ive had a great run recently in finishing projects. and in starting some new ones but im ignoring that part. first up is the woodland shawl from the thrifty knitter. yarn 100 merino handspun 3 ply fingering one of my first handspun yarns pattern woodland shawl by the thrifty knitter needles 4mm denise interchangeables modifications none. ......
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shamelessly cribbing from nikol on this one. i had no idea you could find these here until i saw her post. i used to have a pair of these from kazakhstan courtesy of my high school friend asel korzhumbaeva asel if you happen to read this hi i havent talked to you since 1996 and that was on the day my thenboyfriend happened to break up with me so i was a bit of a mess. get in t......
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thats what popped into my head the minute i saw this photo a shapeless frog with bulbous eyes at the top blue because of the cold or because hes lonely sidling up to a pretty purply plump princess whos not sure she likes him. this is what october heat and the delirium of putting up two finished objects on the blog after eons will do to you. you anthropomorphize your knit......
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ive been knitting like crazy the past two days my yarn for the hooded baby blanket arrived on tuesday and my cousins baby shower is this sunday. so that gives me five days to knit a whole baby blanket im hoping ill be able to finish so far ive got about six inches done. here are the colors i picked out. both blankets are going to be pink one with gr......
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knitted baby blanket 1 details hoodie baby blanket knit picks shinea sailor cream my ravelry page about it knitted baby blanket 2 details pinwill blanket knit picks shine in crocus wisteria my ravelry page about it baby gift 3 i cheated and gave two of moms stockings a knitted baby blanket 3 details pi......
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i feel like everyone in my family is having babies lately one of my cousins just adopted a baby last week she named her rebecca aubrey how sweet is that and another is due in november. im planning on making both of them the hoodie baby blanket by the thrifty knitter. seriously could this be any freaking cuter i ordered some lion brand cottonease online pink w......
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this is one of my all time favourite songs although it is a bit depressing i guess the song came to mind this morning whilst watching the morning news. just thought i would share the song the film clip is absolutely awesome lets see. knitting news . . . i finished the shalom cardigan as did mother. i like it althougha it does feel a bit gapey at the front. i wore it to work la......
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natalias spring 08 goodie bag from the yarn school photo pool every yarn school and felt school student gets a marvelous fiber goodie bag. if youre a fiber arts supplier and youd like to get samples of your goods into the hot little hands of rabid fiber enthusiasts via the yarn school andor felt school goodie bags contact nikol at harveyvilleproject dot com. here ......
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i am sitting here in my chair being so incredibly lazy today so lazy that i am watchinglistening to some kind of tribute to the abc covering anzac marches. it is not anzac day and the program is a year old so it is actually 51 years of coverage . . . i usually quite like the abc on sunday afternoons starting with landline and then on from there. i have learned about irrigation planting gree......
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so this is the part where we ease in to this new bloggy thing. were in the process of converting the whole site so we can update automatically. heres the first of our monthinreview posts. june was a busy month and thankfully reasonably cool and pleasant after an unseasonably hot prom night. we started off the month saying goodbye to friends and visitors staying over from prom ......
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i have been wicked in more ways than one lately first of all i bought enough dusty blue jet today at kmart to make myself another wicked . while there are many other patterns out there i want to try i am also very cold and in need of something to wear to work so wicked it is i wore my black one to work the other day and was complimented on how i make knitting cool. my word that was a nice c......
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well weve done it saturday pattern day has been around for a whole year. heres the very first one i posted on june 2nd 2007 . boy does time fly to celebrate 364 days of sdpd im posting a special double digest. think you can handle it side note if you havent yet check out my contest if you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that i8......
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yesterday we ate dinner early so by the time the children were done watching a few videos and playing together they were ready for a snack before bed. we popped up a big bowl of popcorn got out the roasted peanuts and sat in the middle of the kitchen floor with books sparky had picked out for us of course the alltime favorite make way for ducklings and then a few others. itrsqu......
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dpn project holder making stitch markers beaded stitch markers easy nowire stitch markers tiger tail stitch markers polymer clay stitch markers beaded stitch markers memory wire stitch markers row counter marker i think this is ingenious book for circular needles hanging circular needle storage circ hanger from pant leg ......
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my nonewyarn in 2008 is going quite well and i have been doing some great projects from stash. ive only bought one skein of yarn to finish a project. its shocking how large my stash is especially now that im sho ppingrsqu o it. i was almost derailed last week when i took my mom to a new lys in her area. there were so many yarns i had never seenfeltsniffed in person ......
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its sad news that the mag knits has gone down. thankfully some crafters like nikol of the thrifty kniter who has made her knitting pattern of this cute hoodie baby blanket now available on her site. read this article comment on this article ......
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in the general spirit of celebration that seems to pervade this quadrennial date i wish you a happy leap day knitting is pretty limited but the 25 pages is in editing so i count that as a good thing.a i finished blocking the woodland shawl and am wearing it right now it contents me.a and yesterday while the boys were getting their hair cut i started the ribbing on my first jay......
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i was down on queen st today.a i purposefully avoided the side of the street that arton beads is on the south side only to get a better glimpse of the bead shops on the north side but i didnt go in.a i walked down to romni through the demolishion site aka. rubble removal from last weeks fire a all i can say is wowa as a side note i was down there last ......
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velkommen til min nye blog som egentlig er den samme men bare er nyt sted og derfor har skiftet navn til stine fortaller. jeg var blevet godt trat af webhosts som ikke virker ordentligt og af selv at skulle opdatere i tide og utide sa nu er jeg gaet til wordpress.com hvor man kan bruge wordpress som jeg er vant til ganske gratis og pa dansk. meget rart 8......
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