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One more sleep
We're home from setting up the booth. It will look much better tomorrow after we get the garments hung and the booth 'fluffed'.This is going to be a quick post because it's bed time. 5am is going to be...
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Yarn and Puppies
We had a great day at the Frolic. A room full of yarn and knitters. How can that be a bad day?Thank you to the Frolic organizers and volunteers for a great day.Thank you to dad and Beth for helping...
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SOLD, SOLD, SOLD
I'm back to my knitting. Clue #2 of Follow Your Arrow is done.So far I am following the A stream. Clue 3 has been started since my pictures and I ended up doing A again.We had some great news last...
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Yummy Cables
Fiona Ellis has a new pattern. Wow! These are beautiful cables.You can purchase the pattern for Russian Hill on Ravelry.Reminiscent of the switchbacks on Lombard Street in San Francisco the cables on...
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Free Pattern and New Knitting App
A Simple Little Something (download the pattern for free on Ravelry) is knit in one skein of Mrs. Crosby Satchel. What a great way to try out this yarn. I promise you won't be disappointed. I have used...
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Happy Birthday
Meet the Mezquita Shawl. (pattern purchased on Ravelry) What yarn? Serenity 20 or Serenity Silk Single or Serenity Glitter Sock from Zen Yarn Garden. This colourway is Mossy Oak and we have it coming...
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Among the Wildflowers
Meet Plunge. A new colour from madelinetosh for spring. This colour is really calling my name. It's not blue. It's not green. It's not as bright as turquoise. I wouldn't call it teal. Maybe...
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Quicksilver
I'm very addicted to Melanie Berg's shawl patterns right now. Her shaping and stitch combinations are interesting. I love putting together different colour combinations. When I was picking colours for...
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Read the pattern!!!
That title has been used before but if I would take my advice life would be much better.I finished Clue #3 last night on Follow Your Arrow and started on #4. Ysolda wrote this in the pattern so I was...
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Thanks for Sharing
It's always a great day when customers share pictures of their finished work. Dawn lives in BC. Unfortunately we have never met but we do share a love for Rowan yarns. Here is her latest project.What a...
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Ikat Knitting and More!
TNNA is the end of the month. This is the trade show that I go to in the US to see the new yarns, needles, books and accessories for the next season. It's very exciting. Before the show I go through...
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Lots of Knitting
Here is Follow Your Arrow at 10:30 this morning. I put it on a 60" needle so that I can spread it out and show the pattern. There were 7 rows to go on Clue #4.My work area today. The door sill going...
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Everyday Socks
Lynn was proud of herself this morning. She finished her first sock using magic loop. She's made many pairs on double pointed needles and decided that if Beth can magic loop then she can too.Pattern:...
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Woodstock
Meet Woodstock. Another new tosh colour. Not exactly the colour that I think of when you say Woodstock (tie dye seems more appropriate) but it is a really great colour. There is a touch of rusty gold...
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Tetra Cotton
I think that summer is here and it's time to think about summer garments. I showed these patterns from Rowan a few months ago but snow was on the ground and who could think about knitting something...
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Happy Mother's Day
I hope all the mothers out there had a great day. Mine was a busy - I had a lot of moms to talk to. I took mom #1 cake, ice cream and flowers this afternoon. I'm not sure how much cake my mom got, my...
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Unicorn Tails
Madelinetosh has taken 30 colours of their merino light and is producing them in mini skeins. We have 14 colours in stock and the remaining 16 should all be here in about 10 days. What can you do with...
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It's almost finished
I have about 200 stitches left to cast off. The shawl would have been finished earlier today but I had to rip back 400 stitches last night. I was watching Love it or List it and didn't pay attention....
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Soaked
Follow Your Arrow has been cast off and soaked.Yuzu. It’s the scent you've been waiting for. It’s so lovely it’s a bit silly. Pucker up and give your laundry some love with a kiss of tart citrus +...
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Coming this fall
I spent this morning ordering yarn for fall. I'm very excited about what is coming.This is the most awesome thing. The dog's head, paws and tail are knit for you. You knit the scarf and attach them....
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