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A New Crochet Adventure in The Yarn Box!!!!

October 29, 2013 By 4 Comments

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I have had such a great month Crocheting, Designing my Amazing Grace Free Pattern Series and Blogging!!!!  There was one more thing that happened that was so far over the moon, I hardly could wait to share it with you… (I did sneak in a couple mentions earlier this month).  I was hired by one of my favorite Free Pattern Websites to write an article once a month… A dream come true!!!!  .

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Let me introduce you to my latest adventure over at….  The Yarn Box…  If you are a Crochet-a-holic like me,,, you will love this site!!!  They are dedicated to providing a mammoth library of Free Crochet Patterns!!!!  Along with the free patterns, they have great information about all things crochet,,, They have a blog section with great articles!!!  If you are a Crochet Designer,,, You can submit your Free Crochet Patterns and get a whole new community  looking at your creations…

The Yarn Box

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Yesterday my first article was published and posted to their website…  I was soooooo nervous about writing for someone else, but it turned out better than I could have imagined!!!  Please stop by and check my article… And PLEASE leave a comment at

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the bottom of the article… I would love to hear what you think!!!   A How-To Guide: Deodorizing Yarn

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The wonderful ladies over at The Yarn Box have been so Awesome!!!! Miranda is a website designer and has casuallyfriday.com  and her sister Corina has stitch11.com  Both are great sites and I hope you have time to stop by and check them out too!!!

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Elena

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Help Choose My Next Free Amazing Grace Crochet Pattern!!!! Voting is now closed…

October 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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October is almost over and I want to squeeze in one more Amazing Grace Crochet Pattern into my Free Pattern Series before the month is over…  Breast Cancer has touched all of us and these patterns are dedicated to those who are Suffering, Recovering  or Mourning Breast Cancer…

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This month I released Amazing Grace Hat, Amazing Grace Headband and Amazing Grace Prayer Shawl... So what should the final project be???   Please take my poll so I see what you want to make,,, Not only for yourself, but as donations in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness….

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VOTING IS NOW CLOSED and the WINNER IS  Amazing Grace Snoodie!!!!

(Some Votes Came In After Voting Closed… But it was close!!!)

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Amazing Grace Hat Brown Watermark       Amazing Grace Headband watermark     Amazing Grace Shawl Collage Watermark

     Amazing Grace Hat                           Amazing Grace Headband                        Amazing Grace Prayer Shawl

. Have a great day!. Elena . . . .

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Wednesday Facebook Fan Favorite-Week 10

October 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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Here we are again… I am so excited that my daily segment “Would your wear this… Would you make this??? Tell me what you think”  has become so popular!!!!!  Each week I see it getting more views,,, Which means more of my Crochet-A-Holic friends are seeing more Free Patterns!!!!!  This week was one of my favorite’s too,, I really want to make this project!!!  So here it is… Week 10’s Facebook Fan Favorite...

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Neon Love Mits,,, By Meghan Fernandes

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Meghan has a great website called PomPom Quarterly,,, It is mainly a knitting site… But these crochet mits are Fabulous!!!!  Here is the Ravelry link for the pattern… http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/neon-love-mitts

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Check out all the great Free Patterns over on my Facebook!  Check in daily to see what is hot or find the free pattern library from “Would your wear this… Would you make this??? Tell me what you think”  by clicking on my Facebook photo album titled the same…  Each week I tally up the favorite by the Comments, Likes, Shares and Post Clicks… So make sure you get your vote in!

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This week I also released my 3rd Free Pattern in my Amazing Grace Series… Amazing Grace Prayer Shawl… You can find all three patterns along with a few more previous patterns in the Pattern tab at the top of the page…  The Amazing Grace Series is dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness…  I am trying to squeeze one more pattern in the series by the end of the month… So check back in for more details!

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Have a great week!

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Elena

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