June 27, 2012
by mio
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In other news… The original Jacob’s Snakes and Ladders blanket is now up for sale in my Ravelry shop here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jacobs-snakes-and-ladders-blanket Or you can click buy now to get it for $5 USD if you don’t have a Ravelry account. … Continue reading
May 22, 2012
by mio
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It’s been a long time in coming (according to my notes, I made the first one in October 2010), but the day has finally arrived: Hope’s Hat pattern is now up for sale! More information about the pattern: The name: … Continue reading
March 3, 2012
by mio
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It seems to be a little known fact that you can, in fact, crochet with that ruffle yarn that is so popular these days. Personally, I’m not a fan of this kind of yarn. I find it to be a … Continue reading
August 6, 2010
by mio
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I’ve added a new, free pattern, well, more of a recipe, really, to make a blanket like this one: You’ll find it under “Granny” at the top of this page, click here: http://fantasticmio.com/granny I still haven’t figured out how to … Continue reading
June 25, 2010
by mio
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You know you’ve been away from your blog a long time when the spammers start to notice! My spam filter for the comments found one that said something like, “Come back, please come back!” How nice! ^_^ I’ve been silent … Continue reading
March 4, 2010
by mio
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In my adventures with stitch height, I made this: And here is the pattern: Work in rows, leave a long starting tail ch6 R1: sc in second chain from hook, hdc, dc, htc, tc. ch4 (counts as a tc) turn … Continue reading
February 23, 2010
by mio
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It’s snowing out! Mississauga is usually out there somewhere… … and there’s supposed to be a lake this way: And I hate snow (boy, do I ever live in the wrong place!), but it’s ok, because my pop will be … Continue reading
December 12, 2009
by mio
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Inspired by how ridiculously cold it’s been here the last couple of days, I decided to drop everything I was working on and make myself a hat. Black side out: Rainbow side out: Level of difficulty: if you already know … Continue reading
November 5, 2009
by mio
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My last post left a question unanswered: what was I doing while waiting for that white yarn? Well, it started with these: which I figure will end up being a small blanket, 4 squares by 5 squares, maybe. Each square … Continue reading