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    Honey Cowl FO

      So I have been working on the Honey Cowl for a while now.  Its not that it has taken me that long to knit its that I am new and made some boo -boos and me being the OCD person that I am could not live with them. For starters lets talk yarn…   For this project I chose Yarns By Homeplace Farms hand dyed and Cascade 220 Heathers in the Burnt Pumpkin. I was super excited to fins a local hand dyed yarn that matched the Cascade Yarn. I wanted to do a striped pattern but knew I wanted a thicker piece in the center. I worked on…

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    Back to School and a New Washer too.

    Its been a while since my last post and to be honest I have been to busy to post. Our oldest started Kindergarten, my washing machine died and we had to get a new one, the carpet cleaner died and the regular vacuum cleaner handle broke. It has been one thing after another. I am STILL working on the Honey Cowl, but mostly I am focusing on Lee’s hat. It is the Dave Beanie and the pattern can be found here. I have finished the main portion of the hat and about to start the decreases. I am using Stonehedge Fiber Mill in the  Shepherd’s Wool Worsted Black colorway. I had an…

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    Geeezzzz

    OK let me just say that man has this year flown by. We are in August already and summer is soon coming to an end. To many this is somewhat depressing… However for me I am celebrating! See my oldest who is 5 will be attending Kindergarten this year. We were plan on homeschooling him all his school years but he is one of those children that really thrive in a group. He is a natural leader and almost needs that in his daily routine. He loves being around other kids and I think he will do well. We are lucky to have the school minutes away which makes me…

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    Tour De Fleece 2013

    kitties like the new wheel too! What is Tour De Fleece you may ask? Well it is the Yarnies version of the Tour de France. You can read about it on Ravelry here : http://www.ravelry.com/groups/tour-de-fleece It is basically when spinners around the world set goals to spin and share their spun yarns while wining prizes from various groups…needless to say it is oh so fun!!! This was the first year I participated in it. I was a little late getting started but it doesn’t matter. This year I not only got a drop spindle but I also got a spinning wheel. The wheel was actually a present from my parents. It…

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    A Little Catch Up

    I have not posted in a while. I deleted my previous post because honestly it made me cry each time I saw it. I have finished some projects since the last post. The scarf below is wonderful. It is from Melissa Grice. You can find it http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hooded-scarf-with-cat-ears-cat-scoodieI used a soft yarn called Marble chunky by James C Brett … as much as I love this yarn and all its softness it was not the best for this project. I will probably remake this one day but use I Love This Yarn from Hobby Lobby… it seems to hold is shape more.  I did not make the ears for the simple fact…