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    Goodbye, yarn.

    No, I’m not giving up knitting. You can pry my needles out of my cold, dead hands. I am, however, letting go of more yarn. I did some soul searching, and also a bit of thought about my stash, what I like to knit, what I have time to knit, etc.…

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    The Mesa dress

    Handmade wardrobe item number… I don’t even remember. This is the Mesa dress I think I wrote about earlier this summer. I finished it a few weeks ago but couldn’t quite get the courage up to wear it until today. It felt, to me, like it looked handmade – my set…

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    Quilting lessons

    Last night I started a two-part sewing class at a shop in Columbus, which is kind of a haul for me but no one around here does classes (oh, if I were rich…I’d run a store of my own!) I’ve never learned to quilt proper, so I’m learning some new…

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    Giftmas presents, round 2

    It’s cold and grey and dreary outside, and my trip to Joanns today revealed that the holiday decor is quickly pushing out the fall themed stuff. I might have started to panic a bit about all the things I’m planning on making. So I came home and, after lunch, hopped…

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    Beanie bag, round 1

    Last month I saw a post about Jimmy Beans Wool offering a subscription service for yarn. For $10, each month you receive samplings of different yarns. Since I’m no stranger to $10 shipments (I had Birchbox previously, but I’ve tired of the samples of cosmetics and canceled it), I was…

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    The full gift list

    The husband told me I should probably make a list of all my projects so I don’t lose track. So this is exactly what this post is. Allow me to present my epic to do list of holiday crafts and gifts: 5 knitting bags (3 done. Also, I may end…