tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24220828669901183472024-03-18T13:34:34.829-05:00Three Rivers CrochetPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaThree Rivers Crochethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08180667845371277632noreply@blogger.comBlogger489125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-64018057306032055472016-02-14T13:26:00.000-05:002016-02-14T13:26:00.919-05:00Temperature scarf Crochet A LongHiya! SciFi Chris posting again after a long, long time. <br />
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Three Rivers Crochet is participating in a crochet a long (or knit along if that's your thing). Darn Yarn, Needle and Thread yarn shop posted the idea of a daily temperature scarf. The idea is that the color of each row is based on the daily temperature. You could use the daily high, low, or average. Doug did a variation on this idea by using the change in temperature rather than assigning a specific color. <br />
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The link to DYTN's temperature scarf directions is here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u17iTeOOYiUnry9_ZwnciPko-WhqGJe4x63OV3TJ85s/pub">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u17iTeOOYiUnry9_ZwnciPko-WhqGJe4x63OV3TJ85s/pub</a> I'll also put the directions at the end of this post.<br />
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But SciFi, you may be saying, its mid-Febuary (or even later, depending on when you read this post). How can I start a year long daily temperature scarf when we are well past the beginning of the year? The answer to that is in the magic of the internet. There are many sites which give you access to the weather for a particular day. Here's a link to the <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KAGC/2015/1/1/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=Pittsburgh&req_state=PA&req_statename=Pennsylvania&reqdb.zip=15122&reqdb.magic=2&reqdb.wmo=99999&MR=1" target="_blank">weather history in Pittsburgh </a>for January 2016. <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KAGC/2015/1/1/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=Pittsburgh&req_state=PA&req_statename=Pennsylvania&reqdb.zip=15122&reqdb.magic=2&reqdb.wmo=99999&MR=1">http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KAGC/2015/1/1/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=Pittsburgh&req_state=PA&req_statename=Pennsylvania&reqdb.zip=15122&reqdb.magic=2&reqdb.wmo=99999&MR=1</a><br />
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If you go to that website's main page, you can put in your zip code<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/" target="_blank">. http://www.wunderground.com/</a><br />
I'm using the daily temperature for where my Mom lives. That's because I'm making the afghan for her, for Christmas 2016. (shhh, no one tell her. Its going to be a surprise.) <br />
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This is my afghan, as of February 14, 2016. I'm doing a single crochet for each row and a standard ROY B GIV approach to the colors assigned to each set of temperatures. I decided to go with an average temperature for each day. The math done by the folks in 3RC estimates that 365 rows of single crochet will turn out to be about 6 feet. The 45 days I've done so far has produced 9.5 inches worth of afghan. Which if my calculations are correct, I'll actually end up with an afghan about 6 feet, 3 inches. That's a little long for an afghan, but it will certainly allow my Mom to wrap up snug in it. <br />
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Doug is using a wave pattern from Robyn Chachula's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crochet-Stitches-VISUAL-Encyclopedia-Chachula/dp/1118030052/ref=la_B001JP2INW_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1455473019&sr=1-2" target="_blank">Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia</a> He has not assigned specific colors to specific temperatures. Instead, he decided to assign colors to changes in temperature. He went so far as to research how much temperatures change, on average, each day and used that information to divide up his color changes. The single crochet dividing row is the low temperature for the day and the wave portion is the high temperature of the day. He used his neutral color for the first row, and the temperature change from December 31 to January 1 for his first temperature colors. His project will be around 14 feet long and is intended to be a garland for display. Although fans of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Doctor" target="_blank">Fourth Doctor</a> would realize it would make a lovely scarf to wear.<br />
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<u><b><span>2016 DYNT Temperature Scarf CAL/KAL</span></b></u><br />
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<span>Over
the course of 2016, record the daily temperature ( your choice - high,
low, median, average, or set time of day) and crochet (single) or knit 1
(or 2) rows of scarf in color coordinating to the temperature based on
your color chart. </span></div>
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<span></span></div>
<div class="c10">
<span>You
may work your daily rows as you choose. Some people work the previous
day’s each morning at breakfast; some will work them at night before
going to bed; recording each day on a calendar or notebook and then
working a number of days at a time is also common. Any method is
acceptable. The hard part is recording each day’s temp somewhere.
There are websites that track it, should you forget a day or two.</span></div>
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<span>Because
the chart goes in increments of 10 degrees or more, you may not need to
change your yarn color daily. How you handle this is up to you. Weave
in the ends at your discretion - as you go, all at once, or weeks at a
time. If you stitch 2 rows per day, your scarf will be noticeably
longer, but all your color changes will be on the same edge. You could
start and end the yarn each day and leave a short, but consistent (5” or
6 “), tail when you start and finish. This will create a “fringe”
running the length of you scarf.</span></div>
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<span></span></div>
<div class="c10">
<span>If
you are of the mindset to work a number of days at a time, there will
be monthly group meeting on the last Friday AND Saturday of each month
to give you the opportunity to work on your scarf with others.</span></div>
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<span></span></div>
<div class="c5 subtitle">
<span>Choosing Yarn:</span></div>
<ul class="c8 lst-kix_knigpv1vvq5p-0 start">
<li class="c0"><span>You will need 10 or 11 distinct colors of yarn.</span></li>
<li class="c0"><span>Make sure all yarns of the same or close enough in weight to not affect your gauge when changing colors.</span></li>
<li class="c0"><span>This is a great way to use up scrap or stash yarn you no longer have a use for. It’s also a great way to use some handspun.</span></li>
<li class="c0"><span>You will use larger quantities of yarn for the middle range temperatures, so plan accordingly.</span></li>
<li class="c0"><span>Finished scarf size will be determined by the yarn and needles or hooks with which you choose to work. Plan accordingly.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul class="c8 lst-kix_knigpv1vvq5p-1 start">
<li class="c15 c10"><span>Remember
to check your yarn’s label (if you still have them) too. For example,
if you use Kraemer’s Perfection worsted, based on it’s recommended gauge
( US#8 = 5 stitches per 1”) using a US 8 knitting needles, a 5 in wide
scarf would need 25 stitches cast on, and would be around 6’ long! (365
rows/5 rows per inch) = 73” = 6.08’. </span></li>
<li class="c10 c15"><span>You
might want to make a wider scarf to make the length more proportional
to the width, use thinner yarn or smaller needles, depending on your
preferences.</span></li>
<li class="c15 c10"><span>Choosing to use a neutral/ optional divider color will also add some length to your scarf.</span></li>
</ul>
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<div class="c5 subtitle">
<span>Color Chart:</span></div>
<ul class="c8 lst-kix_fwftrz7j2fg5-0 start">
<li class="c0"><span>This chart was based on the hopes of a mild winter in the greater Pittsburgh region - feel free to adjust or change.</span></li>
<li class="c0"><span>Fill
in the color cells for your reference throughout the year. Feel free
to tape or staple actual snippets of the yarn so that you can visualize
the color progressions.</span></li>
<li class="c0"><span>The Neutral/
Optional Divider color is just that, optional. Some versions use a
neutral color to divide the months by working 2 rows in that chosen
color between the last day of one month and the first of the next. It
may also be used as an edging and start/finish color. </span></li>
</ul>
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<span class="c6">A</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">Below 0 F</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr class="c9"><td class="c1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">B</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">0 F to 14 F</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr class="c9"><td class="c1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">C</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">15 F to 32 F (Freezing)</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr class="c9"><td class="c1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">D</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">33 F to 45 F</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr class="c9"><td class="c1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">E</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">46 F to 55 F</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr class="c9"><td class="c1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">F</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">56 F to 65 F</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr class="c9"><td class="c1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">G</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">66 F to 75 F</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr class="c9"><td class="c1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">H</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">76 F to 85 F</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr class="c9"><td class="c1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">I</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">86 F to 95 F</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr class="c9"><td class="c1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">J</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">Over 95 F</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td></tr>
<tr class="c9"><td class="c1" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">N</span></div>
</td><td class="c7" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c13">
<span class="c6">Neutral/ Optional Divider</span></div>
</td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
<br /></td><td class="c4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><div class="c11">
</div>
<div class="c11">
<span class="c6"></span></div>
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</tbody></table>
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<span></span></div>
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<div class="c5 subtitle">
<u><b><span>The Crochet Scarf:</span></b></u></div>
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<span>The
scarf itself is pretty basic - Single crochet 1 or 2 rows each day,
using the color (based on the chart) for that day. To start your scarf
on the first day, chain and SC 1 row in color matching the temperature
on the grid. </span></div>
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<span></span></div>
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<span>.</span><span class="c17">If you are using Color N</span><span>,
use it to chain and SC your first row. Switch to the color needed for
Day 1. At the end of the first month, SC 1 or 2 rows in N before moving
onto the first day of the next month. Repeat this each month. At the
end of the year, finish with N to match the beginning - SC 2 rows of N.
If desired, SC or Slip around the scarf edges.</span></div>
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<span></span></div>
<div class="c5 subtitle">
<br /></div>
<div class="c5 subtitle">
<u><b><span>The Knit Scarf:</span></b></u></div>
<div class="c10">
<span>The
scarf is pretty basic, according to your desired gauge, CO appropriate
number of stitches using the first day’s color and then knit 1 row. You
may want to note the cast on number somewhere, should you have the
habit of gaining or losing stitches. </span></div>
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<span></span></div>
<div class="c10">
<span>Each
day, knit 1 or 2 rows using the color that matches that day’s
temperature. Remember, single daily row scarves will be shorter in
length than double row day scarves; and you won’t necessarily need to
change your yarn each day.</span></div>
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<span></span></div>
<div class="c10">
<span>Scarves
of this type often look best when done in the Garter Stitch, so you
will simply knit each day’s row(s). Feel free to make it in
Stockinette, if you prefer. </span></div>
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<span class="c17">If you are using Color N</span><span>,
use N to cast on and knit 1 row. Then use the daily colors in the
following rows. Between the last day of a month and the first of the
next, use N to knit 1 or 2 rows (if using 1 row daily, knit just 1 row
of N; if knitting 2 rows daily, knit 2 rows of N). To bind off, knit 1
row with N and bind off. If you crochet, you could use N as an edging
when scarf is complete. You could also use N as fringe, if desired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">2015 Yarn Crawl Part II</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The second day of yarn crawling I did
with 3RC member Doug and his friend Kim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We went to four shops on the official yarn crawl and one ‘bonus’ shop
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Yarns By Design</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Dyed in the Wool</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Natural Stitches</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Tonidale</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Knit One</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">First stop was Yarns By Design in
Oakmont.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a nice midsized shop, with
a good selection of yarns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is mostly
knit, with very few crochet patterns offered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I didn’t get a crochet unfriendly vibe, however.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the items I got at Yarns By Design
were kid’s hat kits, Top This.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a skein
of mixed texture yarns and includes a stuffed hat topper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were mostly animal heads along with a
flower and soccer ball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I picked up the
soccer ball kit and unicorn head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
only comes with knit instructions, not crochet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I haven’t made them yet, but they are next on my project list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Felted flower pots, hanging on clear nylon cording. There are normal plastic flower pots inside each one, to contain the dirt and plant.<br />
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Top This kid hat kits. <br />
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Yarn By Design had a goodie bag that included coupons for neighboring businesses and chocolate made at another local business. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">If there was a prize for most improved,
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of you who read last year’s Yarn Crawl blog will know that I didn’t have a
very positive experience there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chatting
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welcoming of new folks into their shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were greeted when we came in the door and asked if we needed any help
finding anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The women working
there seemed to be paying attention to what we were doing, ready to help if
asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the shop seemed cleaner and
more organized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its still very much a
knit shop, with some spinning items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
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</span>When one of the people working there noticed what I had chosen, she made
sure to show me a sample of the yarn that had been made into a baby
outfit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nice job improving on the
customer service, keep it up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After Dyed in the Wool, we stopped for
lunch at <a href="http://mediterranocuisine.com/" target="_blank">Mediterrano</a>, a Mediterranean restaurant on Babcock Bulevard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where I totally failed to take any photos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lunch was very tasty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried the beet salad, pantzaria salata, and
it was delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also had the lamb
burger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It tasted good, but the texture
was a bit chewy compared to a beef burger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kim had <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>spanokopitakia, </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">phyllo pastry filled with spinach and feta, and dolmades, grape leaves stuffed
with rice and beef.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kim was generous enough
to share one of her dolmades with me, it was very good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t remember what Doug had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sorry about that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would definitely return to this
restaurant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thus fortified, the three of us continued on our
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Next up was Natural Stitches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’d all been there before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a very large store, with a huge variety
of yarns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the outstanding things
about this store is that each type of yarn is marked with the general amounts
needed to make different items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its in
knit measurements, but from that crocheters can estimate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crochet uses about a third more yarn (not 3x)
than knitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a decent
selection of crochet pattern books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
bought three new books:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suzann Thompson’s
Crochet Garden, Monette Satterfield’s Let’s Crochet, and Mollie Makes
Crochet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t made anything out of
any of the books yet (having been making amigurumi puzzle balls and felted pumpkins)
but they are on the to do list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Tonidale’s was the first shop on this part
of the yarn crawl that was new to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Doug had been to their old location and said that the new place was much
bigger. It was a bit tricky finding the place, since the yarn crawl ‘passport’
had the wrong address listed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we
acquired the right address through the magic of the internet, it was much
easier to locate, especially with the big sign on the edge of the parking
lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved the way they displayed the yarn on the
walls, in circles stacked on each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tonidale’s has a wide variety of ‘novelty’ yarns, including ribbon yarn
and eyelash yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made my friend
Rebecca (who crawled at this store on a different day) happy, since she loves
working with ribbon yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was also
a nice selection of ‘regular’ yarn, in a good range of prices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I picked up some bright red acrylic yarn
along with some matching variegated acrylic yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also got a ‘learn to crochet’ kit for my 7
year old niece, who has been having fun finger weaving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doug bought some pretty purple hand dyed
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Our last stop of the day was Knit One in
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yarn crawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doug wanted to stop there
since it had recently gotten new management and he was curious what the shop
was now like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knit One is also a large
store, with a good selection of yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I saw very few crochet patterns or books. It does have comfy chairs and couches spread throughout the store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took advantage of one of these comfy
couches, as Doug and Kim browsed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
sprawled on the couch, I realized I could overhear the beginning knitting class
that was going on in the back section of the store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I blatantly eavesdropped and was very
impressed by the instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was
encouraging and patient with her students. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When one of the students expressed her
frustration at still having difficulty, the instructor convincingly pointed out
how much progress she had made and showed her the things she had done correctly
in her practice sample.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The student
began working again with renewed enthusiasm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Five shops in one day was definitely
exhausting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doug, Kim, and I made our
way home with our bags of new yarn and patterns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Just three more shops to go!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The Steel Valley Yarn Crawl has come and
gone for another year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year, the
list of shops was expanded from 7 to 11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a challenge to get to all 11 shops in ten days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least it is if you want to spend some time
looking around the shops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m hoping
next year that the time is expanded to 2 weeks and 3 weekends, although I'm doubtful that will happen based on the feedback I've gotten from the yarn crawl organizers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took me four days to get to all the
shops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m lucky enough to have my
summers off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I was working, I don’t
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Despite the challenge, I did manage to
get to all 11 shops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be posting
photos of the shops and my impressions of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just like my travels, the descriptions of the shops will be done over a
few days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> You might notice that there are more photos of the shops new to the crawl than the ones that were on the crawl last year. Since I already had taken many photos of those shops, I concentrated on the shops that had been added this year. If you'd like to see more photos of the other shops, check out the posts about last year's crawl. <a href="http://threeriverscrochet.blogspot.com/2014/08/steel-valley-yarn-crawl-part-i-on.html" target="_blank">Part one</a> and <a href="http://threeriverscrochet.blogspot.com/2014/08/hiya-scifi-chris-with-second-part-of-my.html" target="_blank">Part two</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this post I’ll talk about
my journey north and south, to Darn Yarns in Harmony, Wolf Creek in Grove City,
Beaver Yarn Shop in Beaver, and Kid Ewe Knot in Bridgeville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should note here that my original plan was
to end the day in Sewickley at Yarns Unlimited not Kid Ewe Knot, but my plans
were rearranged at the last minute due to a distraction in Beaver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Darn Yarns , Wolf Creek, and Beaver are
all located in towns that are also worth exploring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have the time, I’d suggest making it a
day trip for just those three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go up to
Harmony in the morning,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>walk around the
town, exploring the unique shops and visit Darn Yarns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then head up to Grove City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not the outlet strip mall, but the actual
town, which like Harmony has many interesting shops to browse, including Wolf
Creek Yarns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then wander along the fun
shops near Beaver Yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shops<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which are the reason why I got distracted and
had to change my itinerary for the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Darn Yarns Needles and Thread can be a
little tricky to find if you don’t know where it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its tucked away in the corner of a group of
shops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is worth looking for,
however.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The shop is on the smaller
side, but it is the definition of cozy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It has a welcoming atmosphere that encourages you to take your time and
enjoy the experience of playing with yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In nice weather, folks can sit outside on the porch and knit, crochet,
or spin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Darn Yarns is crochet friendly and has
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A sampler of the completed yarn crawl knit scarf. Each shop had the pattern for one of the blocks.<br />
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Here is the yarn crawl crochet pattern. Each shop had a crochet pattern, this year, but unfortunately it wasn't part of a set like the knit pattern. They were just different crochet patterns. I was disappointed, since it would have been very easy to do a crochet version of the sampler block knit scarf. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Wolf Creek is about twice the size of
Darn Yarns and is filled with a wonderful variety of yarns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the selections that are offered at
this shop, from hand dyed to factory made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a knitting shop, however.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</span>Despite this, I did not find an anti-crochet attitude from the ladies
working there, who were very friendly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They were willing to assist me to go on Ravelry and find patterns, if I
wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Wolf Creek gave away a goodie bag to those participating in the yarn crawl. It included candy, a coupon for a local coffee shop, and a tape measure. Also pictured are the yarns I bought there.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Next up was Beaver Yarns in Beaver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was one of the shops that was new on
this year’s crawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its located on the
second floor, above a frozen yogurt shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(No, that isn’t what distracted me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t let it distract you, either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There’s a real ice cream parlor, <a href="http://www.witchflavor.com/" target="_blank">Witch Flavor</a>,
near the yarn shop. Go there.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beaver
Yarns is unique among the 11 shops on the crawl because its also an art
studio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Half of the space is filled with
paintings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beaver is another small shop,
but makes the most of its space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are even comfortable chairs tucked away in corners for those that want to sit
and play with yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another nice feature
is the ‘try me’ skeins of yarn scattered about the shop, so folks can actually
work with the yarn before they buy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
shop is very crochet friendly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The owner
of the shop, Susan, started out as a crocheter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She told me that she learned to knit because she opened the yarn shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were samples of crocheted items in the
shop, including some lovely shawls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A tangent story of the small world
variety:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since I’m taking photos of the
shop, I’ll tell the folks working there that I’m blogging for 3RC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the women helping out at the Beaver shop
asked me if I knew Doug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m convinced
that if I went to outer Mongolia to buy yarn, I’d be asked ‘do you know Doug.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He frequents many yarn shops and being very
tall and outgoing, he’s hard to miss in a crowd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you went to the Pittsburgh Knit and
Crochet festival and saw a man walking around with a yarn swift on a top hat,
that was Doug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, I told the woman
that I did indeed know Doug and was going to yarn crawl with him the next
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It turns out that she was the
friend, Kim, that Doug was bringing along!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Small world.</span></div>
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Beaver Yarns is on the second floor. Unfortunately, there is no elevator for those that would have trouble with stairs. <br />
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The knit yarn crawl scarf, done in multiple colors. <br />
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Beaver was one of the shops that had a crochet prize basket! Its always exciting when shop owners demonstrate that they understand not everyone who plays with yarn is a knitter.<br />
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The crochet yarn crawl pattern. <br />
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Owner Susan with shawls she had crocheted.<br />
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The basket with the blue yarns are the 'try me' sample skeins. <br />
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distracted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Near Beaver Yarns, among the
fun little shops that line the street, was a Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I later found out there is another Grandpa
Joe’s in the Strip District, but I had never before heard of the shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a wonderland of candy and soda pop, of
every flavor and type imaginable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
the standards are there, of course, along with candy from other countries,
including Japan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I happily wandered
around the shop, only somewhat avoiding the temptation to buy everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did manage to escape with just some ginger
candy chews and pretzel caramel chocolate bark, plus some items destined for
friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As fun as it was, it did put
me behind schedule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wouldn’t be able
to make it to Sewickley before Yarns Unlimited closed for the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Kid Ewe Knot was open late enough
that I would be able to make it there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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No more picking out the cereal pieces from the marshmallows!<br />
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Somehow I don't think this is what my parents had in mind when they told me to eat my vegetables. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Full disclosure time:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kid Ewe Knot is my regular local yarn
shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its crochet friendly and has a
nice mix of hand dyed yarn and factory yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s a bit of a drive for me to get there, but I’ve always found it
worth the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was here that the
owner, Heather, showed me the new novelty yarn they had recently gotten
in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abracadabra color change yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appears as a cream colored yarn inside,
but exposed to sunlight it turns pink or purple!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a very quick change, both to color and
back to cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kid Ewe Knot also had a
special colorway made just for the crawl, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hand dyed multi colored that came in a variety
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Heather, the owner of Kid Ewe Knot. <br />
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Yarn that changes color when exposed to the sun! <br />
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Inside.<br />
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Yarn crawl patterns, knit and crochet. <br />
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Magnet 'buttons' <br />
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<a href="http://www.stitchnpitch.com/" target="_blank">Stitch N Pitch</a> is an annual event that gives crafters a group rate for a MLB baseball game. In addition to the group rate for the ticket, the price includes a $10 vendor card and a goodie bag with yarn, patterns, and knitting needles. (yeah, knitting needles. There continues to be a dearth of crochet items in the goodie bags and raffle prizes.) Three Rivers Crochet has been going for a few years now. This year and last year, Nicole has been the awesome person that organized getting our tickets. At this year's game, Nicole threw out the first pitch! Several of us wore our summer crochet along hats, made from the free <a href="http://jessieathome.com/star-sun-hat-free-crochet-pattern/" target="_blank">Star Sun Hat pattern</a>. It was the perfect day for a baseball game, sunny with an occasionally cooling breeze. The Pirates even won!<br />
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Great job Nicole on organizing our trip to Stitch N Pitch and throwing out the first pitch! <br />
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Our summer crochet along project Star Sun Hats got a lot of positive attention and kept the sun off of our heads. Its always interesting to see how the same pattern ends up looking so different when made by different folks.<br />
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Here's the goodie bag and the list of folks who sponsored the event.<br />
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There was a free raffle. Diane and I both won knitting pattern books. Since neither of us knit, that means our friends Theresa and Rebecca are getting new knitting pattern books.<br />
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Pierogi Race! It was Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and T. Roosevelt against the Pittsburgh Pierogis in an exciting relay race. It was a close finish, but the Pierogis narrowly beat out the Presidents.<br />
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Pirates beat the Nationals, 3 to 1. w00t!! <br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hiya!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>SciFi Chris with another 3RC blog post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Puzzle balls, from what I can gather
from a quick Google search, started out being made from fabric. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems up for debate if they are actually ‘Amish’
or it’s just a name that has been given to them because they are a toy which
can be found in Amish communities or sold by the Amish. They are sometimes
sewed together to make a ball that can’t be taken apart, but the puzzle ball
that has become popular with crafters now days is made of three separate elements
that are fitted together in a ball shape which can be taken apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though the original puzzle ball patterns
were made from fabric, of course yarn folks adapted the pattern to crochet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After seeing a couple puzzle balls made
by other 3RC folks, I decided to give it a try.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I found a pattern on Ravelry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.lookatwhatimade.net/crafts/yarn/crochet/free-crochet-patterns/crochet-amish-puzzle-ball/">http://www.lookatwhatimade.net/crafts/yarn/crochet/free-crochet-patterns/crochet-amish-puzzle-ball/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same person that wrote the pattern I
used, Dedri Uys, also wrote a book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Amamani-Puzzle-Balls-Annies-Crochet/dp/1573675695/ref=pd_sim_sbs_201_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1CBVHJZ7NGGZNS1HK91F" target="_blank">Amigurumi Amish Puzzle Balls</a>
which takes the basic puzzle ball and turns them into fun amigurumi animal
shapes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Another 3RC member, Marissa, already bought the book and is making the elephant. </span>I’m planning on picking up a
copy of it and make the dragon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The pattern is not difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just single crochet, increase and
decrease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since you have to make 12 of the
same cones, then 3 of the same set of lids, it’s easy to learn the pattern
itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most difficult part was
keeping track of what row I was on, because each row changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a pattern you have to pay attention
to because of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used an 8 sided
dice to help me remember what row I was on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I was tempted to make the cones in the
round, but decided to (shockingly) follow the pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cones are a half circle that is single
crocheted together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pattern suggests
putting the ridge created by the single crochet on the outside to help the
pieces grip together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way that the
pieces fit together hides the seams, so it doesn’t make a difference
visually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t make a puzzle ball
with the seam on the inside, I don’t know if it makes a difference
gripping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overstuffing the cones seems
to keep everything together just fine, so it might just be an aesthetic choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The toy is primarily for toddlers, so
make it with kid friendly fiber.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used
Red Heart, because its machine washable, comes in many great colors, I had it
in my stash, and has a stiff quality that is great for amigurumi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I handed the puzzle balls over to my
nephews and nieces, ages 7 to 16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
older ones quickly lost interest, especially after being told they couldn’t
throw the balls in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
younger ones enjoyed pulling them apart, putting them back together in a
variety of ways to form new shapes, challenging each other to put them
together, and tossing them to each other despite the previous instruction of
not throwing balls in the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I'm looking forward to making the animal shaped puzzle balls. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hiya
everyone!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SciFi Chris posting again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">First up is
a reminder that the Steel City Yarn Crawl is quickly approaching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The yarn crawl will be from July 31 to August
9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its expanded this year to include
eleven yarn stores, up from the 7 shops that participated last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most are in Allegheny county, but a few are
as far out as Beaver, Harmony, Grove City, and Ligonier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year’s passport includes all the
addresses, store hours, and a handy map showing the locations of the shops in
relation to each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The cost of
the Steel City Yarn Crawl is $10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
gets you the passport, 11 raffle tickets, and a tote bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can get additional raffle tickets at participating
stores by buying things there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
manage to complete the entire crawl, you turn in your passport for an
additional prize drawing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Register at
any of the participating shops, which are listed in the picture below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The passport
isn’t the only thing that has improved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The tote bag is heavy canvas and has very spiffy orange accents. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much nicer than last year’s basic canvas bag.</span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y54btrv5iXA/VZ6lZw2A_xI/AAAAAAAAEaw/TIEVvk67ce4/s1600/P1010014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y54btrv5iXA/VZ6lZw2A_xI/AAAAAAAAEaw/TIEVvk67ce4/s320/P1010014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here’s a
link about the Yarn Crawl on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/steelvalleyyarncrawl">https://www.facebook.com/steelvalleyyarncrawl</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and on Ravelry <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/events/steel-city-yarn-crawl" target="_blank">http://www.ravelry.com/events/steel-city-yarn-crawl</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here’s a
link to my post about last year’s Yarn Crawl<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="http://threeriverscrochet.blogspot.com/search?q=steel+city+yarn+crawl" target="_blank">http://threeriverscrochet.blogspot.com/search?q=steel+city+yarn+crawl </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Three Rivers
Crochet is doing a summer crochet along!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our last crochet along was in October, making skull shawls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since it’s a summer crochet along making sun
hats seemed like a good idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After some
discussion at the Knit and Crochet in Public day, we settled on the pattern
Star Sun Hat by Jessie Rayot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its
available for free on Ravelry, although the link I’m giving is direct to her
site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also has a variation on her
pattern for kid’s sizes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Notes on the
pattern:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">First, it
calls for nylon wire called brimlock. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
couldn’t find any, so I went with 20 gauge jewelry wire from Joann’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes in a wide range of colors and seems
to work in getting the brim to hold its shape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Also, the pattern just says 3 skeins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The pattern is for three colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Making the yellow hat, I discovered that one 4 oz skein of Sugar n Cream super size is enough
for the main color, if you are doing the accent colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The accent colors
use much less than one skein each.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> For the purple hat, which has almost no accent colors, it takes more. I'm sorry I can't tell you exactly how much because I got one of the 'one pounders' of cotton yarn for it. My guess would be about 6 oz, but no guarantee on that, its just an estimate. </span></span></div>
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of the pattern that I had trouble with was round 27.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took a few rereading and examining the
photo to figure out that it wants you to basically make a “W” in the same stitch
(tc, ch 1, tc, ch 1, tc) then make four “V” (tc, ch 1, tc) in the same stitch,
repeating that pattern for the entire round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The hat took
me about five hours total to complete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Your time will of course vary depending on how fast or slow you
crochet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://jessieathome.com/star-sun-hat-free-crochet-pattern/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://jessieathome.com/star-sun-hat-free-crochet-pattern/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally,
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every week at our Saturday meetings at Panera Bread near Magee Hospital (from
2pm to 5pm), we change it up on KCIP day and head to Schenley Park in
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The 3RC blog hasn’t been updated since
February?????<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What slacker was supposed
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Oh, yeah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would be me, SciFi Chris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sorry about that. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At long last,
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Three Rivers Crochet recently celebrated
its 10 year anniversary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Way back in
2005, a group of folks decided to take a chance on meeting up with other random
folks to see what happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What happened
was a fantastic group of folks who have done many group projects, zillions of
individual projects, and given a massive amount of time, hand made items, and
dollars to charity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Amanda found a place for the 10<sup>th</sup>
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had a fundraiser to support breast cancer awareness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Donated crocheted bras would be auctioned
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3RC’s wire bra won the Bravo award
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Here's looking forward to another fantastic 10 years with Three River's Crochet! </span></div>
dhalpern3http://www.blogger.com/profile/01273782325042951981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-7229683042092716472015-02-11T15:48:00.002-05:002015-02-11T15:48:53.180-05:00Those Interesting Fingerless Gloves Fingerless gloves have become popular to make and fun to wear. Here are some samples. Doug made a pair using metallic-looking yarn (a gauntlet look) but it doesn't show up well in photos. Pat has been trying to get together a pair, but I'm not sure there is a mate (yet). But she modeled her glove and someone else modeled a striped one by Ethlyn.<br />
by Diane<br />
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dhalpern3http://www.blogger.com/profile/01273782325042951981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-34124020993739996882015-02-07T11:42:00.000-05:002015-02-07T11:42:02.055-05:00SciFi Chris here. One of the things I love about 3RC is the generous nature of its members. Diane recently posted about Carol's commitment to Project Linus and the amazing blankets she has made for them. There is our annual fundraiser for Rwanda Knits and Pittsburgh Vets. 3RC has made hats and scarves for many, many different charities. Most recently, folks in 3RC stepped up to make items for the Butler County Humane Society fundraiser on Friday, February 13th. Doug coordinated efforts for the group, gathering up all the donations, helping organize them, and dropping them off. He also took lots of great photos, which are posted below.<br />
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<br />dhalpern3http://www.blogger.com/profile/01273782325042951981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-54754768880852383652015-02-05T13:23:00.001-05:002015-02-05T13:23:51.156-05:00Some of Marisa's Projects I was thrilled when Marisa and Kristin joined the group. People who crocheted thread!<br />
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Marisa crochets with any yarn and with any pattern. Just check out these projects she brought in last summer. I'm really slow about getting projects onto the blog (which is why SciFi helps out) and didn't want you to think that Marisa dresses inappropriately in cold weather!<br />
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dhalpern3http://www.blogger.com/profile/01273782325042951981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-61595647775886423892015-01-28T13:47:00.000-05:002015-01-28T13:50:43.919-05:00An Enduring CommitmentPreviously we have blogged about Linus Project and our connection with them, Carol. Carol recently updated us that the local group had a yearly reckoning and the Linus Project in our area donated 12,145 blankets in the past year. I, for one, am truly impressed that an area of our size was able to produce and hand out so many blankets. (That's not adding in all the little groups I hear about, here and there, who are making their own charity work items.)<br />
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Following is a smattering of Carol's contributions. She doesn't follow patterns and pretty much puts together her own ideas.<br />
Diane<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Butler County Humane Society is having
its annual Have A Heart For Animals Valentine’s Day Party and fundraiser on
Friday, February 13<sup>th</sup>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
fun filled event will be at Bottlebrush Art Gallery, 539 Main Street, Harmony,
PA 16037.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It starts at 6pm and goes
until 9pm. There is no charge for admission, just bring an item for the animals
at the Humane Society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Their wishlist is here: <a href="http://butlercountyhs.org/wish_list.html">http://butlercountyhs.org/wish_list.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Details about the event can be found
here:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://bottlebrusharts.com/?p=2541">http://bottlebrusharts.com/?p=2541</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Three Rivers is donating many items,
both for the silent auction and for sale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you are interested in helping out, please bring your items to a 3RC
meeting by January 31 and give them to Doug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He has kindly agreed to collect and deliver the items.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">So what are the folks in 3RC making for
the Have A Heart fundraiser?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All sorts
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Carol and Doug are making leashes. Carol is using a homemade loom, made from an old medicine bottle, nails and duct tape. Doug is using something a bit fancier, a wooden lucet. Both methods produce very spiffy leashes. </span></span></div>
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Rebecca has made a cat blanket, which can be used to keep cat hair off the furniture, warm up a crate, or just give a comfy place for a cat to lounge.<br />
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Oriana is making funny 'cat butt' coasters. She is also making a cat's eyes blanket.<br />
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Diane is crocheting a warm bed, perfect for either a cat or a small dog.<br />
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Constance made these for our "Winter Walkies" basket: a reflective doggie sweater and treats for the dog's human, a coffee cup holder and chocolate bars. <br />
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This was an amazing donation. Denise K. is not a regular member of 3RC, but she saw Diane's email about our collecting donations for the fundraiser. She suddenly appeared, with two doggie beds she had made and a bag full of toys and treats for dogs and cats. Very, very generous of her and very much appreciated! <br />
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Bertha made this adorable little shrug, for the fashionable dog. <br />
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Amy's project reused and recycled old tshirts. She made strips out of the old tshirts and crocheted them into a pet mat. She also donated a cat collar.<br />
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This is one of several pet mats Nicole has made for the fundraiser. She has lots of yarn she sets aside to use on charitable projects and she enthusiastically puts her talents to good use benefiting others. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span><br />dhalpern3http://www.blogger.com/profile/01273782325042951981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-42295915691423950402015-01-07T13:03:00.003-05:002015-01-07T13:05:56.431-05:00Always BusyEveryone in the group is always working on something. Bea has been seriously working at reducing her stash.<br />
However, at our first meeting this year, Bea lamented needing to purchase something at Michael's after the meeting and said: "I just know I'll walk out of there with yarn."<br />
A little something she crocheted from "leftovers".<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">SciFi Chris here! Hoping your holidays were merry and bright, and your New Year will be full of colorful yarn and no major tangles!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Three Rivers Crochet’s annual charity
fundraiser at the Wilkins School Community Center raised $2488 for Rwanda Knits
and Pittsburgh Vets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many, many thanks
to the folks who bought items at the sale, made items for the sale, and worked
the sale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">3RC isn’t slowing down in the new
year!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our next charity contribution is
donating items to the Butler County Humane Society fundraiser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are making items to be sold at their February
13<sup>th</sup> event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some items will
be sold outright and some will be raffled off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Donations can be brought to the weekly 3RC meeting at Panera Bread near
Magee Hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Items need to be brought
in by Saturday, January 31st<sup></sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What type of items?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things for
pets, stuff for pet owners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example,
dog coats for walkies on cold days, doo bag holders, cat toys, and pet
beds/mats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ravelry.com is a superawesome
place to find patterns for pet items.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Of course, 3RC folks also make items for
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</span>Here’s some photos from the December 27<sup>th</sup> meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Carol is making an afghan for her grandson. She makes stripes and then sews them together, rather than making many little blocks and sewing them together. The paper is her plan for how the color blocks will be placed.<br />
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Original Chris was given some hand dyed yarn from (I believe) Guatemala. The top yarn was dyed with carrots, the bottom with beetles.<br />
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In Nicole's neighborhood is a memorial for firefighters. Included is a statue of a dalmatian holding a firefighter's helmet. Some of the local kids were concerned that the dog statue would be cold and so therefore needed a scarf. Nicole kindly agreed to make this colorful scarf for the dalmatian statue.<br />
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Pat is working on a ruffle scarf, in a gorgeous sparkling blue. Diane is assisting in the trickier than it looks project.<br />
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Doug, wearing the very spiffy steampunk style gloves made by Theresa with yarn she dyed, is working on his latest project, finger crochet. Just like the name implies, its crocheting using your finger instead of a hook. <br />
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New folks, Sarah and Katrina! Always exciting when new folks find us. Katrina is working on a hat in a lovely, soft, subtly variegated black yarn. She also showed us photos of an 'ugly' Christmas sweater she made, which won her office ugly sweater contest and an adorable vampire doll she made. <br />
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Projects, lots and lots of projects!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">As always, we meet every Saturday at the Panera near Magee Hospital, from 2pm to 5pm or whenever. Hope to see you there!</span></span></div>
dhalpern3http://www.blogger.com/profile/01273782325042951981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-69949085922173158272014-11-23T18:53:00.000-05:002014-11-23T18:53:41.717-05:00<span style="font-size: large;">Its time again for the annual Holiday Sale at Wilkins School Community Center!</span> <br />
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There will be many, many vendors there. Find the Three Rivers Crochet booth for wonderful, handmade items that make great gifts for someone special or yourself. All proceeds from items purchased from Three Rivers Crochet go to Rwanda Knits and Pittsburgh VA. <br />
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What's Rwanda Knits? (From their website) Rwanda Knits provides hand-operated, American-made knitting machines, technical, and
business training to low-income Rwandan women. Our program enables them
to increase their incomes through economically sustainable knitting
cooperatives, through which they produce garments for their domestic
market and export markets. <a href="http://www.rwandaknits.org/" target="_blank"> http://www.rwandaknits.org/</a><br />
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FREE opening party on Friday, December 5th, 7pm to 9pm, with FREE food, drinks, and music<br />
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WHEN: Friday December 5, from 5pm to 9pm<br />
Saturday Dec. 6 and Sunday Dec. 7, from 9am to 6pm<br />
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WHERE: Wilkins School Community Center<br />
7604 Charleston Ave<br />
Pittsburgh, PA 15218<br />
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<br />dhalpern3http://www.blogger.com/profile/01273782325042951981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-64864076075968009132014-10-26T11:50:00.000-05:002014-10-26T11:51:27.961-05:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">SciFi Chris posting information about a fun upcoming activity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">What:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Indie Knit & Spin Fiber Arts Festival</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">When:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>November 15<sup>th</sup>, from 11 am to 4 pm</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Where:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wilkins School Community Center</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> Regent Square</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7604
Charleston Ave, Pgh, PA 15218</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Website:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>http://indieknitandspin.wordpress.com/</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Saturday, November 15<sup>th</sup> is
the annual Indie Knit & Spin Fiber Arts Festival at the Wilkins School
Community center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many local crafters will have items for sale
at the marketplace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to being
able to buy yarn, knitting/crochet supplies, and craft items, there are several
classes to sign up for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among those
offering classes is 3RC’s very own Rebecca.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s her bio from the Indie & Spin website:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">“Rebecca DeSensi has been crocheting and
knitting for more than a decade. She works for a nationally-known,
Pittsburgh-based, crochet designer and author, providing technical editing,
pattern support, and sample creation for books, magazines, DVD workshops, and
TV shows. She also has worked independently as a technical editor for
publications and as a designer for a large national yarn company. She’s tried
every technique and stitch out there, so it was a natural progression to jump
into the business side of yarn. With her friend Karen, they dye and sell yarn
as <a href="http://www.ameliaandwiggles.com/">Amelia and Wiggles</a>.
Their booth can be found in the marketplace.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Rebecca will be teaching a class called <b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Don’t fear the pool; Jump in with variegated
yarns!</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here’s the course description:</span></b></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Indie
Knit and Spin offers so many choices in variegated and hand-dyed yarn, but are
you afraid to work that beautiful skein? Worried that the vibrant colors will
mottle into a pool of unattractive patterning? We’ll discuss the types of
variegated yarn; factors that affect the finished skein including fiber, hank
circumference, type of dye, and the dyer’s style; and the pattern types that
emerge when the yarn is crocheted or knitted. We’ll explore blending, texture,
and stitch patterns for knit and crochet as ways to randomize the colors in
your project. If time, we’ll talk about planning your designs around the
pattern types to take advantage of the skein’s natural tendencies.</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Homework:<br />
Bring a variegated ball or hank of yarn (or two) from your stash to analyze.
Can be commercially dyed or hand-dyed.</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Class
fee:<br />
$5 for handout and mini skein of hand-dyed yarn from Amelia and Wiggles.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">To inquire about or register for
classes, send an email to cosymakes@<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">gmail.com</span>.
All classes cost $30, to be paid in advance via check or paypal. Some classes
have a material fee to be paid to the instructor at the time of the class.</span></div>
dhalpern3http://www.blogger.com/profile/01273782325042951981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-62354578447093691092014-10-04T13:51:00.002-05:002014-10-04T13:51:36.727-05:00Hiya all! Scifi Chris here. Hmmmm, apparently even the twice a month posting goal was a bit ambitious for me. Once the school year starts (I'm a teacher) my time gets much more occupied and this school year's schedule is a bit more filled than I've had in the past few years. Add to that some family birthdays and a trip to the Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and somehow the entire month flew by without a post. Excuses, excuses. <br />
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Diane posted a few weeks ago about the Skull Shawl challenge some of the 3RC folks are participating in. I did get some photos posted over on our Facebook page. Here's a link. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/threeriverscrochet/posts/278272205701743">https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/threeriverscrochet/posts/278272205701743</a><br />
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Since then, a few of the shawls have neared completion. Original Chris is almost done with hers. She plans on wearing it on her trip to Paris, when she visits the Catacombs and takes a ghost tour! Aren't those the perfect places to wear a skull shawl! Original Chris has said she will send some pics of herself, wearing the skull shawl in Paris.<br />
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I decided that I was going to put some stripes in my skull shawl. Well, that turned out to be a bit more challenging than I originally thought it would be. I had figured that I'd just make the color change on row 17. That would mean that the tops of the skulls would be the second color, but no big deal, right? Wrong. The longer I looked at it, the more it bugged me. Finally, I decided to frog it and do the color change around the skull, so the skull would be one color. Gack. Unravelling fuzzy yarn. This was not a fun or easy task. It took me about three hours. However, once done and re-crocheted, I was much happier with the results.<br />
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Each color change I ended up doing differently, as I searched for the best way to do it. The first color change was simply switching colors as I crocheted the row. So many ends to weave in. I couldn't just carry the yarn, because it would show. On a one sided piece, like a hat, that wouldn't matter. However, since both sides of a shawl show, I couldn't carry. It had to be changed. There had to be a better way. I also want to note that the fuzzy yarn had the benefit of hiding my sometimes clumsy color changes.<br />
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Next, I tried finishing the skulls all at once, then just attaching the second color as I worked my way across each row. Less weaving ends, but still lots of weaving in. Finally, I figured out to just finish the skulls and the lace inbetween skulls, working several rows at once. Then, at the joining row (row 13) do the complete row in the second color. If that didn't make sense, hopefully the photos will clear it up. The last color change, from a design stand point, I probably should have made the color change lower, so the tops of the skull stood out more, but frankly I had no desire to do several more rows of color changes. I can live with the top as it is. The stripes looks cool, in my opinion, but I'm not sure I'd make that kind of effort again. If I do another skull shawl, it will be all one yarn. Although I have a multicolor yarn that might make a cool looking skull shawl, with the idea that it looks sorta like sugar skulls. <br />
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I had taken a photo of new 3RC member Ashley in her skull shawl, but I now can't find the photo. Sorry about that. Next time I get to 3RC, hopefully more folks will have their finished shawls. I do have some photos of Carol, wearing a sweater she is almost finished with. Its not a skull shawl but it does look fantastic!<br />
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Don't forget, 3RC meets every Saturday at the Panera Bread near Magee Hospital. Folks are there from 2pm until 5pm. Everyone is welcome!dhalpern3http://www.blogger.com/profile/01273782325042951981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-29737275706966060702014-09-05T13:24:00.000-05:002014-09-05T13:24:05.720-05:00Lost Souls Skull Shawlby Diane<br />
Three Rivers Crochet is starting a Crochet Along(CAL) for the Lost Souls Skull Shawl which is a free pattern on Ravelry. During a crochet along everyone works on the same pattern at the same time. They share their thoughts, progress and snarls.<br />
If you are interested you can join the Cal (not everyone at 3RC is doing the shawl since we have a just do what you want policy. )<br />
You should be able to download the pattern even if you don't belong to Ravelry (Why don't you?)<br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lost-souls-skull-shawl">www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lost-souls-skull-shawl</a>dhalpern3http://www.blogger.com/profile/01273782325042951981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2422082866990118347.post-6093631364584396022014-08-31T11:25:00.000-05:002014-08-31T11:25:59.563-05:00
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Scifi Chris here, more than a week later
from the last post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems like that once
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Winter is coming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Farmer’s Almanac predicts another very cold
and snowy winter and we all know that FA correctly predicts the coming year’s
weather about 80% of the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well,
that’s what they claim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some folks would
debate the accuracy of their accuracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/winter-forecast-part-iii-the-old-farmers-almanac">http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/winter-forecast-part-iii-the-old-farmers-almanac</a>
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that live in the Pittsburgh area, winter will be cold and snowy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
brings us to this post’s topic – hats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Crocheting hats is a quick and easy project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an excellent stash buster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It even has the added bonus of keeping you
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The following hat pattern is very
basic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can be adapted to any type of
yarn and hook size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its very
flexible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few little additions and
you end up with a wide range of looks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alternate
colors for stripes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of just
using double crochet, add in a few rows of single crochet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go through the backloops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make a mesh style hat, double crochet, chain
once skipping a space, double crochet, repeating. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sew on decorative buttons or a crocheted
flower. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make a unicorn hat by adding
ears, a mane, and a horn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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it creates a ribbed effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shell stitch
makes a lovely scalloped edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using a
few rows of single crochet gives a simple, finished edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Experiment to find a look you like.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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hook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t have enough of one
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enough to wrap around your head comfortably, where the bottom edge of the hat
will sit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Count the number of
stitches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be the number you want
to end up with on your round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For the average adult, it will be
about 21 inches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Babies are about 14
inches, children around 18 inches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Undo the chain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stitch DC (double crochet)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>12
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slip stitch into the first dc,
forming the first round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chain 2. (12)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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way around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slip stitch to join, forming
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DC once in the next stitch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Repeat until
the end of the round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slip stitch to
join, forming the third round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chain 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(36)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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DC once in the next two stitches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Repeat
until the end of the round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slip stitch
to join, forming the third round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chain
2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(52)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you had when you chained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This may mean
DC twice in one stitch, then DC once in the next three, repeating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may mean only doing the increase DC every
five stitches or so .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Play around with
it a bit until you get the correct number of stitches in your round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slip stitch to join, forming the fourth
round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chain 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Varies)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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long as you want it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I generally stop
when it touches my ears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">First off, there were more
comments!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s always exciting to
see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks again for reading and
commenting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m glad that there was some
use to be had from my yarn crawl description.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The yarn crawl was much fun and for the most part a very positive experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m looking forward to next year’s Steel
Valley Yarn Crawl.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’d also like to remind everyone that
Three River Crochet meets every Saturday, from 2 pm to 5 pm, at the Panera’s
near Magee Hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New folks are very welcome,
no matter what your skill level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Knitters are welcome, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As are
spinners and weavers and felters and dyers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Despite the name being Three River Crochet, all types of yarn users can
be found in our group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Besides lots of yarn, I also picked up
some new books on the yarn crawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of
the books is the subject of this week’s post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(Aside: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m trying to get
something posted here once a week, although no promises.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any suggestions for what topics you’d be
interested in reading about would be welcome.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I bought <u>Creating Crochet Fabric:
Experimenting With Hook, Yarn, and Stitch</u> by Dora Ohrenstein at Natural
Stitches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is available on
Amazon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your local yarn shop or book store
might have it or be able to order it for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are very few patterns in <u>Creating
Crochet Fabric</u>, although it does have several samples in the stitch dictionary
at the end of the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The primary purpose
of this book is to show the way yarn type, hook size, and stitch pattern
interact to create different types of crochet fabric.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ohrenstein created dozens of swatches,
pictured in the book, showing how the stitch pattern and drape changes
depending on the type of yarn used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
goes into detail exploring the many different types of yarn available, their
texture, and the type of projects that tend to go well with specific yarns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also like that she includes blueprint
patterns (diagrams and symbols) in addition to the normal abbreviated written
directions.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So why get excited about that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, patterns tell you what type of
yarn to use and what hook size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
what about those of us that have a tendency to use patterns as just guides or
ideas?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or folks that want to take the
jump into designing their own patterns?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Or even just folks that happen to have all this yarn piling up in their
stash from a recent yarn crawl that they need to figure out what to do
with?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This book helps out with
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It helps answer the question –
what can I make with this yarn – by showing the type of stitch patterns that
look best with a given type of yarn, taking into consideration the fiber its
made from, the weight of the yarn, its texture, and even its color (solid vs. variegated,
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>Creating Crochet Fabric</u> has been an
interesting and informative read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
many color photos give excellent comparisons of the same stitch pattern done up
with different yarns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a great guide
to understanding why yarn functions the way it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The stitch dictionary in the back of the book
has given me lots of ideas for possible projects, along with the actual
patterns included in the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d
definitely recommend reading this to anyone interested in picking their own
yarns for projects or creating their own patterns.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: white;">Hiya!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>SciFi Chris with the second part of my adventure Steel Valley Yarn
Crawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before I get to the details of
the final three shops, I want to take some space to reply to the comments from
the post on the first part of my yarn crawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you just want the stuff on the Yarn Crawl shops, just skip down a
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reply to comments – First, thanks for
taking the time to read the blog and make some comments!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sorry about taking so long to reply, but this
past week I was away on vacation and didn’t check to see what was happening on
the internet while I was away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
comments were focused on my experience at Dyed in the Wool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two of the commenters didn’t agree with what
I posted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s very understandable that
folks would want to defend their favorite yarn shops, especially when someone
new doesn’t share their enthusiasm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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, in her comment, pointed out that Dyed in the Wool, which I was not impressed
with, had weaving and spinning items, in addition to knitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I admit that I’m not a weaver or a spinner,
so even though I noticed the loom and spinning wheels, it didn’t really
register.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I go into a new yarn
shop, I look for crochet items, since that’s what I do and what I post about on
the 3RC blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a definite lack
of crochet in Dyed in the Wool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did
appreciate the tone of annschelbe’s comments, which seemed to be trying to
point out things I missed in my first impressions of the shop, pointing out the
positives that she has experienced, and encouraging me to give the shop another
try.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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comments by cgeorge480@aol.com, on the other hand, basically tried to defend
her favorite shop by attacking me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The snarky
comments about my lunch that day, implying that I was drunk and therefore wasn’t
able to make a sound evaluation of the shop, only reinforced my feelings about
the unwelcoming atmosphere of Dyed in the Wool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Disagreeing with another person’s opinion is one thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all have our own preferences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, if the only way you can do so is by
personal attacks and snarky remarks, rather than relying on presenting an
opposing opinion (such annschelbe did) then perhaps the evidence supporting
your side of the discussion isn’t that strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Instead of making me think that perhaps my first impressions of the shop
were inaccurate, all those comments did was reinforce that first negative impression
and made me feel that I was correct that Dyed in the Wool was not the place for
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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my third commenter, I hope you make it out to Kid Ewe Knot and have a nice
experience there!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this post, I’m
including my visit to Yarns Unlimited, which I very much enjoyed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span>The next day after going to the first four shops, I headed up to Grove
City and Wolf Creek Yarns. The shop is in the town itself and not in the outlet
area. I had been there a few years ago for a yarn tastin<span class="textexposedshow">g. Wolf Creek has expanded the size of its store, significantly.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have taken the back of the shop,
which used to be the office area and storage, and turned it into more retail
area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a store where you keep
walking back and back, and it seems to just keep going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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it does not have much in the way of crochet related items. The staff was
friendly and included a shop dog, Eugie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I hope I spelled that correctly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eugie
is a very low key shop dog, he came over to me when I entered the shop,
acknowledged my presence with a couple of tail wags, and promptly lay down for
a nap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The human staff was more energetic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another customer in the shop was looking for
a particular pattern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The woman behind
the counter (I believe she was the owner) took some time in helping her locate
the pattern on Ravelry and explaining to the customer how buying Ravelry
patterns through a local yarn shop worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Very helpful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> One of the items I bought at Wolf Creek was a yarn spindle. It is designed so that a ball of yarn can be slid down over the spindle and unwind without rolling all over the place. Three Rivers Crochet member Doug had picked up one on a trip to Denver. I had admired the gadget and was very pleased when I was able to get one at Wolf Creek. I currently have a ball of "Sea Star" superwash merino yarn from Unplanned Peacock Studios on it, being crocheted into a lace scarf. That's not what is shown in the photo, by the way. The photo is the yarn spindle on display in the shop.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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a fun day trip, stopping in the shop then wandering around the town of Grove
City. Wolf Creek Yarns had a small gift bag for crawlers, which included knitting
needle size gauge and a 10% off coupon for the coffee shop/cafe Beans on Broad,
around the corner from the yarn shop. I am very glad I took advantage of the
coupon. The folks who were working there were also yarn crafters! They were
very friendly and the food was good. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
gentleman behind the counter in the one photograph is the person who knitted
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This was one of my favorite shops of the crawl. When I told the person working
there I was a crocheter, she immediately said that the shop was very crochet
friendly, rattled off the names of staff that were crocheters, that they had
crochet classes, a crochet group that met there the first Saturday of each
month, and would I like to see the new crochet hooks they had just got in. I
also noticed there were crochet magazines on display on the counter, along with
the knit magazine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s easy for folks
to say that their shop is crochet friendly, but it’s actually having crochet
related items prominently displayed that demonstrate that a shop really is
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yarn, but then just about all the shops on the crawl have had lots of great
yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which is why my yarn stash is now
much larger and my bank account is much smaller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What really stood out at Yarns Unlimited was
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Doctor Who shirt I was wearing and exclaimed she was also a fan. We had a marvelous
conversation about Doctor Who. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always
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for a week, since I went off to Niagara Falls. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I had returned to Pittsburgh and
recovered a bit from my journey to Canada, I got back in the car to make the
hour drive out to Kathy’s Kreations in Ligonier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>T</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">his is another shop
that would make a good day trip activity. The yarn shop is down the road from
amusement park Idlewild and the historical attraction Fort Ligonier. There are
also lots of 'quaint' little shops. The Steelers’ training camp isn’t far from
Ligonier, so there was lots of black and gold yarn and projects on
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Kathy's Kreations is worth the trip, it’s a nice shop with a good variety of
yarn. The staff was very, very friendly. When I said I was a crocheter, one of
the ladies showed me where the crochet patterns and books were. I was also
invited to sit and crochet, since it was 'open sit and stitch Saturday.' This
was also one of only two shops that included crochet items in their raffle
baskets, Kid Ewe Knot was the other. Even better, they were the only shop that
had a crochet alternative to the free yarn crawl knit pattern. There was also a
free gift of a 'handi tool' which I'm told is used by knitters to pick up
dropped stitches. It has a small crochet hook on one end and a point on the
other. Also included was a coupon for 20% off regular priced yarn on the next
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The trip to Kathy’s Kreations was a very pleasant end to the 2014 Steel Valley
Yarn Crawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was quite an adventure
and I enjoyed getting to visit so many new yarn shops, chat with fellow yarn enthusiasts,
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<span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">On August 1, Diane and SciFi Chris set
off on the Steel Valley Yarn Crawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Seven shops are participating, from August 1 to August 10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Details can be found on Facebook and Ravelry. I've listed the shops at the end of this post. </span>At any of the shops, a ‘passport’ can be
bought for $10, which includes a tote bag and raffle tickets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At each shop, you get a stamp on the
passport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you manage to get to all
seven shops, then you are entered for the grand prizes, seven $25 gift
certificates – one from every shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
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shop also has their own raffle baskets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The tickets that come with your passport can be used for these
raffles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, when you buy a given
amount at each shop, you can get extra raffle tickets for that shop. Each shop also has part of a shawl pattern. I think that was a neat idea, to have a Yarn Crawl pattern. The only downside, at least to crocheter me, is that its a knit pattern. It would have been nice for them to offer both a knit and a crochet version. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Diane picked me up at 9:30 and we headed
off to the first shop of the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
goal was all five shops in the Pittsburgh area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The other two shops are in </span>Ligonier and Grove City, which we
decided were better as day trips by themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ultimately, we only managed four shops before we decided we’d had enough
driving for the day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">First stop, Yarn By Design in Oakmont.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We weren’t the only ones there waiting for the shop to open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the same at the other shops, according
to the folks we talked to in our travels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d only been to YBD once before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s a nice little shop, with a decent selection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many samples of knitted items hung on the
wall and were displayed throughout the shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Several different types of yarn were on clearance sale, but strangely
the sale items were cash only.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Regularly
priced items could still be paid for with plastic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Diane picked up some antique gold and olive
green fingering weight yarn for a motif sweater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I picked up a pattern book (Mission Falls
Goes Crochet) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by 3RC’s own Robyn
Chachula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t realize it was Robyn’s
designs until Diane pointed it out and showed me the sample that she had
crocheted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Second shop was Natural Stitches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d been there a few years ago and had not felt particularly welcomed as
a crocheter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There had been very few
books, tucked away in a corner, and most of them were of the ‘arts and crafts’
type.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crochet I was told, when I asked
about books on that previous visit, didn’t have very many good patterns for
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wow, was I wrong!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somewhere
along the line Natural Stitches figured out that crochet was more than toys and
afghans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were many crochet books
and they were no longer hidden away in the corner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were also other yarn arts represented
throughout the store, such as spinning and weaving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The staff was very friendly and eager to be
helpful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a huge selection of
yarn, including yarn that is very reasonably priced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wall of Cascade yarn was amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another nice feature is the information cards
that are posted for all the different types of yarn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cards not only describe the yarn, they
give approximate amounts needed for various projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The amounts are for knitting, but those
amounts can still be used to estimate the amounts needed for a crochet
project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the way, the whole crochet
uses 3x the amount as knitting isn’t that accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just depends on the stitch being
used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basic double crochet uses just a
slight amount more than knitting.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Diane picked up some very pretty pink yarn and she finally got a copy
of The Book - Crochet One Skein Wonders, a favorite of 3RC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I picked up the book Creating Crochet Fabric
by Dora Ohrenstein.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The focus of the
book is examining how different yarns create very different looks and
textures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very informative and useful.</span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div>
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local restaurants, 10% discounts for yarn crawlers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the recommendation of staff at Natural
Stitches, we headed to Union Pig and Chicken, a BBQ place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The food there was fantastic!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because Diane was doing the driving, I
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The trip to Dyed in the Wood didn’t go very smoothly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My garmin went a bit wacky, recalculating at
random and taking us on a bizarre round about route.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At long last, we found our way to Dyed in the
Wool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, I don’t think it
was worth that much effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The shop is
very small and cluttered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Small doesn’t
have to be a bad thing in a local yarn shop, but small does mean that its
important to use the space you have wisely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Placement seemed a bit haphazard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also contributed to a grungy feeling, as if the shop needed a good
cleaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The woman behind the counter
seemed far more interested in the knitting project she was working on than
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speaking of knitting, this is a knit
shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other yarn crafts aren’t really represented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On a wall of knitting supplies, there were
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shop. Its crochet friendly. For example, they were the only shop so far that had crochet items in their raffle basket. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">From my very first visit, I felt welcomed and the staff is knowledgeable and cordial. </span>Unfortunately,
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dyed yarn, some of them locally produced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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when you want to splurge a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite having just been there last week for
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dyed In the Wool<br />3458 Babcock Boulevard<br />Pittsburgh, PA 15237<br /><br />Kathy’s Kreations<br />141 East Main Street<br />Ligonier, PA 15658<br /><br />Kid Ewe Knot<br />429 Washington Ave<br /> Suite 4<br /> Bridgeville, PA 15017<br /><br />Natural Stitches<br />6401 Penn Ave<br /> Pittsburgh, PA 15206<br /><br />Yarns by Design<br />622 Allegheny River Boulevard<br />Oakmont, PA 15139<br /><br />Yarns Unlimited<br />435 Beaver Street<br />Sewickley, PA<br /><br />Wolf Creek Yarns<br />112 Blair Street<br />Grove City, PA 16127</span><br />
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Stitch-n-Pitch baseball game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
beautiful, sunny day, perfect for a Pirates game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The freebie totebag was very nice and filled
with spiffy things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a skein of
Hurray yarn from Berroco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s one of
those novelty lace looking yarns, that came with two pompoms and directions for
a braided scarf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were also two
skeins of yarn from Kraemer Yarns, one black and one yellow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, there was a pair of knitting needles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to the bags, we also got a $10
credit for food or merchandise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of
us took advantage of the credits, for food and beverages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a raffle for pattern books, Judy
and I each won books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since it was a
knitting book and I don’t knit, I handed mine to Rebecca C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She seemed very pleased with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judy seemed to like the book she won,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">An upcoming event is the Steel Valley Yarn Crawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have accounts on Ravelry and
Facebook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Yarn Crawl runs from
August 1 to 10<sup>th</sup>, but 3RC is planning on doing our crawling on
August 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll be meeting up at Natural
Stitches at 8 am, then heading out to Kathy’s Kreations in Ligonier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The order of the rest of the shops is still
being planned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a link to the
website of one of the participating shops, Kid Ewe Knot, that has more info on
the Yarn Crawl and links to the official Ravelry and Facebook pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Judy made many purple baby hats (they
are purple, even if they look blue in the photo).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hats are given to the parents of newborns
to spread awareness of Shaken Baby Syndrome. The “Period of Purple” is the time
period when babies tend to cry and cry, won’t be comforted, and it seems to go
on forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often folks call this ‘colic’
and it can be a miserable time, for parent and baby both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Period of Purple organization offers
strategies to parents on how to cope with the frustrations of a crying
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why purple?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It stands for <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>P – peak of crying, U – unexpected, R –
resists soothing, P – pain like face, L – long lasting, E – evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The website about Period of Purple,
which includes coping strategies, can be found here: <a href="http://www.purplecrying.info/">http://www.purplecrying.info/<o:p></o:p></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The website about making and donating
purple hats to help raise awareness about Shaken Baby Syndrome can be found
here:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://clickforbabies.org/index.php">http://clickforbabies.org/index.php</a>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The closest hospital to Pittsburgh that
is participating in distributing the hats is in West Virginia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is where Judy sends her hats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is mailing off her hats at the end of
September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are interested in making
some purple baby hats and donating them, she will include any hats folks get to
her before the end of September.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just bring
them to a 3RC meeting (Saturdays, 2 -5, at the Panera’s near Magee hospital)
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hats should be washable, made of soft
feeling yarn, and at least 50% purple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
guidelines for the hats and some patterns can be found here:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://clickforbabies.org/stitchers-club/">http://clickforbabies.org/stitchers-club/<o:p></o:p></a></span></span></div>
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