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    Crafting Bee Creations

    The best part of any craft is the fun accessories and tools created for it. I love gadgets and gizmo’s and how the can make my crafting pretty, easy and fun. I was excited to learn that stitch markers could basically be jewelry for your knitting and crochet when I first began my fiber journey. I enjoy looking over Etsy and thinking I want that stitch marker and that one.. I was super excited when Barb from Crafting Bee Creations sent me some stitch markers as a RAK. Crafting Bee Creations is located in Melrose WI. You can find her  Etsy shop here . They carry wonderful truly snag-free stitch markers,…

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    Delicious Yarn

    click to be taken to Delicious Yarns Some yarns are just scrumptious… they are squishy, come in yummy colors and a pleasure to knit with and even to hold and smell. I was told about  Delicious Yarns from a friend, and had to try them out for myself. The yarns are from the great minds of Marcy Feldman and Jacqueline Pinson. The bake up their batch of lovely yarns Stitch Cafe , a knitting shop in California. The shop also holds dying workshops and other classes. With new measuring spoons the two start making yummy mouth watering flavors that they had always wanted. I am sure you will find them…

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    Indian Lake Artisans

    Have you heard of Indian Lake Artisans? They are the home of the Hexagonal  Knitting needles. Located in Michigan, with the use and services Michigan Companies these USA made needles are one of the Hottest things out there. All of their wonderful needles are HANDMADE with great attention to detail. They even sand each needle by hand! Can you believe that every single needle was sanded by hand before it gets to you, that just amazes me. However that is not all they even finish every piece by hand with a coat of natural beeswax that enhances the color and the grain of the wood. They use woods like Cherry,…

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    Entrelac Knitting ~ A Review of Gwen Bortner Craftsy Class

    Entrelac ~ is a knitting techinque used to create a textured diamond pattern. While the result resembles a basket-woven stripes of knitted fabric, the actual material comprises interconnected squares on two different orientations. (wikipedia online) I took Gwen’s class wanting to learn this amazing knitting technique. I was amazed how the knitting leaned and seemed to have stitches going in different direction. I knew from experience that had to be done with some type of short rows but was not sure how. I was amazed when I learned through Gwen’s class just how easy it is. You would think that would be awesome enough but I learned something else in…

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    Claude wears Clothes

       I love cute little monsters and I love Rebecca Dangers Big Book of Knitted Monsters. Rebecca’s patterns are not only well written but the little “stories” of her monsters are cute as well… you will not be sad with this book. I have made a version of Claude which is the big green monster on the back row  of the cover. You can see him here on his Ravelry page. The book retails $18.99 but is on Sale for $15.08. You can grab your own copy of the book here. I made Claude for my son. He is a Kindergarten graduate this year and I always have called him my…

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    Finished Objects Parade On

     Parade on Little Sheep Parade On… I was a busy girl last month. This month not so much. I love spring don’t get me wrong I love seeing all the birds again and all the pretty flowers. However, with all the comes my arch Nemesis “Pollen”. Pollen is my Kryptonite. IT can take me down fast. I have been nothing but watery red eyes, snotty nose and that dry cough that makes you sound like a dying seal. Since my last post I have finished some objects. First I finished another square from the Harmony Knit and Purl book. I talked about the book before. It is filled with stitches…

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    Etsy Shops and Tools of the Trade

    Unless you have been living under a rock you should be familiar with Etsy. Its like a 24 hour, 365 day craft show! I love shopping on Etsy and the thought of supporting another mom or small business owner miles away from me makes me very happy. I do not get to order often but when I do I like to share some of the sellers shops that go out of their way wither it be a hand written note or little surprise stuck in my package. Since this is the first time I have posted about this I am going to talk about a few of my favorites… ***Again…

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    Giveaway ~ Creative Knitting Spring 2014

    Do you love sitting in the mornings, drinking your coffee looking over magazines and deciding what you should cast on next?? Well I do and I want you to have that experience too! I am going to be giving away a copy of the Creative Knitting Spring 2014 magazine. It just so happens I have wound up with two copies of this magazine so I decided to give one to you guys. Now before we get into this let me just say this is no way sponsored by Creative Knitting. They did not send me this magazine to review. I had signed up for a free trial issue in December…

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    A little Organization from my BYOB

    If you have not figured it out yet I am an FREAK when it comes to organization. I was ecstatic when I came across Namaste during the Christmas Holidays. They are a family grown business that focuses on positive thinking and sharing the love of mankind. This is copied straight from their website: WE BELIEVE… We believe in being more friendly to your wallet We believe that style and function can be best friends We believe that everyone deserves coordinated organization We believe that Zen can exist in your handbag We believe that life’s too short to sweat the small stuff We believe in being kind to the earth and it’s creatures…

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    Love of Knitting

    I may be old Fashioned but I love real magazines and books. I was super excited to get a copy of the Winter 2013 Love of Knitting magazine. The magazine retails for $6.99 which to me is an excellent price compared to other magazines in its category. Looking at the cover I am already pulled into this magazine because of the “Creative Cables learn how circle” in the bottom right corner. I am new to knitting and really want to learn about cables! I also Love how there is not to much going on the cover. When I am out shopping I usually have just a few seconds to scan the magazines…