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Patterns & More

FREE DOWNLOADS!
How to Bootleg a Chanel Purse
520k PDF file, full color, 2 pages, prints easily on letter-size paper
added 3/08/08
Creating Knockoff Logos
1.4MB PDF file, prints easily on letter-size paper
added 4/01/08

Includes the Gucci logo pattern, Fendi, and Chanel, all in one! Plus a handy-dandy "cheat sheet" of various designer logos.
Chanel logo grid
716k PDF file, prints easily on letter-size paper
added 3/20/08

Includes easy grid layout for making a large logo. Good for crochet and knitted patterns!

Creating the Gucci Pattern
92k PDF file, full color, 1 page, prints easily on letter-size paper
added 3/20/08

Get that Gucci look with a gridded pattern and embroidered yarn overlay!

Creating the Fendi Pattern
92k PDF file, full color, 1 page, prints easily on letter-size paper
added 3/20/08

Get four different ways to treat the repeating Fendi logo pattern!


TUTORIAL LINKS

thorough tutorial located at about.com:
http://crochet.about.com/library/blbeginners.htm


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earntoknit.com shows how to start a chain and make single crochet stitches: http://www.learntoknit.com/instructions_cr.php3

a fabulous crochet stitch directory: http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/stitches.php

ways to Join Crocheted Squares or Motifs: http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa010999.htm

how to read pattern abbreviations: http://www.learntoknit.com/abbreviations.php3

Crochet Guild of America: http://www.crochet.org

Crochet Pattern Central: the most extensive index of free crochet patterns online--amazing! http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com


IN SOLIDARITY!

Counterfeit Chic: www.counterfeitchic.com
Creative Commons: www.creativecommons.org
Extreme Craft: www.extremecraft.typepad.com
Galleon Trade: www.galleontrade.org
Hacking Couture: www.hacking-couture.com
Handmade Nation: www.handmadenationmovie.com
microRevolt: www.microrevolt.org
Obsessive Consumption: www.obsessiveconsumption.com
selfpassage: www.selfpassage.org
Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Autonomous_Zone

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