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*Rook No. 17: recipes, crafts & creative nesting*: CRAFTS/TUTORIALS. Patterns, patchworks and projects | Quilting | CraftGossip.com. Hookin’…the legal way {Part 1} Welcome!! I am so excited you are joining us for the first part of Hookin’…the legal way! Myself, and my awesome guests, Lauren from Tutus and Tea Parties and Sara from My Merry Messy Life are going to show you how to crochet! These amazing shops are sponsoring Hookin’…the legal way. Check out their Etsy shops (Living In Amethyst and Two Girls Patterns) for some seriously amazing patterns and make sure to check back at the end where one lucky reader will be winning patterns from their shops!

Are you ready to get started?? It can be extremely intimidating to look at a crochet pattern. Wrap the yarn around your index finger and your middle finger twice. Insert your hook into the second chain from the hook. Chain 2 at the end of your previous row. At the end of your previous row, chain 3 as this will be the height of the dc row. Chain 1 at the end of your previous row. Wrap the yarn around your index finger so that it criss crosses.

Phew! Vote for me!! Where I’m linking up. Silhouettes. *Rook No. 17: recipes, crafts & creative nesting*: Repurposed Light Bulb Hot Air Balloon DIY. Incandescent light bulbs have lit the world since the late 1800s, and for just as long a light bulb's journey has ultimately led to the waste bin. Every year, Americans throw away more than a billion of these miraculous little orbs of glass, inert gas and tungsten filament. Recently I came across a brilliant little sculpture by artist Souther Salazar on Pinterest. Titled "Lightbulb Balloon (orange)" the piece uses an incandescent bulb as the basis to create a whimsical hot air balloon. Genius! For my part in this week's Elmer's Glue 'n Glitter project for Collective Bias, I took my inspiration from Salazar's work and created a sweet and simple trio of light bulb balloons of my own.

What I love most about this project is that it repurposes items that might otherwise be destined for the trash: water bottle caps, light bulbs, and fabric and trim scraps. Next time a light bulb in your home emits its last dying flicker, don't toss it -- transform it! Here's how... Hot Air Balloon DIY Glitter. CatRabbit by catrabbitplush. Design You Trust – Design Blog and Community. Handmade Dolls and Stuffies. EverythingEtsy.com — Etsy Blog | Selling on Etsy | Etsy Banners | Giveaways & Creative Stuff.