FOF: Finished Object Friday

FRIDAY and I am finished!! Woot Woot! A few weeks ago while in Rochester I had the pleasure of getting my hands on some Tundra from   The Fibre Company and I mean literally. I was in Yarn Culture (please make a point of visiting if you find yourself in the area) and this cowl, […]

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Home is where the heart is…

  I’m home and not a moment too soon! I am blessed to have a job and I am grateful, but I swear there is nothing like coming home. I got home and headed right to Do Ewe Knit..but that is a different post. This post is about my new friends Pat, Kathy, Sandra, Marina

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Yarn in Rochester NY

  Rochester NY has been home for me this last month. You know when I travel the first thing I do is ask Siri to find me a yarn store right? Well I found and visited The Village Yarn & Fiber Shop my first weekend here.   The Village is located in East Rochester in a

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Confessions of a yarnho

Hi, I am a yarnho, but you can call me GG, hahahahahahahahahahahaaa! Today marks a month that I have been here in Rochester working. The work has truly kept me occupied but never enough to keep me away from yarn. The first week I was here, after a particularly grueling day, I found a group

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The fun is in the finish

  The finish, that is the fun part for me..well minus the weaving in of the ends part..but I love when it’s over and you have something to show for your work. The closer I get to the end, the wider the smile that creeps across my face. My only issue is when I am

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When knitting really is therapy

Who needs therapy when you have your knitting?  Let me explain. I woke up looking for my mother today. I had a dream so vivid I was sure I would see her when I opened my eyes. She was yelling like only she could, trying to make me get out of the bed. I  opened

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Introducing The Bowery Cowl

  “GG, I need that Cowl pattern!” “I searched high and low, and I can’t find that pattern” “I like that hat, but can we talk about that cowl?” Those words or something similar have been on my Facebook, Instagram, in notes on Ravelry and Twitter and I don’t blame them. The Bowery Cowl is

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Knitting in Black History

It’s the first day of Black History month and I thought I would look up knitting in Black History. I am sad to say I didn’t find much, but I did create a board on Pinterest of the pictures I did find. So this opened up my mind, I was like I would love to

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How to knit a heart in any size

This post about how to knit a heart was published last year, but I thought it was worthy of a second run.  I love hearts, so when I was asked about knitting a heart, the first thing I did was go searching for a pattern. I love the Internet, because you can find anything and everything.

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The Tale of the Turban

  I have ALWAYS wanted a knitted Turban hat. I mean like always. I will not tell you how I have run through the internet searching for a pattern and then I just gave up! I did see a guy that had one on at VKLive last year and it was more of a knitted

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