Hook and Needles: Knitting and Crochet Blog (cool stuff, techniques, and things I find)

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Browse my past articles by categories or by date. To see descriptions of articles, click on individual headings.

By Category

• Crochet

  • Patterns

    • Amigurumi Bonanza
    • Amigurumi Maker
    • Amigurumi Monster Patterns
    • Amigurumi Tutorial 2
    • Brain Slugs
    • Crochet Hat Recipe
    • Flexi Cowl
    • Halloween Amigurumi
    • Increase/Decrease Evenly in a Row
    • Japanese Crochet
    • Nibbler Pattern
    • Nibbler's cape, diaper and shoes
    • Plastic Bag Yarn

  • Techniques

    • Amigurumi Tutorial 1
    • Amigurumi Tutorial 3
    • Don't spit on your yarn
    • Embroidering your Knitting
    • Increase/Decrease Evenly in a Row

  • Tutorials

    • Adjustable Magic Ring
    • Amigurumi Hair Tutorial
    • Amigurumi Tutorial 1
    • Amigurumi Tutorial 2
    • Amigurumi Tutorial 3
  • Birdies
  • Book Happiness
  • Easy Stitch for iPhone and iPod touch
  • Fish close-up
  • Glow in the dark yarn
  • Gooseflesh
  • Happy Halloween!
  • I ♥ Pucca
  • Making your mark-ers
  • My Belated Wish List
  • Waist Shaping Calculator

• Knitting

  • Patterns

    • 'Irene' Scarf
    • Increase/Decrease Evenly in a Row
    • Making Math with Yarn
    • Mochimochi Land

  • Techniques

    • Are you Busty?
    • Cast-on... for now
    • Crochet Bind-off
    • Don't spit on your yarn
    • Embroidering your Knitting
    • I Messed Up!
    • Increase/Decrease Evenly in a Row
    • Jogless Stripes
    • Twisted knits

  • Tutorials

    • Elizabeth's Afterthought Pocket
    • Jogless Stripes
    • Knitting Tutorial 1
    • My Felted Mariah
  • Book Happiness
  • Cheap Sock Blockers
  • Easy Stitch for iPhone and iPod touch
  • Glow in the dark yarn
  • I ♥ Pucca
  • Knitting Calculators
  • Making your mark-ers
  • My Belated Wish List
  • The Last Knit
  • Tricot Machine
  • Waist Shaping Calculator

• Reviews

  • Counting in style
  • Michaels' New Logo
  • My Belated Wish List

• Technology

  • Amigurumi game
  • Amigurumi Maker
  • Are you Busty?
  • Easy Stitch for iPhone and iPod touch
  • Help Ravelry and Win
  • Knitting Calculators
  • More Web Design Happiness
  • RSS Syndic... what?
  • Saving for Posterity
  • Tricot Machine
  • Waist Shaping Calculator
  • Web Design Happiness

• Uncategorized

  • About me
  • Archive
  • Blog
  • Categories
  • Patterns
  • Ravelry Gallery
  • Thank you
  • This blog is dead
  • Tutorials
  • Wallpapers

• Wallpapers

  • Birdies
  • Fish close-up
  • Halloween Amigurumi
  • Kate the Cat Wallpaper
  • Marker close-up
  • Pucca Wallpaper

• Weirdness

  • "Yarn" from Rags
  • Glow in the dark yarn
  • Gooseflesh
  • Making Math with Yarn
  • Museum of Kitschy Stitches
  • Plastic Bag Yarn
  • Pure Schadenfreude
  • The Knit Garden
  • The Last Knit
  • Tricot Machine

• Yarn

  • "Yarn" from Rags
  • Glow in the dark yarn
  • Plastic Bag Yarn
  • The Great Alpaca Tour 2008

By Date

• 2025