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Lorena on April 23rd, 2012

One thing about firing the kiln is that it takes about 16 hours to cool down enough to open. A lesson in patience if there every was one — because I’m usually itching to find out how everything came out! Lots of custom orders in this batch!

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Lorena on April 22nd, 2012

I think I forgot to mention this last week, and if you don’t follow HaldeCraft on Facebook or Google+ than you might not have seen this — but my weekly recap of what’s new in the realm of HaldeCraft is moving to the new work blog! Here’s a direct link to this week’s entry.

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Lorena on April 19th, 2012

In nine more days, the pre-orders for Star Wars-inspired yarn will go away… and in sixteen days, the limited number of singles I’ll have will go up for sale. I should have between ten and twelve of each popular colorway, but only about five each of the colorways that haven’t been that popular in the [...]

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Lorena on April 17th, 2012

Treasury: Spring is Here Treasury: La vie in rose Treasury: Pinky Grey Treasury: Look Beneath the Coral Treasury: Sunshine Golden Treasury: Blue Jeans Treasury: The Sun will come out tomorrow Treasury: Here Comes the Sun Treasury: Solar Flare Treasury: Yellow Splash Treasury: You are my Sunshine Treasury: Roy G Biv Treasury: Earthy Citrus Treasury: Gray [...]

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Lorena on April 17th, 2012

Yesterday I dyed yarn (as I did the day before). And I wound dry yarn (also as I did the day before). Today I will dye more yarn (as I will tomorrow) and I will wind any dry yarn (and tomorrow I will probably wind more). If this inspired-by-Star-Wars yarn is not a hit, I’m [...]

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Lorena on April 16th, 2012

Mermaids! A friend of mine asked me months ago if I could make her some mermaids. We had a flurry of back-and-forth emails and then I set to stalking eBay for ceramic molds, waiting for exactly the mold of the specific mermaid she wanted. It took a few months, but one did come up, and [...]

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Lorena on April 14th, 2012

Let’s get all deep and shit while I reflect upon how just like springtime blooming of flowers, my online shop is growing, stretching, putting out new — WHUTWHUT it’s way too early in the morning for me to be that philosophical. Confliction — I has it! For two years my driving goal has been make [...]

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Lorena on April 12th, 2012

Back when I took the Intro to Sewing class, I decided to strike while the iron was hot (so to speak) and made space in our little library for my sewing machine. That meant moving the random pile of boxes that was in there, but now I don’t have time to sort through those boxes [...]

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Lorena on April 10th, 2012

Treasury: Woodland scents Treasury: Delicate Dragonflies Treasury: High Plains Drifting Treasury: Maple Sugar Treasury: Lavender and Roses

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Lorena on April 8th, 2012

1. Brown footed mug – sold out and restocked 2. Pink footed mug – sold out and restocked 3. Green footed mug – sold out and restocked 4. Clover Green Good Morning Mug – sold out and restocked 5. Lemon Yellow Good Morning mug – sold out and restocked 6. #1 Teacher apple mug – [...]

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