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Archive for November, 2009

Random Monday

A bit from the holiday weekend: I finished my Christmas shopping on Saturday.  Admittedly, I don’t have a lot to do, especially this year.  It still feels great.  I have one other non-Christmas item to shop for (lest we forget that I have slew of family birthdays that starts 2 days after Christmas) but the [...]

Nutmeg Spinner’s Guild – Saturday

Even though I can’t quite believe I’m saying this, the December meeting of the Nutmeg Spinner’s Guild is this coming Saturday.  The mentor for this meeting is silk expert Michael Cook.  He’ll be doing a workshop on silk reeling.  Of course, The Painted Sheep will have a booth full of fibery goodies – yarn, fiber [...]

Meet Jane

This is Jane.  Jane is my new dress form, picked up at Joann’s Saturday-after-Thanksgiving sale, at a great price.  I’ve been wanting one for a while but couldn’t justify the cost or another big thing I’d have to move.  With the end of the year coming quickly, its time to make those business purchases I’d [...]

FO!

I finished my niece’s sweater on Thanksgiving morning.  I love how it came out – perfect for an active little girl. The details: Pattern: Sailor’s Rib Sweater by Wendy Bernard, in IK Weekend 2009 Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash Handpaints.  I used 2 of the 3 skeins it called for (I suspect the slightly higher yardage [...]

Thankful

Today I am thankful for so many things, but more than anything, on this Thanksgiving I’m thankful for my grandmother.  Grammy passed away 10 years ago today.  I think of her often.  She’s in my thoughts in the moment in the morning when I put her ring on my finger.  When I watch my niece [...]

WIP Wednesday – November 25

So close – Just a cuff and a couple of rows of neckline edging and its done.  Even the ends have been woven in as I went along.  Probably an hour’s worth of knitting to do, perhaps in between the bread baking that I’ll be doing this afternoon.  Something to keep me busy while loaves [...]

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