January 2018
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Crocheted Cherry Blossom Heart Is Super Sweet!
It is now the Jewish month of Shevat, so dear friends it is certainly time to start thinking about crafts for Tu B'Shevat, the holiday which celebrates the new year for the trees. Yes, really, trees have a new year's too, isn't that amazing? While much of the Western World celebrates the tree in December,…
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Crocheted Sunburst Granny Square Wrist Warmers Free Pattern
Chunky crocheted wrist warmers are so fun to whip up and make a great winter accessory that will take you into early spring as well. And once you get the idea behind the construction of these crocheted sunburst granny square wrist warmers, you can go to town and make crocheted wrist warmers from all those…
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Welcome Back To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome back to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! I hope everyone had a great holiday season, and are now ready to charge ahead in the new year with lots of plans for carrying out all those creative dreams. My personal problem is that the list…
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Brighten Up Winter With Kalanchoe In Bloom!
Ahhhhh, gorgeous kalanchoe in pink, red and coral are just the thing to brighten up winter right about now! Thanks to Ikea, where these little pots were just 9 shekels each (plants are expensive here in Israel, very annoying since they are grown here and Israel is a world expert is such things) so I…
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Crocheted Sunburst Granny Wrist Warmers Are Cozy And Quick
Lets hear it for some great looking, quick to whip up, cozy sunburst granny crocheted wrist warmers also called GRL PWR (girl power) Wrist Warmers, because hey, why not? I'm not sure if I ever saw a photo of wrist warmers like this, or if I just imagined it, but with no pattern to be…
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Crocheted Sunburst Granny Square Pattern
At long last I was able to purchase some chunky acrylic yarn at my local fabric shop that seemed like something worth trying out, (There is one other brand of chunky that starts to pill while you are just looking at it…..well you know what i mean) and at only 10 shekels a skein of…
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Crocheted Dots And Dashes Granny Square Neck Warmer
Winter has finally arrived here in Northern Israel, so let's celebrate (since we need the rain) with a Crocheted Dots And Dashes neck warmer, composed of just four wagon wheel granny squares! The squares themselves only take about 15 minutes to crochet each (for the experienced crocheter) so I'm guessing one could crochet the entire…
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Crocheted Wagon Wheel Granny Square Pattern
For a moment there I thought I might not do any crocheting this winter, but ha ha, that certainly would be a very strange thing around here! And rather than take down boxes from the attic, I figured I'd whip up a few simple crocheted accessories for myself with some yarn I had on hand,…
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A Visit To The Nahariya Boardwalk In The Winter!
Now that my 14 year old son is in sleep-away yeshiva high school in Nahariya he only comes home every other shabbat, which means that every other week we go to visit him. And I have to say I am certainly not complaining as it forces us to visit the Mediterranean Sea, and the drive…
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A Visit To Rosh HaNikra, Israel On The Mediterranean Coast
Once every two weeks or so, my husband and I drive about an hour west to visit our 14 year old son who is in sleep-away Yeshiva in Nahariya. Fortunately Nahariya happens to be on the Mediterranean, and so after years of being starved of the ocean views that I crave, I am now happy…