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 ‘travel’

A quick teaser… photos from Stitches East!

I'm having a fabulous time at Stitches East! I'm still in the thick of things, but I thought you'd want a peek at ...

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Off to Stitches East!

First thing's first... how's my book coming along? The technical deadline is early January, but since we go to Australia for Christmas to visit ...

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The Truth about Knitting Needles on Airplanes

The question I see most often popping up on knitting/crochet discussion forums is: Are knitting needles/crochet hooks allowed on airplanes? There's some helpful advice out ...

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Fun at the Finger Lakes Fiber Festival

Giggle... the first time, I accidentally typed the title of this blog post as 'the Fiber Lakes...'! I've been living in Ithaca, NY ...

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Wanna see some vacation photos? There are waterfalls!

Have you noticed that I've been missing for a few days? Oh, sure, I've been blogging and tweeting as usual... but not from ...

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The Swift Stitch: Santa Cruz, CA

store: The Swift Stitch address: 402 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 website: www.theswiftstitch.com date of visit: April, 2012 Everywhere I travel, I go to yarn stores. ...

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A Weekend around Connecticut

As you may (or may not) know, Tim and I moved to New Haven, CT two years ago for Tim's 2-year contract. Which ...

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A Yarn Lover’s tour of NYC (with pickle detour!)

Like me, my friend, Ellen, is a yarn-lover. And an all-around crafty-chick. So, when it came time for Ellen to visit New York ...

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A Verb for Keeping Warm: Oakland, CA

store: A Verb for Keeping Warm address: 6328 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA 94608 website: www.averbforkeepingwarm.com/ date of visit: April, 2012 In my recent trip to San ...

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William the hippo visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Remember when I crocheted a Willam of my own to take to the Met? Well, little crochet William went and had a splendid time! ...

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