Home: Do-Inspire-Yourself #17. I learned the basics of crochet from my grandma when I was a little kid, and never really mastered more than the basic stitches.
So here some of the basics to learn, and let's see if you'll get "hooked" {pun intended}! First of all: which kind of learner are you? I found this article extremely interested, because it's the getaway to your future web searches. Drawing? Basic crochet stitches Something that I'm very bad at: reading patterns and schemes. And when it's about the basics, let's go dummies.com: how to follow a stitch diagram it's dummies' proof! Crocheting in circle: I only knew these two methods: the chain circle or the magic loop, but in the comments of this post there is also a link to a video for the "sloppy slip knot".
Easy mini-doilies: To make my big "doilies galore" scarf I made a combination of lots of small and medium size doilies. How about mini crochet Christmas decorations? Granny squares I've got you covered with the granny squares! Filet Love filet. Rose hip : cotton candy... ...I've been spending some of my time lately revisiting my flower square crochet pattern; I'm slowly filling up a basket with a whole new batch of these colorful squares.
This time, however, I'm dipping into my cotton/cotton blend reserves instead of my woolly yarns to make them. I've been using my cotton or cotton-like yarns because I have so many single balls and skeins lying around that I decided it was high time to use them up. Why so many singles? Most probably because I'm always looking for new yarn to trim my pillowcases (I'm always searching for more colors...), end up buying a single ball or skein, and by the time I find that it works with a certain pillowcase I just made up, it's been discontinued and I can no longer use it because a single ball/skein only goes as far as making 3 or 4 pillowcases...
Grrrrrrr! Anyhow, coming back to my floral squares... However, whether my idea works or not is all fine by me because I simply love making these floral squares! Inspiring. Freubelweb - de site voor en door freubelaars. Prentenboeken (Books & Literature) 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy. By facts on May 15th, 2012 Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier.
We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy – we cling on to them. Not anymore. Starting today we will give up on all those things that no longer serve us, and we will embrace change. Ready? There are so many of us who can’t stand the idea of being wrong – wanting to always be right – even at the risk of ending great relationships or causing a great deal of stress and pain, for us and for others. Be willing to give up your need to always control everything that happens to you and around you – situations, events, people, etc. “By letting it go it all gets done. Give up on your need to blame others for what you have or don’t have, for what you feel or don’t feel.
Oh my. Change is good. I know, I know. 30 photographs that will blow your mind. Capturing a moment in a snapshot is a real art, you have to be ready with your camera at the right moment and right place.
Photographers who can achieve those shots are usually professionals who always keep their camera with them, constantly look for something to take a picture of and have the ability to snap a picture very quickly. Following you’ll find a collection of great shots that will blow your mind. 1. Alien. Originele en grappige advertenties II. 50 reasons not to date a graphic designer. Education Quotes. These quotes are ideal for motivating teachers to keep offering students their best day after day.
Henry Brooks Adams: A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. A. Bartlett Giamatti A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching. Nikos Kazantzakis: Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own. Gail Godwin Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. Richard Bach: Learning is finding out what we already know. John W. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows and rows of natural objects, classified with name and form.
R. Henry B. Benjamin Franklin: Tell me and I forget.