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Oct 31

Back from Stitches East

Wow, just wow, such an amazing event! Stitches is a conference for knitters and crocheters that is held four times a year in different locations all over US.  This year was my first time and I went to Stitches East in Hartford, CT. My journey started in ungodly hour of Friday morning (5am), when I …

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Oct 18

Hi

Nope, I have left for my trip home to Russia yet! I apologize for not posting anything new. Yeap, I already been yelled at in real life (hi Ann) for that. In my defence (not a really good one) I have been working on a super-secret-project-that-cannot-be-named for an-amazing-magazine-that-cannot-be-mentioned.  I have been knitting and crocheting, and …

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Sep 04

Can of worms

Sorry for being so graphic, but that is exactly where I am, figuratively speaking. For the past two years (wow, it is really been two years already) I have been teaching crochet classes and writing patterns to use in classes only. I would design anything that my students would like to make or learn to …

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Aug 01

Training Them Young

Look who came to class few weeks ago: Yeap! My niece Michelle and Denine’s niece Leyla are learning to crochet. Leyla came few times last year when she learned single crochet, chain stitch and double crochet.  She made two little monsters in single crochet.  Then school started and we have not seen her, but during …

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Jul 18

Summer Hats

Back in April I made two summer hats for girls and photographed them on Maksim niece – Michell. Yes, I pay my models in crochet stuff, why do you ask? Yesterday, we were looking at those pictures, actually I was showing her that she is on my website, and Michelle mentioned that she would really like …

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Jul 13

Time to start making holiday presents.

I remember when we were cramping up on finishing holiday gifts last year (3 days before the party), someone  mentioned that it might be a good idea to start gift making earlier than November, maybe even in July. Guess what… It is July! I checked! My fancy brand new phone says – July!  Time to …

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Jun 16

Some changes

In case you did not notice, I disappeared from the face of the Earth… No… Not really… I am still here!  I was just busy.  I know this is very original excuse.  Nobody every used it before. But really I was.  I had some major changes in my personal life, which I am not going …

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