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Crocheted Flowers: You're Doing It Wrong | Red-Handled Scissors

Crocheted Flowers: You’re Doing It Wrong

I had jury duty yesterday. This meant that, when I wasn’t being grilled simultaneously by two attorneys and a judge, I finally had a good chunk of time to wrap my head around the pattern for my very first crochet project: the Garden Scarf from the Stitch ‘n Bitch crochet book. I was quite pleased …

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Family Homemade Pizza Night: A Photo Essay | Red-Handled Scissors

Family Homemade Pizza Night: A Photo Essay

Stretching Homemade Dough Vegan Brussels Sprouts, Tofurkey, and Roasted Garlic: Before Vegan Brussels Sprouts, Tofurkey, and Roasted Garlic:After Omni Basil and Mozz: Before Omni Basil, Mozz, and Sausage: After Vegan Pizza Bliss A Boy and His Pie

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Sunday Snapshot: New York Cares Day | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: New York Cares Day

I spent all day Saturday volunteering with some friends and coworkers for New York Cares Day. Because we’re book people, we were on a team in charge of repainting a middle school library. As expected, most of the room was slated to remain a standard shade industrial beige. But, for some reason, the columns were …

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Single Crochet: Totally Harder Than It Looks | Red-Handled Scissors

Single Crochet: Totally Harder Than It Looks

Today, I was taken by a sudden, very pressing need to learn how to crochet. There was no use in trying to resist the siren call of needlework, so I hit a Barnes & Noble on my lunch break to check out crochet books, then stopped into La Casita Yarn Shop & Cafe on my …

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