Home Cooking and Handknits

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The last few days have been busy! My final ultrasound was Friday morning and Baby Knitspot is getting so big…measuring a WEEK bigger and weighing in at 12 ounces! When Matt & I got home from the hospital, my parents were at our house busy putting the finishing touches on the nursery and our new […]

uprising, uplifting

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happy spring holiday everyone! i’ve been looking forward to a quiet weekend, thinking that this would be a day when everyone would be otherwise occupied, but wow, it’s a busy day in the neighborhood. lots of people are working in their yards, including david. he’s been getting the garden ready for planting. it’s too early […]

nesting

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david has really outdone himself with his choices in tulips this year. we have a plenitude of these gorgeous, pale pink and green doubles, many of which have two flowers on each stem. having grown up in the schenectady/albany area of new york state, home to the first dutch colony settled in america, i’ve had […]

plain jhaynes

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while i always keep our customers’ tastes in mind when making choices to add to our pattern catalog, i rarely (if ever) design anything i wouldn’t wear myself. and most of my designs begin as a desire for something specific—i wish i had a sweater that flared like so, or i wish i had an […]