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I finished these this afternoon! I ended up just making a simple pair of ribbed cuff socks on smaller needles to better use this yarn. The...

I remember watching some biography of Queen Elizabeth II and they described her as someone who "really saves her candle nubs," or...

This week is the week of our local county fair and they are holding an open textiles show which they have not done in several years. I ask...

My mother gave me the Army Sock Knitting Kit from the Red Cross 2 years ago for Christmas and I've finally gotten around to starting w...

Today was the annual pork feed/open house out at the Pioneer Museum here in town. I took along my spinning wheel, my niddy noddy, a few dro...

These nearly completed socks are for Melissa's husband, Matt. He has recently lost both of his grandmothers in a short span of time and...

Happy Independence Day! I may be working over the Fourth but I will be bringing festive treats both nights! I had some patriotic cupcake pa...

Another favorite souvenir of mine from this trip was a cookbook I bought from the Scottish National Trust. I try to bring back some sort of ...

This is a picture of my feet and albino legs as I'm doing the biggest CRUNCH of my life! I finished this pair of socks while we were sta...

I haven't been around for a while! I just returned home from the long awaited trip back to the UK with my mother. We traveled around i...

I thought I'd recap my recent activities with some crappy pictures! We had city wide garage sales this last weekend. Since I'm too m...

This last Thursday was the monthly meeting of the area spinners and weavers. We met at the MacNider Museum (on the LAWN and I was already in...

We forced Melissa to come to Temari night last night! She and her husband were in charge of the catering (Hardees and Wendy's! Num Num!...

I finished a pair of socks this week too. This is some lovely variegated 100% wool yarn I got at Joann Fabrics of all places! I made them wi...

Here is the wrapped and marked ball. That is a styrofoam ball that I hollowed out slightly, put a jingle bell inside, wrapped in quilt batti...

Such a wondrous and colorful gathering of perle cotton, styrofoam balls, and sewing thread can only mean ONE thing: Temari balls! DeeDee ha...

I finished two more box bags. This time I used a strip of vintage copper/silver mesh fabric I got at The Cancer Garage Sale for 75c! I was s...

I finished some Christmas gifts last night! (These, however, are Christmas gifts that I didn't finish for this LAST Christmas!) I hav...

Two of my dearest friends are nuts about butterflies. I was dinking around in Walmart and came across this fabric for only $4.96/yard and ...

I went over to DeeDee's house last night to work on Temari balls. I had made one for her as a wedding gift a while back and I don't...