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Crocheting a Flat Circle

Crocheting a Flat Circle

Increasing evenly in the round is a basic skill that all crocheters should know how to do.  Working a circle that doesn't wave (increasing too fast) or bowl (increasing too slowly) means that you can make a nice flat-lying circle that can be used for a variety of projects - from cushion covers, ...
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Travelling Circus

That is what it feels like we are at the minute.  I sit amidst bags and boxes, packing for another trip down to London. The children are wild, cooped up all day because of torrential rain and last minute preparations.  I dread the drive (I always do) with these little caged beasties. This month ...
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Tarn

  The last yarn delivery came on Saturday.  All 5kgs of it!!  Kev was sent out early to collect the delivery I missed the day before, and while he was out, this arrived. 5 glorious 500g cones of it!! And I must say that of everything I have used in the last 3 months, this is the most exciting....
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On my Desk

  1. I love post it notes.  In fact, one of the reasons I left the NHS was that they no longer had a budget for post-it notes*. My world is filled with them, stuck to books, on the computer, on the walls  - my progress chart for the book is a series of post-its that get moved around as patterns ...
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September

Without a fraction of a doubt, September is my favourite month.  For me, it has always felt like a month to begin things...school, new projects, even a new year of my own life (my birthday is later this month). Its funny how I feel so effected by the change into September...I want to clean. I wa...
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The Countdown: 8 Weeks to Go

I submit my manuscript 8 weeks from today. This is what I have left to do:     77 balls of yarn. SEVENTY SEVEN BALLS OF YARN have to be made into something in 8 weeks.  That means I need to use about 1/day for the next 2 months. And the postman wondered why I was crying when I answered the door ...
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