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"Have you heard it's National Crochet Month?"

Well, the little crocheted panda bear, that Eva got in a fair, knew it is Crochet Month.

Let's begin with Ed who is an accomplished crocheter. Pictured below, Ed is talking to Remilter about his latest crocheted afghan.
Ed also brought his crocheted basketweave sweater he made which is great!


Also, Jenn stopped by with her Top Down Yoke Raglan which is also great.


Tomorrow, will be a post about The Scrumble.
Tuesday's post will feature beautiful crocheted items including a Winnie the Pooh afghan.

In support of fundraising to find a cure for Friedrich's Ataxia we have two baskets at the shop that we are raffling tickets. To participate, purchase a raffle ticket for $5.00 and you can compete for the Knit Basket or the Crochet Basket. The raffle tickets will be pulled on Saturday night.

Happy Crocheting!

Participate in a travelling scrumble (free form crochet) project this Sunday, March 9th, at 2pm. The crocheted piece will later be auctioned off to benefit fundraising for Friedrich's Ataxia.

Don't know how to crochet? Well, Ms. Remilter King will be here teaching basic crochet techniques from 12-5pm on Sunday.

We are having a last minute moebius class, Sunday, March 9th, from 10-12pm, The class fee is $25. You must know how to knit to participate in this class and prior to the class we ask that you purchase 1 skein of Esperanza or 280 yards of a bulky yarn and a size US13 needle.

Crochet Resources?

Of course the 365 Crochet Stitches a Year is a great resource. The perpetual calendar can be kept for many years and on each day is a different crochet pattern which can be used for a scrumble or an afghan. As well, there is the Crochet Answer Book. There a lot of good resources to meet your crocheting needs.

One of our favorite folks, Michelle, stopped by with her completed sweater. She took Sunday's sweater class and brought the completed piece so we can admire it.


We also received a nice visit from Diane who showed us her lovely moebius knit in Berroco's Bonsai.

Sunday's Sweater Class finished today with most of the class making wonderful progress on their sweater. One of the class members has made impressive steps in completing the Einstein Coat in a short period of time.

A most interesting incident occurred where a friend of the Zimmerman family came in with a sweater knit by EZ. Does the sweater look a little worn?

The sweater was knit when EZ was around 24 years of age. That's a long time ago, aging the sweater around 60 years of age. Sunday and Sheila spent plenty of time examining the sweater for design elements.

Looking for a helpful tip? If you knit one sock and are nervous about if there is sufficient yarn for the second skein, weigh each separately and see if they are close in weight. That's what JoAnn did when debating if this skein had enough to finish her pair.

Looking for innovation? This hat was crocheted in O-Wool in Balance yarn. And then-it was hand dyed!

Looking for a reason to love crochet? According to Wikipedia (and most crocheters) crochet creates a fabric much quicker than knitting.

Looking to crochet an owl? Or an elephant? Or? Check out this site with free pdf patterns of animals.