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		<title>Make your own crochet hook, carve it, whittle it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Recently I started experimenting with carving my own crochet hooks.    It is difficult to get afghan (tunisian) crochet hooks that are wide enough or long enough.  So with just a paring knife and some old 120 sandpaper, this was my first attempt at any hook :


Now, for my second attempt, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crochet Eyelash or Feather yarn Scarf Pattern</title>
		<link>http://stramenda.com/2008/10/20/easy-crochet-eyelash-feather-yarn-scarf-pattern-slotted.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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It was my mum&#8217;s birthday recently, and although she&#8217;s not a yarn lover, she does love eyelash and feather yarns.  So I crocheted her an eyelash scarf.  Most people don&#8217;t try crocheting with this yarn, but here is an easy way to succeed.
The bonus of making this scarf in crochet, is that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crochet Hook Case swap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Hi there !!  I&#8217;ve been too busy to blog lately, but here is my finished crochet hook case for my swap partner at Crochet Lovers Victoria on Ravelry.com.  I chose to go with a Victorian style for the case.
I hope she likes it !!  (I will reveal her name after she has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello Kitty afghan square</title>
		<link>http://stramenda.com/2008/09/15/hello-kitty-afghan-square.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crochet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crochet Patterns]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hello Kitty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[crochet bag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[afghan]]></category>

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I made this Hello Kitty square recently for a Ravelry friend who was unwell &#8230;

The pattern for the face is from a backpack pattern, its the only “written” pattern I could find for it.
The pattern for the surrounding square is a combination of SCs, HDCs, DCs, and Trebles which go around the kitty’s face to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dreamcatcher afghan square</title>
		<link>http://stramenda.com/2008/09/14/dreamcatcher-afghan-square.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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I made this square recently for a Ravelry friend&#8217;s comfort ghan, several of us got together and contributed a square of our choosing, and any colour we liked.  The Dreamcatcher is my favourite pattern:

Its gorgeous, and would look great in a variegated (multicoloured) yarn.  If you&#8217;re interested in making one, you can find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bag of Too Many Colours</title>
		<link>http://stramenda.com/2008/09/10/the-bag-of-too-many-colours.html</link>
		<comments>http://stramenda.com/2008/09/10/the-bag-of-too-many-colours.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yarn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[crochet bag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hand bag]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[bag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[easy peasy crochet bag]]></category>

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Hey everyone.  I have just finished making a bag, which I made with all the terrible coloured $2 acrylic yarns that I&#8217;ve had lying about for years, and remnants I only had a small amount of.
Most of the bag is made with these yarns, held together to make one thick strand:

I made a red [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Sky Scarf - made with hand dyed yarn</title>
		<link>http://stramenda.com/2008/09/05/winter-sky-scarf-made-with-hand-dyed-yarn.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally finished it !  This was white woollen yarn which I dyed myself (see earlier post for a pic of the dyeing process).  Then my friend Cheryl came by yesterday and brought some broken necklaces and beads for crafting and she had the perfect colour to adorn the ends of the scarf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op Shopping in Melbourne</title>
		<link>http://stramenda.com/2008/09/04/op-shopping-in-melbourne.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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There&#8217;s a new blog in town, about Op Shopping in Melbourne. It is a collaborative blog which means there is input about great Op Shop finds from a variety of bloggers, as they share their experiences of op shopping in and around Melbourne.  An excellent feature is the handy locality listing down the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crochet Lovers Victoria Meet-Up</title>
		<link>http://stramenda.com/2008/08/31/crochet-lovers-victoria-meet-up.html</link>
		<comments>http://stramenda.com/2008/08/31/crochet-lovers-victoria-meet-up.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All about our August Meet-Up !

Wow.  The meet-up today went BEYOND my wildest expectations. Never could I have possibly imagined a more lovely, wonderful, crochet fanatical and yarn obsessed bunch !
We were going to have a formal “show and tell” but all that went to mud as we all arrived and started admiring everyone’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyeing Yarn with Food Colours</title>
		<link>http://stramenda.com/2008/08/28/dyeing-yarn-with-food-colours.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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I have just discovered that dyeing yarn is addictive and very satisfying so much fun !
Yarn has to be 100% wool to take this simple dye, which is just basic food colouring (a leftover packet from many moons ago), water and vinegar.
First you wet the wool.  Then fill a small saucepan with a few [...]]]></description>
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