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Tunisian Crochet… it’s just not for me!

I have always been curious about Tunisian crochet ever since I found an afghan hook in with my grandmother’s belongings after she passed…

Cheerios Socks

This is one of my most exciting FOs to post because it is the first knitting pattern that I have designed myself!  Yay!  Go me…

Tit for Tatt

My lovely Aunt Brenda recently told me about how she used to shuttle tatt and really loved it.  She recommended that I take up this…

Evergreen Lake Mittens: To Be or Not to Be?

I enrolled in the Craftsy class Stranded Colorwork: Basics and Beyond which (supposedly) teaches you how to work stranded colorwork by using three pairs of…

When I Wasn’t Knitting….

When the doctor told me I couldn’t knit, I started trying out some other hobbies, one of which was learning embroidery.  This has…

Patty Lyons and The Secrets of Yarn Substitution

I know I mentioned on here that I signed up for Patty Lyons’ “Improve Your Knitting” course on Craftsy, but I think…

Knitting School

One of my knitting goals for a long time has been to learn how to knit continental style, that is, holding the yarn in your…

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Photography Do-Over

My pictures on this blog vary from sucky to ok to pretty nice…  I have yet to take anything super great, but, in…

Nelson the Owl

Have I mentioned lately how much I adore Stacey Trock’s super cute amigurumi designs??  Well, I do!  So far I have only made…

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(Long) Weekend Update

What a delightful long holiday weekend this was!  I had both Thursday and Friday off work, so it was a pretty sweet opportunity to…