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It is almost December, and it is just about snowflake time again! My annual Snowfall CAL will start in a week. To make things a bit simpler for me this year I have decided that this will be a CAL/MAL hybrid. All the information you need before we get started is below. CAL/MAL Information The…
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For the Festival of Lights CAL for Week 7 I am finally going to talk about Joining (and Blocking). On here and in the video tutorial and this week I go into a lot of detail about how I like to block the motifs and the joining method, including some tips for troubleshooting if/when you…
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With the holidays approaching I thought I would share some of my favorite yarns, Crochet/knit accessories, and just other things that I use and enjoy. So, if you are looking for something for a gift, for yourself, or just for fun check these out. Full disclosure here, I am a member of the Scheepjes Designer…
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May I introduce you to my newest pattern, “Chasing a Starlight”, this pattern is a motif-based crochet pattern with a unique construction technique involving a join-as-you-go method. Once you have learned the technique, I think that it is a simple yet satisfying pattern to make. The pattern is for a wrap, but the motifs could…
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Happy CAL day! This is the last week of motifs and there are only 8 of them to make. We will finish up the motifs by making the Extended Diamonds. This motif may look familiar to you because they are the Popcorn diamond motif with an extra few rows added to them. These extra-large diamonds…
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I have something very exciting to tell you! Scheepjes has renamed the former “Our Tribe” yarn to “Unity”. At the same time, some of the colorways are being renamed for some of the newer Scheepjes Designer Collective members, our wonderful facebook moderators, and featured community members. So now I have a Scheepjes Unity color way…
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This week we are making all the Diamonds. This motif is a much plainer diamond that provides some breathing space or a harmonious pause to all the texture of the square and popcorn diamond. So once again we will be focusing on shape this week and using the same techniques to get those nice sharp…
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It’s CAL day again! This week we are making all the Popcorn Diamonds. This motif is about the texture and the shape. We will be using a lot of the same tricks to get nice pointy corners that were used in weeks 1&2 with the triangles, and it is also full of back post stitches…
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It’s CAL day again! This week we are making all the squares. The triangle motif was all about the shape, the square motif is all about the texture. It is full of back post stitches and popcorn stitches. Take a moment to read the tips on gauge this week as we now need to make…
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Welcome to my main page for the Scheepjes CAL 2024: Festival of Lights! Here you will find lots of important information and helpful tips and tricks. Don’t worry if this is a lot of information at once, I will also be posting helpful tips and progress pictures for each part of the CAL along with…