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A Knitters Night before Christmas

Dec 202011

I found this on a knitting group and it gave me a chuckle! I hope you enjoy. A Knitters Night before Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all around me was unfinished knitting not under the tree. The stockings weren’t hung by the chimney with care ‘cause the heels and toes had not a [...]

Be Careful What You Say To Knitters!

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Mar 282010

I found this on a forum and it gave me a giggle. This fella Mo Rocca made the mistake of announcing that hand knit sweaters were itchy. Sounds like the knitters at Raverly put up quite a fuss. If you haven’t checked out Raverly yet it’s a wonderful knitting/crochet community. Watch CBS News Videos Online [...]

Learn To Knit! The Knit Stich

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Mar 222010

Learn how to knit using the continental method. Need to learn how to cast on? Check out our video the long tail cast on. Kim Mills on Google+

Learn To Knit! Long Tail Cast On

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Mar 212010

Knitting is a wonderful relaxing hobby. We have had such a wonderful response to our other homesteading videos, I’ve decided to start a knitting series. Our first video is the long tail cast on method. It is my favorite cast on. Very easy to do and knit from, makes a nice looking and stretchy cast [...]

Dusting Off The Needles FO: Balaclava

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Mar 112010

Well it’s been a little while since I’ve had time to knit. Oh was I ever missing it! Knitting is really a good therapy, a quiet time to sit and relax. I finished another balaclava, this one is for my uncle. It’s an umm quite late Christmas present. LOL! I have two more to make [...]

Latest Crafting

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Jan 072010

I’ve been busy crafting in between sick days. I finished another fleece blanket and got a late Christmas New Years package sent off. It included the other two fleece blankets, balaclava and a crochet shawl. In my rush I forgot to take photos of the shawl and the one I made for my aunt. Both [...]

FO Knit Balaclava

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Dec 182009

I finished another knitting project and it’s a hit! This is for my BIL for Christmas, but dh was kind to model it for photos. He loves it and wants one as well. I’m hoping to start on that today. The pattern is Easy Balaclava and you can find it here on Ravelry or on [...]

What storm? Knitting and Cookies

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Dec 092009

Well the storm passed with out giving us much more then strong wind, a dusting of snow and lots of rain. It rained most of the afternoon and washed away half the snow in our yard. But about 4pm the wind switched to the west and started to snow again. We are out of the [...]

Yarn pics

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Dec 072009

This is the yarn that followed me home on Saturday. LOL The black cascade is the one that was matted and tangled in the center. The greenish/blue wool beside it I love! Each ball is 50 grams. So that would be about 6 oz all together. Its DK weight. Not enough for a shawl…Any ideas? [...]

Busy Weekend

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Dec 062009

Its been a busy weekend around here. Sat. dh took a load of rabbits to market. We’ve kept a few but cleared out the barn until spring. We want to do some big renovations that will be easer with the barn empty. Also just don’t want to heat the barn right now. That cost us [...]

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