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Winter blues, and getting ready for St. Paddy's Day. Crocheting helps colour those shades away.
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Newsletter
March 4th, 2014
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"Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it."
-Johann Goethe
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Our Happy Heart's Afghan Challenge is Over
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Did you have the chance to look over the nearly 400 Afghans of the Happy Hearts Challenge on Flickr
We at the Crochet Crowd think that this challenge prove to be the most amazing and awesome creative challenge that people have entered to date. We are amazed with the colour vision that everyone has come up with. The creative thought is so inspirational. Even the layouts of the squares give each afghan artistry and imaginative concepts. Just a WOW! Grab a cup of jo and take your time browsing through the gallery.
Winner in the Computer Generated Random Draw is Mary Gainer from Texas. Congratulations! You will be receiving a gift bag with lots of Red Heart Yarn and a few little extras. Thank you for participating.
However, the true winners are everyone that entered. First your creativity should ALL be prized with the sense of accomplishment and second your excitement to create such interesting afghans with each being so different is just outstanding!
You can still add to our Gallery if you are still working on yours and didn't get it done on time. We still like to continue to showcase our communities hard work and sense of accomplishments.
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Sharing our Skills and Being Proud of What We Create
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What's the New Challenge?
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What many of you have been waiting for. What is the new Challenge? This month is a simple project. quick and easy. It officially starts on March 15th, 2014. We are still in process of filming and preparing for this challenge.
Though we could tell you the pattern and etc, we need to wait to ensure that ALL of our members have the resources which include the video tutorial. Chances are, we will release it slightly early for those who are eager to hook up something really fun!
It's a quick project and many people will probably do multiple.
Stay tuned for details next week!
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Create your own Visual Style, Bring it Home to the Heartland with Lion Brand Yarns
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Diva Dan has been hard at work Playing with Lion Brand Yarn.
  Check out what he did on the weekend.
Two very quick Projects
One is a Crochet Lace Cowl using 1 Ball of Heartland Redwood. Heartland being such a nice soft yarn, it feels so wonderful to wear as a cowl. It has a nice shine to it as well.
The other and if you like bulky yarns, this Hometown USA Wildcats Crochet Lacy Scarf was to 2 row pattern and 3 balls. It took him just under 3 hrs. Winter is still here, so wrapping up in one of these still sounds like a fabulous idea. |
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Mystery Adventure Crochet Project - Coming Soon
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Creativ Festival Contest has gone Mad,
Mad for the Alice 'Hooks in Wonderland Prizes.
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Only 4 Weeks left to hand in your Mad Hatter Hat for the Alice in Wonderland Contest at The Creativ Festival
Each box we opened has been so exciting! The imagination and fantasy put into the hats really do paint a picture of the story of Alice in Wonderland.
April 20th you will see the amazing and delightful hats that will certainly put on a smile. With a month away, the due date is April 1st postal marked. Mark sure you give plenty of time to send it.
Over $2500 in Prizes will given to 5 creative crocheters.
"You would have to be half mad to dream (that) up". "Off with their Heads." or in this case 'Hats' to the most creative and far out hats.
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Are You Impressed with the Creativity on Facebook? We are!
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Stay updated on Facebook with all the gossip with Mikey, Cathy and the Crochet Crowd
Check out the patterns and pictures all week. Be inspired by our community sharing their projects
We love Show 'N Tell. Show your creativity on our Facebook Fan Page.
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Cary shared with us her Dinosaur. This is was a gift she made for a new baby. Isn't the cutest toy ever and the colours of this little dinosauris perfect!
| Tiffany actually made her first sock/slipper. we are actually impressed that someone wanted to make on these. LOL Can't wait to see them and great start |
Yup, Kitty says, 'You're done! and its sleep time.' Kacey's Kitty is taking the time to make sure that the project is worthy for him.
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Mikey is Hosting an Event in our Home Town
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What's Hot and New on 'That's Pinteresting'
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 Pinning and being inspired has never been easier!
Remember Pinterest is for you to be inspired with lots of ideas and inspiration, and we are here to encourage your creativity. Be sure to follow things that 'Pinterest' you.
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Sprinrite Yarn Factory Outlet.
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Message from Spinrite Factory Outlet E-Tent
Yes... for the first time we experience a website overload with the amount of traffic from eager yarn shoppers. Never before have we thought that the E-tent would get this much. In order to provide a more efficient E-Tent, we have decide to perform an upgrade to serve you better and to improve the shopping experience! As you can imagine, these maintenance and upgrades do take time.
We are expecting the "flaps" in the E-Tent to be still closed today. (Tuesday) Stay tuned to our Facebook Page for a Special Offer for all of our patient E-Tenters when the flaps open again! We will also be extending the Winter Blowout Sale in the E-Tent! You will be the First to know when the E-Tent is Good To Go on our Facebook Page!"
Thank you and we value your business.
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Videos from Mikey's Library
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 | | Baby Super Star Blankets, Crochet Along |
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 | | How To Change Colors in Crochet |
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 | | How To Crochet Ocean Waves Afghan |
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 | | How To Crochet an Amazing Shawl |
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 | | Read Crochet Patterns: Lesson 3 |
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Patterns for Inspiring Crochet Gifts
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Free Patterns from the Red Heart Collections
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Click the collection of inspired projects. You will be forwarded to The Crochet Crowd, you will be able to select the individual patterns you wish to look at. Don't worry, they are all free.
Kiss me, I'm Irish! XOXO
Warm Feet are Happy Feet
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 Have Friends that use to Crochet or just loves it?
Forward this Newsletter to them and let inspiration fill and explode with joy and passion.
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The Crochet Crowd is controlled by Michael Sellick and Daniel Zondervan, Creative Directors and Video Hosts. You may find grammatical errors or typos in this newsletter. While we try our very best and we are all human, a few errors may slip between the stitches which only makes this newsletter more interesting. That's our excuse and we are sticking by it.
Sincerely,
The Crochet Crowd team with Michael Sellick, Daniel Zondervan, Cathy Cunningham and Colleen Barden
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Editor's Note: To be featured in our Facebook Page is purely like winning the lottery! It is always random and with such a wonderful page of MANY followers we do our best to include as many as we can when time allows us. Also Patterns might not be available. Be kind to those and please support each other by going to the 'recently post by others' page and give everyone a thumbs up or a positive comment. After all, we created this page to give you the chance to inspire others and to support each other with questions. Just like being in School show and tell was always the best time of the day. We love every one of these projects and hope you share that love with others as well.
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