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A Brave New World!

Laurie A. Wheeler — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:48:14 +0000

Posted in Adventures with Fearless Leader Articles

Once again, the joke is on good ol’ Fearless Leader. About once a week I marvel at what has become of my “little joke”, but just last night as I sat looking at our new social site, Hookey.org and I realized I was excited. It wasn’t the normal excited that I feel after building something and having [...]

CLF Myth Busting: 1/3 more yarn

Laurie A. Wheeler — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:43:36 +0000

Posted in Activism Articles

Crochet does not use 1/3 more yarn than knitting. I hate that people go around saying we use 1/3 more yarn than knitting, mostly because it falls into one of my pet peeves: Repeating information as if it were fact without investigating the truth of the matter. It’s kind of like saying, “The world is [...]

The Flamies are coming!

Laurie A. Wheeler — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:21:35 +0000

Posted in The Flamies

It’s almost that time of year! Can you believe it? March is just around the corner and we need to have those nominations ready for voting! So I ask you dear CLF members to think about who had the best designs of 2011! You can nominate your favorites by clcking this button and filling out [...]

Stitch of the Week #8

Laurie A. Wheeler — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:34:17 +0000

Posted in Articles Patterns Stitch of the Week

Wow! The last three weeks have been INTENSE as I have gotten the site to where I want it to be so that you have a great user experience. As you noticed we moved the social side off this site and on to Hookey.org. My poor brain was so tired as I worked [...]

New and Improved Social Experience!

Laurie A. Wheeler — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:43:33 +0000

Posted in Hookalicious

Tough decisions happen, I have to say the decision to change our social side was not one of those. Check out HOOKEY.ORG I know you’ve been frustrated with site speed and the photo load speed, and as cool as the social side can look (when it loads) on this site, it just doesn’t serve [...]

Faces Behind the Designs Interview Series: Dora Ohrenstein

Laurie A. Wheeler — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:06:08 +0000

Posted in Interviews

I’m really excited to bring the first of many video interviews to you my dear members! In this interview Dora Ohrenstein and I talk crochet, her book, and we get to hear a little of her brand new song, “Family of Stitches”

Happy Valentine’s Day

Laurie A. Wheeler — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:17:17 +0000

Posted in Articles Hookalicious

Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you have a peace filled and gentle day full of fiber filled goodness and happy hearts! I want to thank all of the CLF 3.0 members with a thank you pattern from me to you! This little two round pattern took quite a while to write up, because I gave [...]

Button Heart Pattern Walk Through for Supporting members

Laurie A. Wheeler — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:10:43 +0000

Posted in Articles Fun Stuff

Stitch of the Week #7 Treble Trellis

Laurie A. Wheeler — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:23:15 +0000

Posted in Articles Holiday Crochet Hookalicious Patterns Stitch of the Week

For about three years I’ve played with this stitch and the idea of making a cute cardi for myself. It would be quick and ideal for our Spring weather. Sadly the last few years Spring has eluded the fair Pacific NW, so my inspiration has not moved past the dream stage. This year, fingers crossed, [...]

Member Spotlight: Aberrant Crochet

Laurie A. Wheeler — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:50 +0000

Posted in Articles Interviews

Crafting is personal no matter what anyone has to say about it. We make things with our hands, the intimacy of touch and the creativity of our human mind is transfused into the objects we make. We create with love, we create with passion, we create form to meet function and we do this not [...]