Gaye Glasspie

I am a confessed yarn addict, who also happens to be the mom of a beautiful, almost 21 year old, young lady. Welcome to my fiber diary. Come along with me as I obsess over all things fiber :). Contact me on GGmadeit@gmail.com and most importantly, thanks for visiting :)

Natural Journey

I Finally Love My Curls | A Story About My Natural Journey

Facebook memories strike again. I am going to move away from knitting for this one ok? I want to talk about my hair. Yup you read that right, my hair, my crown of glory. I have shared with you that the shade of my skin was an issue when I was younger, already. If you […]

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Wip Wednesday | I made this already

This Wednesday I find myself working on a project I made before. Why is that a thing for me, is that your question? Well the reason I get through a project effortlessly is the excitement. I get excited about the end results, so if I know that result already, I lose interest. I am currently

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book review

A Book Review | Sistah Knit by R.L. Chisolm

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Tuesday

It’s Tuesday, I got a testimony | A story of Determination

Tuesday morning, August 11, 2020 7:30AM. I wake up in pain and was all ready to be team woo is me. After I roll over, the first thing I grab is my phone. I went to Facebook and the first thing I saw was my memories. If you are on Facebook you will understand how

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pattern

Yarn or Pattern, Which Comes First?

The pattern or the yarn? The age old question much like the chicken or the egg. I know in the past if a yarn caught my eye, I purchased. My thought process was I can always find a pattern, right? HA! Don’t tell anyone but I still have the very first skein of yarn I

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54 Things You May or May Not Know About GG

Today I turn 54 years old. It’s 12:01 midnight and I still wait for my Mom and my bonus Dad to try to beat each other being the first one to call with birthday love. So in order to derail these tears, I am going to share fifty four things about me. My first boat

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Seamless

Why Seam When You Can Go Seamless?

Seamless Sally, that’s my name because damn a seam! LOL! Hi guys!! Today I want to talk about seams or the lack thereof? Y’all with me? I wrote a blog post some years ago about seaming. I was a fairly new knitter and was terrified of the kitchener stitch. WAS?? Ha! who am I kidding?

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fear

My Fear of Sweaters Had Nothing To Do With Knitting

Fear will control you, your thoughts and your actions, if you allow. The definition is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. Now I don’t know that anything in knitting a sweater will cause physical pain, but it can generate disappointment. I

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Slefish

Am I Selfish Because I Knit For Me?

Selfish is defined as lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure. When you add that adjective in front of knitter it sounds horrible doesn’t it? Well call me what you want, I enjoy knitting for me. If you follow me on Facebook you know I do 10 questions on

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orange

Knit Collage Has Orange Yarn | Introducing Serenity

Orange anything makes me happy. This is not new information for anyone that has been around me for more than five minutes. Another thing that is not news is I have participated in two Knit Collage knit-a-longs. I adore Amy, the owner, but each time she was ask me to join along, I asked the

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