motoring down the homestretch

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boy, knitting with DK is SO gratifying. i’ve got the first half of morning glories done, and the second half underway AND i wrote a test pattern this weekend. i’m wondering if the mesh section near the hem needs to be longer. in this picture it looks kinda short, but i know it will block […]

i’m back at it . . .

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you know what this means don’t you? after putting all the books away a few days ago, and generally straightening up our shared rooms by reducing my knit clutter a bit, the spaces around me felt a little more orderly. and as soon as THAT happens, i start thinking. with one shawl on the needles […]

star bright

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dimestore supplies, transformed. a dramatic wrap that is a study of triangle and diamond shapes, light and dark. Starlight Evening Wrap shown here in vintage Columbia Minerva Beehive Scotch Fingering Wool, color navy pattern price: $7.00 USD (ohio residents please add $.42 sales tax) payment method:

oh, the carnage

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for the last few weeks, our days have gotten increasingly longer and warmer, and sunny, spring weather has prevailed. trees and flowers budded and bloomed all over the place. on tuesday, temperatures here reached a positively balmy 80 degrees. yesterday morning, in fact, it was about 60-ish when i got up. by the time i […]