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The Best of Ravelry, Christmas sweater edition
Christmas sweaters make me smile. They bring back feelings of nostalgia and the spirit of self expression and a general feeling of winter coziness. I'm old enough to remember that ugly Christmas...
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Family Friendly Christmas Crafts
Hello! I'm popping in for a quick how-to-make-some-easy-crafts post that is family friendly and good for a crowd. When the family arrives for the holidays it's nice to have a few ideas to keep people...
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Merry Christmas 2024
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah! We are feeling calm and cozy and all set for the big day and hope you are feeling the same way. My husband and I have had a few gatherings at our house this...
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Happy New Year with knitting, books, crafts and cooking!
Hello and Happy New Year! Today is a quiet day and this afternoon after I'm done here I'm going to head to my knitting room for a few hours of knitting bliss before I start dinner. I've got lots to...
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Clean Along 2025
Should we deep clean together? My past cleaning and organizing posts have always been popular, so why the heck not? If you join me in this deep cleaning challenge, we'll take it slowly and most...
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blanket cast on
Wasn't it me who had vowed to never knit another blanket? I think so, but then here I am gathering yarn and casting on with stars in my eyes. Pictured here are my project leftovers from the last time I...
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Clean Along, Closets and Drawers
This week we'll tackle the deep cleaning of the main bedroom closets and drawers. It's a biggie, but we have all week! Let's begin by admitting that it's a heck of a lot easier to deep clean when you...
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Meissa Pullover
I have a quick post to alert all quilt lovers of the cutest sweater pattern for you to knit!I loved making it and love wearing it. Details below :)
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Clean Along #3, clean the bathroom and a money saving tip
How do you like the gentle pace of our deep clean? One room per week! Little by little our house will sparkle. This easy going pace works for me because I can work hard for short bursts of time and...
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Tsubaki Cable Sweater and some winter flowers
I've always wondered why I didn't make knitting a white cable sweater a higher priority in my long knitting career. I guess I was looking for the perfect pattern. Then I found it and this is it!
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Clean Along, decluttering hobby supplies
I know that the title of this post has most likely caused anxiety to well up in that big, soft crafter’s heart of yours. Perhaps you’re looking at a mountain of hobby supplies collected over decades...
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Knitting room tidy up and my most recent WIPs
Hello! I'm so glad you're here again today to see my knitting room, which is really a second guest room. We only need two guest rooms a few times a year so the rest of the year this is my knitting...
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clean along, getting the living room cupboards under control
My challenge this week was to not only throughly clean the hallway, the living room and dining room but also to make some sense of the contents of the living room cupboards, all nine of them. This is...
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Minimalist Blouse #1
Today I have knitting, not cleaning, to share. I have been sick and so cleaning has been pushed aside, but between naps I was knitting. I felt pretty low for a while but since I'm feeling so much...
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Bergliebe
I have a new warm and cozy sweater in my wardrobe and I loved the yarn so much I ordered two more sweaters worth. It's on sale! Half price! Read all about it......
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California Spring
Welcome California spring! We always gets a head start with February and March being our early spring months. The roses are leafing out. The camellias are blooming. The narcissi and daffodils are also...
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The Cocoon Cardigan
First off--I love this, even though the entire time I was knitting it I was fretting over the color and the style. I wondered if I could pull this crazy thing off, but turns out that now that it's...
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spring inspired dinner party
Thank you for hopping on over! I have a spring inspired dinner party to share today and some gardeny stuff at the end. It was our turn for the monthly Second Friday Friends Group. My menu was inspired...
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This makes me smile!
Welcome! Today I have a little bit of knitting and a little bit of gardening to share. Here is my most recent FO, a sweet little scarf that was just as fun to knit and it is to wear. I finished this...
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Gnoming and Gardening
Recently I decided to join a Mystery KAL, a first for me. The KAL comes from Imagined Landscapes who designs gnomes and only gnomes. She has designed dozens and they are all so cute. For the KAL she...
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Topsy Turvy Bunnies fun and more!
Susan B Anderson of Barrett Wool Co. designs the cutest toy patterns ever! Here are two of her patterns that I made for Easter, the Reversible Bunnies topsy turvy doll and the Woodland Bunny. They are...
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The Friendliest Snowman and my own Paw Patrol
Good morning on this absolutely beautiful end of April day! You probably think by looking at my snowman that I've gotten my seasons mixed up. I can't really explain why I'm making Christmas dolls in...
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A little bit of this and that
We are all settling into a fine spring, the pups and us, and we took advantage of last week's fine weather. The pups are definitely more comfortable here and love being outside with us, so garden...
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A new sweater with roses to match
In today's post, I share my new summer cotton minimalist sweater, the roses that match, and we're saying goodbye to the schnoodles! So much cuteness!
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Professor Fungi and other springy things
I don't about where you live, but springtime in my garden means that the most peculiar little crops of mushrooms pop up seemingly everywhere, however THIS fungi grew from my knitting needles. The...
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