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11-03-2013, 04:08 AM #1
Greetings from the American Sahara!
AKA the boonies of San Diego, where the parching East winds have not ceased to blow now for almost a year, killing off the trees and bushes like some sort of invisible blow torch. {sniff}
On a more positive note, I'm hoping there're some really skilled diagram readers here, because I've got mega-problems with some butterfly diagrams.
I've been crocheting since '64, knitting since '67, and also love beading critters. Lizard and frog buff.
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11-03-2013, 05:13 AM #2
Hello from Europe. I crochet doilies
ɹǝʞɐɯ ʎןıop ɐsıɹɐן
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11-03-2013, 07:06 AM #3
Hi ndlnut and welcome to our little group. I wish I could help you, but being honest here, diagrams just plain scare me.
God will never put more on your plate then you can handle.
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11-03-2013, 04:13 PM #4
Hello,
Welcome to Crochet Talk! It is a pleasure to have you here on the message boards! Please pull up a chair and make your self at home here - this is a wonderful group of people we have on site! :0)
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11-03-2013, 11:48 PM #5
HA! You might just be the "fairy godmother" I need, Larisa! I've been wrestling with some Duplet magazine crochet diagrams for butterflies for quite a while now, and maybe I can hit you up to untangle them for me! CU around!
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11-03-2013, 11:57 PM #6
Barb and MBH, thanx for the welcome.
MBH, as a punaholic, I RELISH your ever so clever moniker! {thumbsup} And yah, diagrams can indeed be scary, I agree, but one of the things I like about the Russian Duplet ones is that usually, they come with a diagram that also shows you the direction of working, which is a HUGE help.
I usually have no problems with American (or UK) diagrams, but the Russian and Japanese ones can be a bit overchallenging, LOL!
For me, the advantage of the diagram is, I don't have to worry about losing my place, although yesterday, I was working on a butterfly that had about 6 rows of sc's, which in Russian diagrams are marked not with a nice little cross-stitch cross, but with a tiny black rectangle. That can make your eyes cross when there're umpteen of those crowded together like a bunch of amoeba eggs ({cackle} I know, amoebas don't lay eggs).
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11-04-2013, 12:13 PM #7
Hello and welcome from Pa. Nice to have you with us. I have crocheted for 30 years and I emjoy it very much
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11-04-2013, 03:10 PM #8
ndlnut I hope your finding some help. Have you tried You-Tube Videos??? May have some things . LOL
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11-04-2013, 11:51 PM #9
Thanx Audrey! We're "Oldie" crocheters, then, because I've been doing it for half a century, ROTFL! (And when I mentioned to someone in 6th grade that I wanted to knit, the reply was, "Aw, shucks, that's fer granneez!" Hmph!)
Sue, yes thanx for the tip: I've been ferreting around, and I think I've figured out one of the problems I was having. When I successfully make that particular butterfly, I will post it here as my "trophy," LOL!
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11-05-2013, 04:36 PM #10
ndlnut I will be waiting. As a Butterfly crazzeee gal Im anxious. I have 7 metal ones outside ,just put them in shed as Winters in MN is COLD, Breezy, SNOW. HUGS Susan M J