Spring Cleaning
I’ve been quiet here for a few weeks to do some Spring cleaning. It’s all part of that taking time to do things that are good for me, while balancing…
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His and Hers Slippers
I finally knit my husband a pair of socks. Sort of. They’re his and her matching Inniskór slippers from Chelsea Berkompas’ book The Wool Project. Now we’re matchy matchy twins-…
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Book and Pattern Splurge
Guys, this may seem like a thrown together post, but I just wanted to get something up after a week of silence. The silence was due to weird pulled muscles…
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Cherry Pie Sweater
Somehow I finished my Cherry Pie cardigan by the end of the Great Northern Knit-along. If you didn’t know, Great Northern Knits is a knitting book based on Twin Peaks….
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The Wool Project Introduced Me to Lopi
Chelsea Berkompas recently released an ebook, The Wool Project, which has so intrigued me. Besides having several of her beautiful patterns in it, one of which I’m almost finished…
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Interesting Shaping
Oversized sweaters have been the thing for so long that knitting much waist shaping feel awkward to me, now. And there is a lot of really interesting shaping going on…
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Favorite Gluten-Free Four Layer Cake Recipe
It’s about time I shared this recipe from my birthday, which was only over a month ago. It’s a really easy no-bowl recipe that only takes 5 minutes of prep…
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Maximus for Adamus
We usually just go out to eat for Valentine’s Day, buy some chocolates for ourselves and our kids, and eat too much of everything. I hadn’t thought of doing anything…
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Holla Knits Knit-Along 2016
Wow, that’s a serious sounding KAL title, huh? It seems to need an intense Y2K reference thrown in there, like: Holla Knits Titanium Knit-along 2016-2.0. That has the right wave-of-the…
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I Am an Animal Person
We have a new addition to our family. No, it’s not a new baby, despite the way things appear in my latest knitting photos. She’s a tiny kitten that found…