I love my home state more than I can put into words. The extreme weather we have seen here in the last two years between forest fires, blizzards, and floods has effected so many lives and destroyed so many homes. Last weekend, I took my visiting aunt up to Rocky Mountain National Park. We have a yearly pass to this place which is truly one of my absolute favorite spots in the whole world. For us, it is a quick hour on Highway 34 up a mountain canyon along a small river and we can hike through some of the most beautiful mountains in existence. Below is a video of what that road looks like today. My heart is a little broken knowing I won't be able to visit my sanctuary for a while. Here in north Fort Collins, we are cut off from south Fort Collins. The city is shut down and just about every road that crosses the Poudre River is closed in case it takes out a bridge. All of I-25 is closed and lots of it is covered in water. The Red Cross has set up at my old elementary school. I'm completely safe, but my heart is breaking for all the fantastic people in this state. Love to you Coloradoans - the best people in the world!
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Lace at the Avenir ...and how crochet saved lives...
Hi all! Hope you had a fantastic weekend! I sure did! (Check out my instagram for pics of the Maroon Bells up in Aspen - I really love my homestate!!!)
I keep talking about this fun DIY I want to share - but it involves black leggings - and with temps in the 90's here - I just haven't been able to force myself to put them on and take pictures of them. If it ever cools down - it will be coming - till then, if you have an extra pair of black leggings lying around (or any other color), get them ready for a cool crochet DIY!
So one of the coolest things about the grad program I'm in (Design and Merchandising and Colorado State University) is that we have our own museum - WHAT? Pretty cool, huh? The Avenir is our own little textile museum that exhibits darn cool historical and cultural textiles. Last year they had a ton of really cool Peruvian weaving and THIS YEAR historic lace!!!
HISTORIC LACE!!! That means there are some wicked cool historical crochet pieces in there right now. Fun fact learned at the lecture last week - selling Irish crochet lace helped keep families alive during the Irish potato famine. It literally saved lives. (I'm 1/4 Irish - and my family members lived through the potato famine - maybe they were crocheters - I'll have to check into it!) Anyway - I love stuff like that!
If you can make it to the museum here in Fort Collins - you should. If not, I've included some of my favorite crochet pictures down below. Enjoy. Happy stitching!
I keep talking about this fun DIY I want to share - but it involves black leggings - and with temps in the 90's here - I just haven't been able to force myself to put them on and take pictures of them. If it ever cools down - it will be coming - till then, if you have an extra pair of black leggings lying around (or any other color), get them ready for a cool crochet DIY!
So one of the coolest things about the grad program I'm in (Design and Merchandising and Colorado State University) is that we have our own museum - WHAT? Pretty cool, huh? The Avenir is our own little textile museum that exhibits darn cool historical and cultural textiles. Last year they had a ton of really cool Peruvian weaving and THIS YEAR historic lace!!!
HISTORIC LACE!!! That means there are some wicked cool historical crochet pieces in there right now. Fun fact learned at the lecture last week - selling Irish crochet lace helped keep families alive during the Irish potato famine. It literally saved lives. (I'm 1/4 Irish - and my family members lived through the potato famine - maybe they were crocheters - I'll have to check into it!) Anyway - I love stuff like that!
If you can make it to the museum here in Fort Collins - you should. If not, I've included some of my favorite crochet pictures down below. Enjoy. Happy stitching!
Friday, August 30, 2013
Escape the City
I made it through the first week of school.
This will be a busy one.
I HAD intended to work on crochet stuff this long weekend (a fun DIY and a Sharp Crochet Hook promotion and some really cool historical crochet)... but then...
My bff won tickets to JazzAspenSnowmass... so there is pretty much no way I'm passing up my chance to escape the city, head to the mountains, and listen to this crew in the most beautiful place there is.
Try not to be too jealous. I'll try and get the legging DIY done before I leave tomorrow!
HAPPY WEEKEND!!!
This will be a busy one.
I HAD intended to work on crochet stuff this long weekend (a fun DIY and a Sharp Crochet Hook promotion and some really cool historical crochet)... but then...
My bff won tickets to JazzAspenSnowmass... so there is pretty much no way I'm passing up my chance to escape the city, head to the mountains, and listen to this crew in the most beautiful place there is.
Try not to be too jealous. I'll try and get the legging DIY done before I leave tomorrow!
HAPPY WEEKEND!!!
Monday, August 12, 2013
Summers are too short...
Hi all!
Wow what a whirlwind the last month has been! Since finishing my textiles class, I put crochet borders on a ton of shorts, and dresses, and skirts... and even did a DIY with leggings that turned out pretty cute that I hope to share with you ASAP. I also completely cleaned out my closet, and painted the basement and rearranged all my furniture to create a dance/workout space and a workspace for crocheting and working with fabric for my graduate thesis project.
THEN... I took an epic roadtrip to see the new baby in the family and hit up 6 national parks and 2 Navajo parks along the way, but I did ALL the driving and my legs are still cramping a bit. My favorite travel pictures are included below...
Now I'm working on a couple new patterns I want to get out to you AND getting ready for school to start again. This year is going to be CRAZY. I'm taking a full load of graduate classes and trying to resist the urge to add one more (there is just too much cool stuff to learn). Also, super pumped to TA the Product Development class I took in the Spring and loved so much. I'm also planning out some dance classes I'll be teaching, and choreography I'm working on for the Nutcracker, and dancer competition season. ALSO... if you live in or around Northern Colorado, come take crochet class from me!!! I'm teaching at My Sister Knits starting in October... lots of fun projects I'm getting started on for that. AND working on my thesis when I have the time cause that should be pretty awesome... and by now I'm getting a little worried that I won't have enough time to work on Sans Limites Crochet patterns... so they may come slowly... but hopefully they'll be better quality.
How has YOUR summer been going? What are you guys working on? Are you excited for Fall?
-S
Wow what a whirlwind the last month has been! Since finishing my textiles class, I put crochet borders on a ton of shorts, and dresses, and skirts... and even did a DIY with leggings that turned out pretty cute that I hope to share with you ASAP. I also completely cleaned out my closet, and painted the basement and rearranged all my furniture to create a dance/workout space and a workspace for crocheting and working with fabric for my graduate thesis project.
THEN... I took an epic roadtrip to see the new baby in the family and hit up 6 national parks and 2 Navajo parks along the way, but I did ALL the driving and my legs are still cramping a bit. My favorite travel pictures are included below...
Now I'm working on a couple new patterns I want to get out to you AND getting ready for school to start again. This year is going to be CRAZY. I'm taking a full load of graduate classes and trying to resist the urge to add one more (there is just too much cool stuff to learn). Also, super pumped to TA the Product Development class I took in the Spring and loved so much. I'm also planning out some dance classes I'll be teaching, and choreography I'm working on for the Nutcracker, and dancer competition season. ALSO... if you live in or around Northern Colorado, come take crochet class from me!!! I'm teaching at My Sister Knits starting in October... lots of fun projects I'm getting started on for that. AND working on my thesis when I have the time cause that should be pretty awesome... and by now I'm getting a little worried that I won't have enough time to work on Sans Limites Crochet patterns... so they may come slowly... but hopefully they'll be better quality.
How has YOUR summer been going? What are you guys working on? Are you excited for Fall?
-S
Thursday, July 18, 2013
SPUN
Hey stitchers! ANYONE near Denver, Colorado needs to make their way on over to the Denver Art Museum and check out the SPUN exhibit. (Going on now through Sept. 22.)
If you are even remotely interested in textiles and fibers, this is the place for you. I went a couple weeks ago and it was amazing. Some of my faves? ...the room with the batik and ikat (WOW) ...the silk scarf hand painted by Isadora Duncan's brother, Raymond (do you think it was one of her brother's scarves that made her meet her end in that car all those years ago???)... and of course the crochet coral reef.
CROCHET CORAL REEF, GUYS! It's a community project, so here is your chance to make something and have it displayed in an ART MUSEUM! Pretty cool.
Make something and send it to ...
Rose Eason
Denver Art Museum Offices
414 14th Street
Denver, CO 80202
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SEALED IN A PLASTIC BAG.
Send questions to reason@denverartmuseum.org
Check out the pictures I took and this cool video about the crochet coral reef!
If you are even remotely interested in textiles and fibers, this is the place for you. I went a couple weeks ago and it was amazing. Some of my faves? ...the room with the batik and ikat (WOW) ...the silk scarf hand painted by Isadora Duncan's brother, Raymond (do you think it was one of her brother's scarves that made her meet her end in that car all those years ago???)... and of course the crochet coral reef.
CROCHET CORAL REEF, GUYS! It's a community project, so here is your chance to make something and have it displayed in an ART MUSEUM! Pretty cool.
Make something and send it to ...
Rose Eason
Denver Art Museum Offices
414 14th Street
Denver, CO 80202
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SEALED IN A PLASTIC BAG.
Send questions to reason@denverartmuseum.org
Check out the pictures I took and this cool video about the crochet coral reef!
Monday, July 15, 2013
Roll Top Backpack Variations
Hey all! Finally done with summer school and my sis has left town... back to stitching I go!
Here are a couple variations on the roll top backpack. You'll need to purchase the pattern for these tips to make sense (not a free DIY, here), but once you have the pattern, you will now have 3 ways you can make it (the original plus these 2 variations...) You can buy the pattern on Etsy or Ravelry.
OK.
Variation 1: The Mini Roll Top
Ok... in this case the general construction of the pattern is basically the same, but smaller. To do this, stop the construction on the bottom piece when you hit 105 stitches for a super mini, or 140 stitches for a medium mini. Then move up the backpack. The pattern is worked in a series of 5 stitches instead of 7 stitches. So for the first color change row (Row 3) you will do Color A in 4 stitches instead of 6. Row 4 is the same. Row 5 has 2 stitches in Color A instead of 4. Row 6 is the same. Now skip to Rows 9 and 10 which are the same. Then skip to Row 13 and do 2 instead of 4 stitches in Color C. Row 14 is the same. Row 15 has 4 stitches in Color C instead of 6. Rows 16, 17, and 18 are all the same. Keep that pattern going all the way up the backpack and save lots of time and yarn and make yourself a mini!
Variation 2: The Flag Roll Top
This one is very similar to the original. Use only 2 colors for the diamond pattern. Then grab yourself a piece of graph paper and draw out the flag (or really any pattern you want) to incorporate across the bottom part of the bag. Once the pattern ends, return to the diamond pattern described in the original pattern and repeat it until it reaches about 25 inches. Boom. You've made a cool bag.
Any questions or further description needed, send me an email! Happy stitching!!!
Here are a couple variations on the roll top backpack. You'll need to purchase the pattern for these tips to make sense (not a free DIY, here), but once you have the pattern, you will now have 3 ways you can make it (the original plus these 2 variations...) You can buy the pattern on Etsy or Ravelry.
OK.
Variation 1: The Mini Roll Top
Ok... in this case the general construction of the pattern is basically the same, but smaller. To do this, stop the construction on the bottom piece when you hit 105 stitches for a super mini, or 140 stitches for a medium mini. Then move up the backpack. The pattern is worked in a series of 5 stitches instead of 7 stitches. So for the first color change row (Row 3) you will do Color A in 4 stitches instead of 6. Row 4 is the same. Row 5 has 2 stitches in Color A instead of 4. Row 6 is the same. Now skip to Rows 9 and 10 which are the same. Then skip to Row 13 and do 2 instead of 4 stitches in Color C. Row 14 is the same. Row 15 has 4 stitches in Color C instead of 6. Rows 16, 17, and 18 are all the same. Keep that pattern going all the way up the backpack and save lots of time and yarn and make yourself a mini!
Variation 2: The Flag Roll Top
This one is very similar to the original. Use only 2 colors for the diamond pattern. Then grab yourself a piece of graph paper and draw out the flag (or really any pattern you want) to incorporate across the bottom part of the bag. Once the pattern ends, return to the diamond pattern described in the original pattern and repeat it until it reaches about 25 inches. Boom. You've made a cool bag.
Any questions or further description needed, send me an email! Happy stitching!!!
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Stuff that is happening...
Wow... school has been crazy. Well first it was really crazy, and then it was spring break, so I snowboarded and sat on my bum, and shared a new pillow case DIY with you, but that was all...
I have a small DIY to share with you this week (super easy, very cozy - you'll like it!) but then that's it! BECAUSE... I've been working on something else...
in 2 and a half weeks, a photoshoot with the amazing Kelsey White of One O.A.K. Photography, Freeravin Designs, and some beautiful models and a hair and makeup artist too! Words cannot contain my excitement!
So there is a slow in patterns for the next couple weeks as I try to get things finished for photographing, and then patterns will come soon after... GET PUMPED!!!
Check out this beautiful pic Kelsey took with Freeraven a little while back...
How pretty is that picture? How lovely is that jewelry? How lucky am I to work with these guys? VERY!
I have a small DIY to share with you this week (super easy, very cozy - you'll like it!) but then that's it! BECAUSE... I've been working on something else...
in 2 and a half weeks, a photoshoot with the amazing Kelsey White of One O.A.K. Photography, Freeravin Designs, and some beautiful models and a hair and makeup artist too! Words cannot contain my excitement!
So there is a slow in patterns for the next couple weeks as I try to get things finished for photographing, and then patterns will come soon after... GET PUMPED!!!
Check out this beautiful pic Kelsey took with Freeraven a little while back...
How pretty is that picture? How lovely is that jewelry? How lucky am I to work with these guys? VERY!
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Flower Crown Obsessed
I love love love reading the Free People Blog!
They are currently obsessed with flower crowns, AND if it wasn't snowing so much here in Colorado, I would be too!
The best part? You can make the Flower Crown DIY and have a lovely crochet one yourself!
OR EVEN BETTER, buy The Emma Headband from Krochet Kids international and support a crocheting woman living in Uganda.
There are so many ways to enjoy a flower crown right now... has me so excited for spring!
They are currently obsessed with flower crowns, AND if it wasn't snowing so much here in Colorado, I would be too!
The best part? You can make the Flower Crown DIY and have a lovely crochet one yourself!
OR EVEN BETTER, buy The Emma Headband from Krochet Kids international and support a crocheting woman living in Uganda.
There are so many ways to enjoy a flower crown right now... has me so excited for spring!
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| Image from the Free People blog |
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| Image from the Free People blog |
Thursday, February 14, 2013
3 Valentine Things
I have THREE things to share with you this lovely Valentine's Day!
1. Last day to use discount code VALENTINE for 10% off everything in the Etsy shop! What? Such a lovely deal! Get on that!
2. There are some kind of awesome Valentine appropriate DIY's from last year for you to enjoy! Find The Heart Sweater and the Heart Elbow Patch DIY and get your stitching on.
3. It is V-day! The day where One Billion (are) Rising!
Taken from their website:
ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.*
ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY
ONE BILLION WOMEN DANCING IS A REVOLUTION
On V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, 14 February 2013, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence. ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth, activating women and men across every country. V-Day wants the world to see our collective strength, our numbers, our solidarity across borders.
What does ONE BILLION look like? On 14 February 2013, it will look like a REVOLUTION.
ONE BILLION RISING IS:
A global strike
An invitation to dance
A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends
An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers
A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given
A new time and a new way of being
So head on over to onebillionrising.org to watch live videos throughout the day and see ONE BILLION PEOPLE DANCING! Already videos from India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Sudan, the Congo, New Zealand, Australia... it is pretty damn AWESOME! And put your stitching down for little to go get your dance on.
1. Last day to use discount code VALENTINE for 10% off everything in the Etsy shop! What? Such a lovely deal! Get on that!
2. There are some kind of awesome Valentine appropriate DIY's from last year for you to enjoy! Find The Heart Sweater and the Heart Elbow Patch DIY and get your stitching on.
3. It is V-day! The day where One Billion (are) Rising!
Taken from their website:
ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.*
ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY
ONE BILLION WOMEN DANCING IS A REVOLUTION
On V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, 14 February 2013, we are inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence. ONE BILLION RISING will move the earth, activating women and men across every country. V-Day wants the world to see our collective strength, our numbers, our solidarity across borders.
What does ONE BILLION look like? On 14 February 2013, it will look like a REVOLUTION.
ONE BILLION RISING IS:
A global strike
An invitation to dance
A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends
An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers
A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given
A new time and a new way of being
So head on over to onebillionrising.org to watch live videos throughout the day and see ONE BILLION PEOPLE DANCING! Already videos from India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Sudan, the Congo, New Zealand, Australia... it is pretty damn AWESOME! And put your stitching down for little to go get your dance on.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Stitchin on a bike...
Bikes are a big deal here in Fort Collins. We are the home of Fat Tire (New Belgium) beer and we take great pride. Since today is a small thaw in the weather (GOODBYE negative temps!), I might have to try dressing up a bike like this... pretty awesome, no?
Images taken from the Free People Blog.
Images taken from the Free People Blog.
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Monday, January 7, 2013
Spotlight on Skin Cancer
Hi all! I'm sick on the couch for the 4th day now... bummer dude.
Luckily the Downton Abbey premiere and an email of this video have brightened my day!
Last year, Meredith bought the Power to the Pom Hat in bright orange so it could be used in this video about skin cancer awareness. Definitely a topic important to me since many people in my family have had it. So... stitch happy, get yourself checked, and try to spot the Sans Limites in this video!
Read more from her interview HERE.
Luckily the Downton Abbey premiere and an email of this video have brightened my day!
Last year, Meredith bought the Power to the Pom Hat in bright orange so it could be used in this video about skin cancer awareness. Definitely a topic important to me since many people in my family have had it. So... stitch happy, get yourself checked, and try to spot the Sans Limites in this video!
Friday, January 4, 2013
Perfect Timing
Other than a few headaches here and there, I made it almost a year without getting sick. Fingers crossed my sore throat is gone and my voice comes back by the time I make it over to this little event!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Kansas City Kitty
Hey all! Took this load of awesome turban hats, cowls, bags, and a few headbands over to Kansas City Kitty yesterday! Sans Limites Crochet will be their featured local vendor for the month of January! Come kick it off right with a little get together at the shop tomorrow night for the First Friday Art Walk in Old Town! I'll be there, and I hear there will be cookies! YUM!
It MIGHT actually rise above freezing in the Fort tomorrow... but you should probably plan on buying a hat just in case!
It MIGHT actually rise above freezing in the Fort tomorrow... but you should probably plan on buying a hat just in case!
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Home Again, Home Again!!!
Hello all!
Hope you had a lovely week! In the last 11 days, I have spent 6 of them driving, 2 at Renegade, and 1 Christmas shopping when the highway was closed! I have done no crocheting... needless to say, I'm wound a little tightly.
Finally made it back to Fort Collins not even 3 hours ago, then left immediately after that to grab my sister from the airport... who almost got stuck in Chicago until SUNDAY because her flight was canceled. Holy moly, are we glad she hopped on a different one and is here... just in time for the world to END! (At least we'll all be together, haha!)
Now I need to start Christmas shopping/making, do lots and lots of laundry, answer all your Etsy messages, ship some presents and orders and stuff, make some custom orders from Renegade, get my life organized, work on the DIY's I promised you, find a Christmas tree... I don't even know why I'm still sitting here writing this with so much on my to do list...
But for now... a hot bath so my feet will be warm for the first time in 11 days... that was one cold road trip! More fun stuff to come tomorrow!
Hope you had a lovely week! In the last 11 days, I have spent 6 of them driving, 2 at Renegade, and 1 Christmas shopping when the highway was closed! I have done no crocheting... needless to say, I'm wound a little tightly.
Finally made it back to Fort Collins not even 3 hours ago, then left immediately after that to grab my sister from the airport... who almost got stuck in Chicago until SUNDAY because her flight was canceled. Holy moly, are we glad she hopped on a different one and is here... just in time for the world to END! (At least we'll all be together, haha!)
Now I need to start Christmas shopping/making, do lots and lots of laundry, answer all your Etsy messages, ship some presents and orders and stuff, make some custom orders from Renegade, get my life organized, work on the DIY's I promised you, find a Christmas tree... I don't even know why I'm still sitting here writing this with so much on my to do list...
But for now... a hot bath so my feet will be warm for the first time in 11 days... that was one cold road trip! More fun stuff to come tomorrow!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Insta-SLC
This was an overactive week for SansLimitesCrochet on Instagram... Lots of holiday parade photos (this year's Parade of Lights and Macy's 2004)... lots of Krochet Kids photos (I hope you voted for them to win a million - if not, it's OK, just go buy a hat instead!) ... and a pic from a Ugandan orphanage for World AIDS day... oh yeah... and of course, some really cool stitching DIY projects.
Hope you have a lovely week! Hopefully a new pattern coming out today... just working on taking some PHOTOS! (PS In the works with One O.A.K. Photography for some really fun pictures that are more than just out by our front door... get excited!)
Leaving early next week to head out to San Fran for Renegade! (read up -------------->)
Blog posts may be sparse, so be sure to follow SansLimitesCrochet on Instagram or Tumblr for road trip, craft fair, and stitching photos!
Hope you have a lovely week! Hopefully a new pattern coming out today... just working on taking some PHOTOS! (PS In the works with One O.A.K. Photography for some really fun pictures that are more than just out by our front door... get excited!)
Leaving early next week to head out to San Fran for Renegade! (read up -------------->)
Blog posts may be sparse, so be sure to follow SansLimitesCrochet on Instagram or Tumblr for road trip, craft fair, and stitching photos!
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