Support Your Local Craftster: August 13 & 14

post from Craftster Blog - Craft Articles Featuring DIY Craft Ideas, Tutorials & Inspiration on 12 August 2011 11:33:51 PM. © Craftster Blog - Craft Articles Featuring DIY Craft Ideas, Tutorials & Inspiration

Craftster wants you to get out there and support your crafty community! Here is a list of some of the craft fairs and events coming up this weekend. All of these have been shared by Craftster members on our calendar. You can see the full calendar or add your own event here: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?action=calendar. Please be sure to include the dates, times, and location of the event and place it in the proper area of our City Guides section.

Saturday, August 13th
CHICAGO, IL: Indie Bazaar
DEPOSIT, NY: Happy 200th Birthday Deposit
RINGWOOD, NJ: Botanical Gardens Summer Craft Fair
ST. LOUIS, MO: Soulard Market Park Fair
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA: SS Art Fair
TORONTO, ON: Bloorcourt Market
Sunday, July 17th
DEPOSIT, NY: Happy 200th Birthday Deposit
KINGSTON, ON: From the Tree: Designs in Wood, August 14, 2011

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Glitter Lightning Bolt Ring And Earrings

post from Cut Out + Keep on 12 August 2011 10:33:40 PM. © Cut Out + Keep

GLITTER!!!

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How to Change a Forgotten Facebook Password

post from How to of the Day on 12 August 2011 10:00:00 PM. © How to of the Day

Forgotten your Facebook password? Don't worry. This article will show you how to change it.

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baby baby blanket

post from craftlog on 12 August 2011 07:33:44 PM. © craftlog

I think I underestimated how long it would take me to crochet a baby blanket. With the due date impending, I figured I finally had to just finish it off, even if it’s on the small side. I do like how it turned out.

grannybabyblanket

I posted about the squares earlier. You can see the connect-as-you-go joins in the zoom.

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I’m sure there are other methods of joining the squares that might lead to a cleaner edge, but I’m reasonably satisfied, and it sure helped in getting the thing done.

Once I had the 20 squares done and joined, I crocheted two rounds of the granny clusters around the whole thing to unify it. This tutorial on making a flat edging was very helpful, and I found that a second round was essential for making the bridge clusters really blend in.

For the border, I initially wasted a bunch of time trying to find a good granny square scallop edging pattern on the internet, and then realized, this isn’t rocket science. I can figure it out myself. I messed around with stitch length + number until I settled on a 5 triple crochet shell in every other space, joined with a slip stitch in the intervening spaces. The corners are funny little nubs, but I like them: slip stitch, double crochet, three triple crochet, double crochet, slip stitch, then on to the next shell. This of course works for the number of spaces and the start position I had on this blanket, so ymmv.

Since I’d been crocheting over yarn ends as I went, I only ended up with a few ends to weave in (the other finishing job that tends to slow me down). I am slightly worried about how the construction will hold up to washing and use. And if I’d thought twice about it at the beginning, I probably shouldn’t have chosen off-white for a baby blanket, but oh well.

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