That moment when you open a bag that has been in your room for quite some time. That bag that you are so very sure has yarn in it, but you just never looked in that bag, you know what I mean? OR that moment you go in your daughter’s room and find left over […]
As we all prepare for the launch of the holiday season, I know I tend to take inventory of the reasons to be thankful. I get the most joy when I give, so naturally while in this train of thought Linda Blakely the talent behind ConnieCaps came to mind. I reached out and she agreed
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Last time we met I said, sometimes you have to start all over again and I showed how I took something apart and made something different. Well I did it again. I have always wanted to make one of the big Giant hats and woot woot I did it guys! And if you are so inclined
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Remember this guys? Remember how excited I was to get my hands on this yarn? Remember I couldn’t wait to knit it up, just started knitting didn’t do any research..LOL I need help I tell you I do. Well after having it for a while I wasn’t really pleased. I didn’t feel like I got
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Am I the only one that looks at the early handmade stuff and think “I remember when I couldn’t do that?” Well in honor of throwback Thursday I pulled out the first cowl I made, circa 2011 The pattern is Knit Ridge Cowl by Lion brand and it was my first attempt at purling in
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I have declared today as #wiw I have asked all my crafty friends to post pics of what they are wearing that they made today. On Instagram and Facebook, so why not here too. It appears olemanwinter is confused as hell, therefore, everyday I am wearing something I made so I don’t freeze to death.
I am so sure you read this title and was like wait what? 👀 ha I made you look 😆 The yarn The fact that I need therapy, devine intervention even is neither here nor there. Wait, what’s does that really mean? Why is that something one says? Anyway I have a yarn addiction we
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Ya’ll know I LOVE to knit and for someone who doesn’t I can be annoying as hell! Yup I know there are other things in the world to discuss and well, so! I wanna and am gonna talk yarn and knitting, ALL THE TIME! Insert this woman right here, the one and only Teresa Williams
So I find a yarn in my stash that I have no idea where I got it from. I mean I normally keep the tags so I can tell folks when asked. All I remember about this one is I got it from the NJ Fiber Arts Festival last year (2013) and I remember she
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Every now and then I will grab a bunch of hanks to wind them into cakes…..just in case. Just in case I grow another set of dayum arms and can knit two things at once. Just in case I hit the lottery and I can knit all day and night in my studio. Yes I
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