barely civilized

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as we prepare the last installment of the über-fun pairings club—and we are totally going to do another round of this one in the future—we are hard at work planning our next fiber journey, venturing into the fiber wilds with the bare naked knitspot 2017 club as your guide. after skipping a year, the BNK is back by popular […]

color, color everywhere

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did you have a good holiday weekend? ours was deliciously quiet and relaxing—just me and mister knitspot alone in our home for a couple of days while everyone else was off. perfect! my last post was kind of full, so i didn’t mention a craft project i did during the week before christmas—making a little something nice […]

it wouldn’t be christmas without . . .

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and now knitters, it’s time for our annual christmas post; have you been naughty this year or nice? oh, and BTW, our across-the-street neighbor has NO IDEA that i crashed her blog to blast this post, so don’t rat me out . . . you got that?? me and the gang are prepared to lead you through a veritable land of christmas […]

a week of treats—it’s party season

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there are some things you can do ahead of the holidays to reduce last minute rushing, it’s true, but in the case of a few goodies, fresh is WAY better. like homemade nut brittle. it keeps for a while, but it’s best when very fresh. almost every year i make nut brittles for holiday giving—they’re not […]