible stuff- magazines, pinbacks, old toys, etc. I was lured by the “promise” of sewing stuff. The sewing selection was limited. There was a singer sewing machine from 1949, but would have required too much work to get running again for the price they wanted. If there were patterns they were gone. I did manage to find a few vintage crochet pamphlets though. I tell myself “I don’t *need* anymore edging booklets” but these were so pretty.
The ABC booklet does not have a copyright date but it looks to be from almost 100 years ago. The others are newer being from the 1940s.
Although not sure I have the patience to crochet a us flag…