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		<title>Small updates!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still working on my cupcake hat (for infants, toddlers and other small children), it will be available soon! Along with some other small patterns and some tutorials. I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of emails regarding my pattern, Ruse &#8211; A Cloche-Inspired Crochet Hat pattern. I have released a revised copy of the pattern (Rev. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/08/21/small-updates/</link>
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		<title>Dolly Sewing (Empire-Waisted Dresses!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not as proficient of a sewer as I would like to be, but I got a little bit more practice in this week! I made this trio of dresses over the course of maybe five days. Day 1 was cutting and getting all the ends fray checked. Day 2 and 3, I didn&#8217;t touch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/07/16/dolly-sewing-empire-waisted-dresses/</link>
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		<title>Whoops, little delay!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a delay in getting my cupcake hat pattern up- I only got my sample hats out to my testers today (for trying on for size, etc.) and I&#8217;m still waiting to hear from my test crocheter (which should be today, as she let me know yesterday that she&#8217;d get it done and send me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/07/09/whoops-little-delay/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s coming soon at Chelle-Chelle.com!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So much has changed since I last posted here! Since May 10th, I&#8217;ve started work full time (temporarily until September when school starts again). Toadette is currently sitting on my desk at work and has her hands on the highlighters that I use. I also participated in another handmade Blythe swap  (theme was &#8216;geekcraft&#8217;!) and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/06/22/whats-coming-soon-at-chelle-chelle-com/</link>
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		<title>Productivity looks like Toadette</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A short while ago, an online friend commented on how she&#8217;d love a mushroom Blythe hat that would look like Toadette&#8217;s head (pink with white dots). I was sure I could do it, since I had done one in red and white, but I got bored today, and umm, I ended up with this little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/05/10/productivity-looks-like-toadette/</link>
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		<title>Adventures with fulling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first adventures with fulling (or better known as felting, even if it&#8217;s technically not the proper term)! The yarn I used was Nashua Wooly Stripes. This yarn is 100% wool worsted weight and the colour is WS14 Blackened Jade. I used a 5.50mm hook (US I9) for this project and the pattern was one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/04/06/adventures-with-fulling/</link>
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		<title>Cream &amp; Berries Birthday Cowl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So this is the Cream &#38; Berries Birthday Cowl. I didn&#8217;t use a pattern for this one, made it up when I started it as I was trying to figure out what to do. This was made for my mom and I used Rowan Ribbon Twist (super bulky weight yarn) on 8mm circular knitting needles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/04/02/cream-berries-birthday-cowl/</link>
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		<title>First adventures of knitting in the round</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Knitting in the round (with both circular knitting needles and double pointed needles [DPNs]) is something that I&#8217;ve recently (sort of) mastered. I lamented about my inability to &#8216;get&#8217; the whole circular knitting thing and a Twitter/Flickr friend (irulethegalaxy) helped me out by explaining the basics to me (and was a lot more patient than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/04/02/first-adventures-of-knitting-in-the-round/</link>
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		<title>Blythe Monster Hat &#8211; Free Crochet Pattern</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This pattern was inspired by Lisa at q.D.PaToOtieS&#8216; Blythe Brain Sucking Monster Hat. I saw the image and never saved the pattern and then when I went to find it, I couldn&#8217;t! So I came up with my own way of putting together the monster hat (and shortly after I completed my first Blythe Monster [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/03/25/blythe-monster-hat-free-crochet-pattern/</link>
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		<title>Amigurumi: Choosing Eyes &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They say that eyes are the windows to a person&#8217;s soul. But how does that translate for amigurumi? One of the things that I like doing is having an assortment of different eye choices when I&#8217;m making a project, just so I can make a decision about what the final look is going to be. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/03/20/amigurumi-choosing-eyes-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Knitting Cables!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been knitting for a few years. I first learned how to when I was relatively young, but never picked it up again until I was around 16-17. And honestly, I don&#8217;t do a lot of knitting. I can knit, I can purl. I can sort of do increases and decreases. I cannot follow patterns [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/03/19/knitting-cables/</link>
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		<title>Frugal Jewellery Designer: Buying Supplies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Making jewellery is one of my hobbies that I&#8217;ve had for the longest period of time and over the years, I have spent a lot of money on beads and other materials. What I do like about the hobby is getting a good deal on my supplies so I don&#8217;t pour all of my money [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/02/19/frugal-jewellery-designer-buying-supplies/</link>
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		<title>Blythe swap package (progress!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I signed up for a Blythe-related swap, send out date is March 1st. The theme was spring and the criteria that I imposed on the swap was that everything had to be handcrafted by the sender. I clearly have issues regarding what is considered to be &#8216;spring&#8217; though. Item #1: Flower hat! Modeled by Belarus. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/02/19/blythe-swap-package-progress/</link>
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		<title>Why I say no</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked by someone that I know to make them something. Actually, this person pointed to a hat that was in the window of a store (it was a knitted hat) and asked me if I could make something like that, but for less than what the store was asking for. I politely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/02/14/why-i-say-no/</link>
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		<title>In complete and utter shock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I recently checked on the stats on number of visitors and hits for the month of January 2010 and gosh, was I ever surprised! In December 2009, I had a total of 28,589 hits. In January 2010, I had a total of 69,717 hits. That&#8217;s more than double in one month alone and since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/02/06/in-complete-and-utter-shock/</link>
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		<title>Yarn Shopping Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love shopping for yarn. My yarn weight of choice is generally sport weight or worsted weight. I&#8217;ve been known to buy sock-weight and bulky though, on a whim. I have been guilty of buying yarn mostly because it happened to be on sale. Bad, I know. I&#8217;ve gotten better now! I only buy yarn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/01/19/yarn-shopping-tips/</link>
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		<title>Ruse &#8211; A Cloche-Inspired Crochet Hat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cloche originates from the 1920s and was made of felt for a form-fitting bell-shaped hat. While I was looking for a new hat pattern to try out, I couldn&#8217;t find one for a cloche that I particularly liked. They were either too bell-shaped or not bell-shaped enough, so I decided to try my hand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/01/09/ruse-a-cloche-inspired-crochet-hat/</link>
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		<title>Fibre Talk: Getting it wet and going at it hard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[100% alpaca yarn, like the yarn shown above, has washing instructions on the yarn label. For this yarn, it is handwashing only in cold water. Gentle handwashing versus the washing machine can mean the difference between a sweater that fits and one that is suddenly several sizes too small. What happens when you toss a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2010/01/01/fibre-talk-getting-it-wet-and-going-at-it-hard/</link>
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		<title>2009 Crafts in Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a selection of crafts that I&#8217;ve done in 2009, most of them are on this website. Not pictured are approximately 30 pairs of earrings that I have not gotten around to photographing, maybe ~5 Blythe hats and another sweater, 2 scarves and the hat that I&#8217;m currently working on. I wish everyone a happy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2009/12/31/2009-crafts-in-review/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Stars in your eyes&#8221; Earrings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a somewhat delayed post for the pair of earrings that I designed and gifted to a friend for her 20th birthday! It went along with the Crochet Ribbed Cowl and was packaged in one of the new butterfly boxes I got for jewellery packaging (super darling boxes, they&#8217;re marketed for wedding favours, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chelle-chelle.com/index.php/2009/12/28/stars-in-your-eyes-earrings/</link>
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