About FreshStitches

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The idea for FreshStitches began in 2008 when crochet designer, Stacey Trock, noticed a distinct lack of patterns for big and cuddly stuffed animals. A handful of adorable designs later- FreshStitches was born! Since then, FreshStitches patterns have become legendary for their cuteness, detailed instructions and step-by-step photos. Using the abundance of help and information in the patterns, numerous crocheters have crocheted a FreshStitches animal as their first crochet project! ...more

Posts Tagged ‘storage’

A plan for organizing your yarn stash!

Every knitter and crocheter has one... it's called a 'yarn stash'. And, if left unchecked, your stash can quickly turn into an unkept ...

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How to organize scraps of yarn

After you knit or crochet your first project, you're immediately faced with an organizational problem: weird bits of leftover yarn. The more ...

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Review: Lacis Yarn Ball Winder

I'm fairly proficient at hand-winding center-pull balls of yarn... so I put off getting a ball winder for a long time. However, a ...

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Tips for storing knitting & crochet projects

Most of us have a couple of knitting or crochet Works-in-Progress going on at one time. For today's Tip Tuesday blog post, ...

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New! Crocheter’s Tool Tin!

Do you remember when I blogged about the colorway worth freaking out about? I was keeping it all under wraps, but I ...

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How to transfer pdfs to your Kindle

Nowadays, most of the patterns that I use for knitting and crocheting are pdfs that I purchase online (as are most of FreshStitches ...

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Organize that stash! 2KCBWDAY3

It's day three of Knitting and Crochet Blog week! today's topic is about how yarn is stored.... so, I'll give you a little ...

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A tour of my studio!

Today, I'm going to give you a peek into my studio! I showed some photos back in June, when we moved to New ...

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Adorable sheep pouches for notions!

If you like yarn, you're more than likely to like sheep... and here are some adorable ones! I just spotted these super-cute ...

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Organizing the new yarn room!

I'm happy to report that I'm making steady progress on organizing my yarn after the move! In contrast to our previous apartment, ...

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