Baby bandanna bibs whipped up last night. I found the flannel elephant print as a remnant piece at Joanns and also ended up with 50% off the price and couldn’t pass it up. I used this pattern. Basic 3×1 toe-up socks, knit a bit larger than my own foot in hopes…
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Oh, the garden. It’s just not going to be a great year for it. The weather doesn’t like to cooperate, my body doesn’t want to cooperate, some of my seedlings have died because I forgot about them… Not a good year at all for the garden. Last night I forced…
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I’m not quite sure the best tactic for a knitter at a fiber/yarn show, but I think the lesson for the day is that having a plan means coming home (mostly) empty handed. This weekend was the Great Lakes Fiber Show, which we visited last year and I scored quite a haul.…
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I know I’m not supposed to like bunnies in the garden, but I do. they make me happy, with their little fuzzy ears and their soft fur and sweet little tails. And, besides, our garden is in a state of complete disarray at this point – every time we make…
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Tucked away in a little fabric storage box in the used-to-be-craft-room-now-becoming-baby-room I found this in-progress blanket project. I think it’s the Moderne Baby Blanket? I started it forever ago when I thought we would try the foster-to-adoption route, before those plans changed. I have a handspun shawl in progress at…
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Photographing socks is hard. I never know whether I should take a picture of them on, or if I should lay them flat and photograph them, or what else to do. Attempting to get a photo of me wearing them at 6 months pregnant is a bit of a challenge,…