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I have never used Noro yarns or knit these patterns, but this book is filled with wonderful and fun projects for the fashion knitter and I will try one using Noro yarn.   The colors are amazing as are the patterns. …

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Vivian Peritts had a strong desire to be a stay-at-home mom, so she quit her job as an art teacher. Soon she started making and selling soft sculpture dolls, which she sold at craft fairs and stores to bring…

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This is such a great idea! Google books have displayed several pages from the book for us to view and print with complete instructions for projects.  I was so thrilled when I found these books.  This book “Fresh…

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This is a very bittersweet review of Barbara Albright’s “The Natural Knitter”.  Barbara wrote both knitting and cooking books.  Sadly she died last fall of a brain tumor at the age of 51. This was her last book, and regrettable…

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No matter what your fiber of choice, you will stockpile inspiration from Karen Bartolomei’s “Paperie for Inspired Living”.  First off this book is a beautiful hard covered addition for your library and brilliantly illustrated.  Each page holds divine designs…

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When I received this book and first thumbed through all the projects, the words “up-cycling and recycling” kept popping into my mind.  Sherri uses many items that we have stockpiled in our crafting areas that can be used to create…

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Whether it is called up-cycled, re-cycled, altered designs, deconstructed or reconstructed, many of us are trying this eco friendly crafting and saving money in this repressed economy.  I know when I go through my wardrobe I am more…

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Our winner of “Simple Needlefelt by Jayne Emerson” is Fleece2Fantastic

She has a blog Fleece2Fantastic if you would like to stop by and take a look at what she is up to.

Many thanks to Jayne Emerson author of Simple Needlefelt for…

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Nikola went to the farm to see the animals up close, but she so a group of women making fuzzy hats and poking crazy needles into the fluffy pieces of fiber. She relates that she almost knocked everyone over…

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Jayne Emerson, author of Simply Felt was trained at Loughborough College of Art before completing her Masters at Central St Martins in 1997. Since then her work has taken a wide-ranging path that has allowed her to express her creativity…

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Who is greener than Betz? I have done a couple of articles on Betz White and she has an amazing imagination on recycling wool sweaters into a adorable cupcakes, teacups and either can be used as a pincushion. Betz has…

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As I mentioned in my post yesterday, I would be reviewing a book that would allow you to create the same type of gorgeous pillows that are being sold in high-end stores. Well, yesterday a package came from Heidi of…

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A major thanks to search press, I have another delightful book titled ”needle felted figures” by Bodil Nederby, and Arlene, of Wild Wool Farm an ETSY shop for her generous gift of a “Starter Needle Felting Kit Complete…

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This book is a must have book, “Beginner’s Guide to Needle Felting” By:  Susanna Wallis, was sent to me by Joan of Search Press and now I will be sending it out to one of you! There are so many fun projects…

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We have had such a wonderful response to this book giveaway and all your entries are very much appreciated. I wish I was like “Oprah” and tell you to look under your computer and find your copy of this book J  Unfortunately…

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