Knitting History
Jennifer at jaykayknits got me thinking with her post about how she started knitting. Today is the first do nothing day I’ve had to think about a response with. Normally,…
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101 Uses for Twine
Not really. Just a couple, besides the obvious tying of plants. I found these clay eggs at the antique store the other day and temporarily put them in an…
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Ain’t We Got Fun
In case you’re bored and desperately in need of ideas for something inexpensive and fun to do with your family: There’s always a bike ride to DQ for some space-age,…
cheap stuff | craft | music | photography | thinking out loud | ttv photo
Valentine’s Mixtape
Remember when if you liked someone, you gave them a mixtape of songs you thought they would like or songs you liked that you hoped they would like too, etc?…
animals | cheap stuff | craft | knitting
New Hat
My son calls it “hangy and floppy.” This is another Jane Richmond pattern I got to use up the last of my cheap yarn. It took just a little more…
cheap stuff | craft | diy | homemaking | knitting | music
Makin’ It
It’s been a busy week of making Christmas gifts. As I was clicking the mouse to arrange the same pictures differently for calendars over and over, or wrapping wire…
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Blue Eggs with Breakfast
I’ve hijacked the kitchen table all week for making jewelry as Christmas gifts. Somehow we’ve been eating breakfast around this mess, passing the milk over boxes of hemp and wire….
craft | knitting | my home | photography
Not Too Slouchy
I decided to use 365 as an excuse to take new photos of some of my sweaters for my Ravelry. The old ones were either taken with a poor camera…
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Space Filling
Space filling is what my sister used to call the times my brother and I were little and would act extra silly and ramble on about things (“wouldn’t it be…
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Oatmeal!!!
I keep saying I’m about to finish this, but it seems to be the never-ending Oatmeal Pullover. The whole point of a no- brainer sweater is to relax…