Wood Crochet
Posted in Arts and Crafts on 01/17/2010 01:12 am by adminWood Crochet
Summer decorating is a wonderful time to lighten up the colors and fabrics in your home. While you may not be able to decorate every room, there are numerous ways to add summer flair. You can decorate with a summer theme such as fruit (apples, strawberries, grapes), flowers (roses, carnations, daisies), or seaside nautical in addition to following some of the ideas listed below.
1. Replace heavy drapery with light sheers. The sheers provide an airy appeal while letting in the sunshine. If removing your existing drapery is not an option, consider changing just the valance and tiebacks to a lighter color. Another option is to use grapevine wreaths, strands of beads, artificial flowers, or decorative ribbons as your tiebacks or swag holders.
2. Store away items that are not useful in the summer such as blankets, throws, and heavy quilts.
3. Lighten up the color of your sofa by placing a slipcover on it or replacing your dark colored pillows with lighter colors.
4. Place light colored slipcovers on your all-wood dining room or kitchen chairs.
5. To add a lighter summer touch to your dark wood tables, use white lace or doilies as runners or tablecloths.
6. If you have a heavy bedspread, considering replacing it with a lightweight linen blanket.
7. Bring in the outdoors by adding fresh flowers in vases or baskets to counters, tabletops, and nightstands.
8. Add summer accessories around your home such as birdhouses, sea shells, bowls of fruits or vegetables, and summer reading materials.
9. If you have dark lampshades, replace them with lighter ones.
10. Repaint a dark hallway in your favorite hue such as buttery yellow, a creamy tan, or a fresh apple green.
11. Display a grouping of floral plates on a wall, hutch, or fireplace mantle.
12. Clean out the ashes in your fireplace and fill the firebox with a large artificial fern or a basket of colorful flowers.
13. Place twigs in tall vases and set on each side of the fireplace mantle.
14. To add summer whimsy to your bathrooms, hang lightweight fabric shower curtains printed with ladybugs, bees, flowers, or palm trees. Display matching hand towels and rugs to continue the summer theme.
15. Change the layout of your furniture to give your rooms a fresh, new look.
Decorating your home for the summer does not have to be complicated or cost a lot of money. As you can see from the ideas listed above, a new lamp shade, adding new fabrics, or changing the paint color of a room can breathe new life into your interior design. So, have fun and use your imagination to bring some fresh new looks into your home for the summer season.
Lesley Dietschy is a freelance writer and the founder of http://www.HomeDecorExchange.com – The Home Decor Exchange is a valuable website full of information and resources about home and garden decorating.
In addition to editing the Home Decor Exchange website, Lesley is a crochet pattern designer and needle fiber artist. You can view her crochet patterns and needle fiber designs at: http://www.ErinOliviaDesigns.Etsy.com
Can anyone help me in finding where to get crochet needles?
Hey everyone! So I’ve been wanting to teach myself how to crochet for awhile now, and I’ve finally decided to do so! The only issue is that I don’t know anyone else who does, so I have a couple of newbie questions I’d like to ask. If you could answer any (or all) of them, that would be great! Here’s the list of Q’s:
Where can I get crochet needles?
How much do they cost?
Should I get a set with all the different sizes?
What material is best? (Wood, plastic, etc.)
And what type of hook style do you find best? (Inline or not inline?)
Those are all the questions I can think of for now.. but I might think of more later..
And if anyone could recommend any books I could purchase at Coles or Chapters that would be great! Thanks! Any help is much appreciated! 
You can purchase crochet hooks at a lot of different stores. WalMart, yarn stores, dollar stores, online, thrift stores, etc. They cost retail anywhere from $1. up as they come in different materials such as plastic, acrylic, steel, bamboo, wood, etc. and sizes. I use almost any brand but the better known ones are Boye, Tailorform, and Aero. Do not buy all different sizes at this stage. You need to learn how to crochet first, and the easiest to learn on is a 5mm or 6mm with sport weight yarn. I would look for acrylic or steel preferably. I have only used inline ever and don’t plan on changing. You don’t even really need books, just go online to the tutorials that are offered by various yarn companies such as Lion Brand, Coats Paton, Brunswick, Bernat, Caron and also on YouTube. They are free and very thorough. Once you learn the basics, you can get all kinds of pattern books available at Chapters, Coles, or any mag rack at the drug or grocery store. You can also download thousands of great patterns on freepatterns.com, or any of the yarn companies that I mentioned previously. I think I have covered your questions, and wish you luck in your new endeavour.
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