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    Frumpy Grisaille

      There is absolutely nothing worse than pouring hours and hours into knitting something you know you’ll absolutely love, only to finish it and realize the final results are not what you expected… in a bad way. Meet Frumpy Grisaille. She’s meant to be a more figure-fitted cardigan, with tighter…

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    Stash Additions

    I’ve been bad. Like, really bad. It’s not entirely my fault, though. My coworker is having a baby, so that meant placing a yarn order for some baby knits. That Ella Rae lace merino? That’s for a super adorable hoodie. And I purchased two skeins of Berroco Vintage DK in…

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    Late Summer Blooms

    The first bloom on the clematis trellis we built earlier this summer, and a second one closely behind on the second plant. I’m very thankful that my raised bed/trellis idea has worked out. The distressed clematis plants we picked up for cheap have done really well in their new home.…

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    Cannoli Friday

    Corn dog for lunch, cannoli for dessert. And, I learned, I can find my cannoli fix anytime I want now – there’s a local pizza place that makes them (which is where I found this – they have a booth this year at the festival!).  So much for that diet…

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    Thursday Noms

    Today was the first of a local three-day festival. When it comes around every year we eat almost all of our lunches and dinners there. It’s definitely one of our guilty pleasures! Tonight’s menu: steak fajita. SO GOOD. And, for fair/festival food, not all that bad for you since it’s…