tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88055304162942579692024-03-13T00:49:02.100-04:00. . . the constant craftswoman . . .I like to make stuff.
<br>I like to see what other people make. (Some of it totally amazes me.). . . the constant craftswoman . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/00262486413259357832noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805530416294257969.post-81117597914763771872011-03-11T18:54:00.027-05:002011-04-29T18:26:49.733-04:00Back from the brink<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Have been knitting and crocheting like a madwoman recently and have posted many of these items on my </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/alleysally"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ravelry Project pages</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. Nothing monumental or extraordinary mind you. Just some fun and funky things I've been experimenting with. What you need to know is that almost everything I knit or crochet these days is a new experience for me. I'm having a good time and making a ton of stuff to give away as gifts to friends. But I'm WAAAY behind in photographing things, so this one will be a first for here.</span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #5a13b9; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18pt;"><u><strong>"SNUGGLE PUFF" Crocheted Circular Face Scrubbie</strong></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/alleysally/snuggle-puff-face-"></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0Q9Ce61AbmmiZ0Kl49ZXs5sCXxbCGUPoSItTF95saDlMJ7cY3SnrYWwJEcN7fakppmqjEg3484x8u4IlcwLHjPBW8sRBsXRp9nf453NJObuKaJ69Vw06p-R0QofKyIDAc_6olw7feS_5/s1600/AZTECcrochetedSNUGGLEpuffwHAND1-rev-reduced.jpg"></a>This is the first pattern I've ever written out for someone else to try! It's based on a simple circle made in Half Double Crochet that has been used for coasters, round dishcloths and other single-circle face scrubbies I've seen. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's ever constructed one of these, but my friends on Ravelry have said they wanted to try to make one<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">——</span>so I'm happy to try to provide a written pattern. (It may be full of errors; I hope not!) </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12pt 0in 6pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;">If you do try it out, and it works for you, OR if it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">doesn't</i>, would you please let me know? Thanks! <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/alleysally/snuggle-puff-face-scrubbie"></a><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/alleysally/snuggle-puff-face-scrubbie"></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"></a></a></span></span></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DzJuK7_BMHBWoXY4AId2ywWP1oC7ONlbxGz4CkxZhXwJyWMsRSxZmf0Ncxrafzqf6QYcIBZuCKS5Fcm845rGKW8AoNgQwX0cYeplCmPMRghJF_sxfNOhdcPSvKiUFFyTTyhpAGnoWVjd/s1600/AZTECcrochetedSNUGGLEpuffwHAND1-rev-bordered.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306px" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DzJuK7_BMHBWoXY4AId2ywWP1oC7ONlbxGz4CkxZhXwJyWMsRSxZmf0Ncxrafzqf6QYcIBZuCKS5Fcm845rGKW8AoNgQwX0cYeplCmPMRghJF_sxfNOhdcPSvKiUFFyTTyhpAGnoWVjd/s400/AZTECcrochetedSNUGGLEpuffwHAND1-rev-bordered.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><strong></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/alleysally/snuggle-puff-face-scrubbie"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span></a><span style="color: #5a13b9; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="OLE_LINK9"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="OLE_LINK8"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9;"></span></a><span style="color: #5a13b9; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/alleysally/snuggle-puff-face-scrubbie"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.ravelry.com/projects/alleysally/snuggle-puff-face-scrubbie</span></a></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" name="OLE_LINK5"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">MATERIALS</span></span></u></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">:</span></span></span></span></div></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Yarn: Pisgah Yarn & Dye "Peaches & Crème" double worsted cotton in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Aztec. </i>Optionally, you can use two strands of worsted weight cotton yarn held together.</span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;">Crochet Hook: size </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">3.75 mm (F) for circle; 4.0 mm (G) for SC edge</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Large-eyed blunt needle for whip-stitching edges closed. (I use a small (B) crochet hook for this, but a needle is another option.)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span></span></span></span></div></li>
</ul><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;">INSTRUCTIONS</span></u></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;">:<u></u></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Start with a Magic Ring. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Crochet 6 HDC (Half Double Crochet) stitches into ring. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Pull tail to tighten stitches.</span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Join to beginning of round with a Slip Stitch through both loops in first HDC; CH 1. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Crochet 1 HDC through both loops in same stitch as the CH 1, then 2 HDC through both loops of each of the remaining HDCs (12 stitches). </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Join to beginning of round with a Slip Stitch through both loops in first HDC; CH 1. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Crochet 1 HDC through both loops in same stitch as the CH 1, 1 HDC through both loops in the next HDC, and 2 HDC into both loops in each stitch around (24 stitches). </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Join to beginning of round with a Slip Stitch through both loops in first HDC; CH 1. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Crochet 1 HDC through both loops in same stitch as the CH 1, 1 HDC through both loops in the next HDC, and 2 HDC through both loops in the next stitch; alternate 1 HDC with 2 HDC through both loops in each stitch around (36 stitches). </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Join to beginning of round with a Slip Stitch through both loops in first HDC; CH 1. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Crochet 1 HDC into both loops in each of the stitches around. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Break off yarn, weave in tails and hide ends. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Make two of these circles. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">With wrong sides together and leaving a tail about 4" long, seam circles together with SCs about two-thirds of the way around, leaving an opening for your fingers (either three or four fingers). </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Finish with a whip stitch or two at the beginning and end of the SCs joining the two halves. </span></span></span></span></div></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><div align="left"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Cut or break off yarn, weave in ends. <span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Voilà!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></li>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4TicDXDJGkTA-fvuRpY7Zu1MBUS6byh1FRHhnC6JVraf73LbOPudc_S7kMhLT267GczK7C0bSIy8LlAFlhkmAXGJQBiFs7CvM8RdLHod-88tCCg7o8O6zY_6FZKQ6Dm4gq6S0q6Y9hq-/s1600/AZTECcrochetedSNUGGLEpuff-3-rev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220px" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4TicDXDJGkTA-fvuRpY7Zu1MBUS6byh1FRHhnC6JVraf73LbOPudc_S7kMhLT267GczK7C0bSIy8LlAFlhkmAXGJQBiFs7CvM8RdLHod-88tCCg7o8O6zY_6FZKQ6Dm4gq6S0q6Y9hq-/s640/AZTECcrochetedSNUGGLEpuff-3-rev.jpg" width="640px" /></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 12pt;"> © </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic';">2011 Cheryl D. Davis</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic';"></span></span></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Now go wash your face! :o)</span></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.25in 0in 6pt;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 8pt;">The Fine Print</span></u></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 8pt;">: Although this is a very basic and straightforward pattern, please show consideration for the time and effort it takes to work it out. I'm fine with you making copies of this pattern for yourself and your fellow knitters, and I only ask that you make sure to copy the pattern so that the copyright symbol and my name is included. </span></span></div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black;">Please feel free to make as many SNUGGLE PUFF Face Scrubbies as you wish for yourself or to give as gifts, but please do not make them to sell. If you have any questions, you may email me at </span><a href="mailto:cherylddavis2@verizon.net">cherylddavis2@verizon.net</a><span style="color: black;">. You can also contact me through Ravelry from my profile page: </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/alleysally"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.ravelry.com/people/alleysally</span></a><span style="color: black;">. Thanks and happy hooking!</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"></div></div>. . . the constant craftswoman . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/00262486413259357832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805530416294257969.post-3680057806678841262011-02-20T11:56:00.000-05:002011-02-20T11:56:56.965-05:00The Constant Craftswoman is on hiatus . . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Due to a family emergency, I will not be posting for the short term.<br />
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Sincere thanks to the few of you who have looked in. <br />
I'd intended to be much more prolific with my postings and sharings of some of my crafts with you. Hopefully, I will be back in the near future to pick up where I've left off.<br />
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Wishing you all a wonderful time of making and doing!</div>. . . the constant craftswoman . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/00262486413259357832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805530416294257969.post-32624975552876669142011-01-02T23:39:00.028-05:002011-01-12T16:11:53.574-05:00A RAK Give-Away for anyone who asks<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddVJwjZL5-q6sEJMLdk7kP6Z0caoorpaE39V2noLXp3V-TK-vJUKBPGBxTnlVCYknJmM3QQg31L15M0hUWi66zMLzk5uz2WmZ3EUmGqw3-9I1VHtxv0y4AKu0nx3Vl6Z5CKX5gAqslwU_/s1600/MiraclesOccurNaturally-framed-AMY%2527s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddVJwjZL5-q6sEJMLdk7kP6Z0caoorpaE39V2noLXp3V-TK-vJUKBPGBxTnlVCYknJmM3QQg31L15M0hUWi66zMLzk5uz2WmZ3EUmGqw3-9I1VHtxv0y4AKu0nx3Vl6Z5CKX5gAqslwU_/s1600/MiraclesOccurNaturally-framed-AMY%2527s.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">I was checking out my Ravelry posts today when an idea hit me. I have a number of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eraphernalia_vintage/sets/72157612884146869/with/4238374756/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">prints from my original calligraphy featuring quotes from <em>A Course in Miracles</em></span></a><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">, left over from when I used to sell them</span><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: purple;">.</span></span> I produced these back in the 1990s and I’d enjoy sharing them (read: GIVE AWAY FOR FREE!) with anyone who would appreciate them and might like to have one. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"> </span></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTtTYdy0Tx813wpnWB9o1k5_shJ3_WdTXlTsnwT35fcUZdvp0LcG0-oFIH3Z8KPqzdY8WK-H39mM6ozMypz5hQ0tKVh0zCnSIwjTYnCo8lwB-mbJ4v8byMuQo1uoKBOqYy2rO5pI8jgZrr/s1600/LetMiraclesReplaceAllGrievances1-matted-rev.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTtTYdy0Tx813wpnWB9o1k5_shJ3_WdTXlTsnwT35fcUZdvp0LcG0-oFIH3Z8KPqzdY8WK-H39mM6ozMypz5hQ0tKVh0zCnSIwjTYnCo8lwB-mbJ4v8byMuQo1uoKBOqYy2rO5pI8jgZrr/s320/LetMiraclesReplaceAllGrievances1-matted-rev.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">I penned the quotes myself, had them printed on high quality card stock and then I individually added hearts, flourishes and other design elements to each one with pen/brush and colored inks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Here are a couple of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Acim&w=28510393%40N07"><span style="color: #cc0000;">examples</span></a> on my Flickr site, and t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">here is an example on my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/alleysally"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ravelry profile page</span></a> (last photo before the listing of Groups I’m in).</span></div><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">I’ve seen give-aways on other blogs and references to a so-called “random number generator” that selects the winners . . . </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">I don’t know if this is an actual tool or just what people say to attempt fairness when drawing numbers/names. (Guess I could Google "random number generator", but that sounds too much like work . . . ;o) </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1Ql-RilbE3YEWOGtWbQavnqTb3awruZhexKlvsZw0bka2W9Fx7qAX2eWikyutFrj9_BSUpoXd-XzvH6kfhpVdwniz3dTWDjK8yB3OT4nWo_txxCljsWizE7mgJj85QxbpvRPEr4lK5VO/s1600/ACIM_PRINTS-7-rev-vert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1Ql-RilbE3YEWOGtWbQavnqTb3awruZhexKlvsZw0bka2W9Fx7qAX2eWikyutFrj9_BSUpoXd-XzvH6kfhpVdwniz3dTWDjK8yB3OT4nWo_txxCljsWizE7mgJj85QxbpvRPEr4lK5VO/s1600/ACIM_PRINTS-7-rev-vert.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">My point is: I’m really trying hard to implement my New Year's resolutions and let go of some of my hoarding tendencies. I have a serious disorder involving accumulating things and saving them for that all important (but hard to predict) time when I'm absolutely, positively going to need them or use them. It's gotten out of hand, really. (You have <em>NO</em> idea! Trust me.) Giving these away would be a great big step in that direction. And I desperately need <em>YOUR</em> participation in this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Can anyone suggest how I might devise a fair way to get these out to any one who might want one? (Remember: I'm really new to all this blogging stuff and its protocols, so if it seems like I am not figuring this out on my own just chalk it up to ignorance and inexperience.) Leave me a comment if you have any <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">ideas you can offer!</span></span></div> <br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">There are about six different quotes and about ten different designs. Some of them are in the form of matted or unmatted prints, suitable for framing. Formats are 6"x6" square or 4"x6" rectangular, unmatted. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">I've made a few of the prints into blank cards using a high-grade card stock with matching envelopes. I'll be giving these away as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Prints will <em>not</em> be framed, but some of them are matted in archaival-grade 100% cotton mat board and have foam core backings. For each print or card I give away I'll include: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">1) a little self-adhesive cardboard easel that can be attached to the mat backing and placed on a shelf or other flat surface for display, and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">2) a small plastic self-adhesive hanger you can use to hang the print on the wall.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">I'll send one of each with every print/card. You choose how you'll display them. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In addition to the hand-colored prints, I have <em>hundreds</em> of undecorated ones that I'd be happy to give away in bulk. The quotes are as follows:</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ "Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love."</span></i></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ "Let miracles replace all grievances."</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ "Today I will judge nothing that occurs."</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ "God being love, is also happiness. To fear him is to be afraid of joy."</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">~ "I offer only miracles today, for I would have them be returned to me."</span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>~ "Heaven is here</em></strong>—<em><strong>there is nowhere else.</strong> <strong>Heaven is now</strong></em><strong>—<em>there is no other time."</em></strong></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Oh<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic';">—<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>a</em></span></span><em>nd I just remembered!</em> I have a slew of hand-cut mats with beveled edges in 100% rag matboard that I cut for my prints. These are up for grabs, too! Most are either 8"x8" square or 6"x8" rectangles with openings slightly smaller than the prints for which they were intended. I think there are even some double mats in the mix.</span> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">FREE! FREE! FREE! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If no one responds here by the end of January, I'll be shipping everything off to Omaha, NB to a good friend of mine who leads ACIM study groups. I know she'll be thrilled to have them.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Talk to me, people!</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">(The photo reolution on the examples shown is blurry, and for that I apologize. They were shot hurriedly primarily for documentation; they'll have to suffice until I can replace them with better photos. The quality of the actual prints/cards is excellent, so I hope the poor photos won't dissuade you from requesting one! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><a href="mailto:cherylddavis2@verizon.net">Email me directly</a>.)</span></span></div>. . . the constant craftswoman . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/00262486413259357832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805530416294257969.post-8751412325357743882011-01-01T17:24:00.015-05:002011-01-02T04:28:00.673-05:00"You must do that thing which you think you cannot do."<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One of my favorite quotes from the inimitable <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes/a/qu_e_roosevelt.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Eleanor Roosevelt</span></a> pretty much sums up my approach-avoidant attitude toward launching this new blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It's also a good New Year's resolution. For me . . . to consider putting into action in my life. (Notice that I'm not totally buying into it yet?) Though I don't have a stellar record for keeping my resolutions beyond the first few weeks of January (if <em>that</em> long), this one really resonates with me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">You see, I have a tendency to make choices by avoiding making choices. Not the best approach. Trust me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So now I have a New Year's Resolution, and a goal for 2011. And it pretty much encompasses every other resolution that I could possibly make. How cool is <em><strong>that!?!</strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Anyway. I'll be back to add to this brief post shortly<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic';">—</span>or start a new one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">In the meantime, I wish you all a happy, healthy, prosperous and wonderful New Year for 2011. And good luck keeping those resolutions. (A pox on whoever started the blasted tradition. I think it was designed to guilt-induce all of us. I'm just sayin'.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">If you're reading this, Welcome! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Stop by now and then and share a cup of coffee with me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I might actually find something worthwhile to say.</span>. . . the constant craftswoman . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/00262486413259357832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805530416294257969.post-40070733422147126952010-12-31T17:40:00.007-05:002011-01-02T04:17:08.485-05:00Not ready for primetime, yet . . .<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Just so you know: I've not posted anything yet due to wondering if I really have anything to say that's blog-worthy . . . </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the interim, while I screw up my courage and decide just what it is I want to put out there, please visit </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/alleysally"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">my Ravelry page</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eraphernalia_vintage/"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">my Flickr site</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, if you want to learn more about me<span style="color: black;">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Being a perfectionist, starting something like this is a bit intimidating . . . </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">No. Actually, it's terrifying. I once told my therapist that there were just two books that I wanted to own. One was entitled <em>How To Do Everything Right</em> and the other title was <em>All The Answers</em>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yeah. You're probably thinking the same thing she was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, I'm a big chicken when it comes down to doing something that I've never done before<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic';">—<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">because I want to do it well. Just attempting this is huge for me. </span></span>I've read a lot of blogs out there and <em>some of them are really amazing</em>: wise, witty, and jam packed with wonderful insights and information. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The bar is very high. And I hate looking like an idiot.</span></div>. . . the constant craftswoman . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/00262486413259357832noreply@blogger.com0