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Tatting thread in the mail and knitting baby booties

 It felt like my birthday finding this in my mailbox!  Thank you, Diane, for sending me some Perfect Quilter Thread to try out.  You are so kind and generous!As you can see, I'm tatting the Spinning...

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Knitting with friends and my cardigan

 My knitting girls..... Go, Allison, Go! See Elizabeth knit? Look at Jenni knit with double pointed needles for the first time!You go girl!My very own Lupine Cardigan blocked and drying.I realized when...

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Leftovers? Easy way I put mine to work!

First, prepare a piroshki dough you make the night before.  Don't have a good recipe?  Email me and I'll send one to you....Check my profile for that.Then chop up your leftover turkey and place in one...

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The chicken named Princess Pea

Princess Pea in the roostI just came in after locking the three girls out of their huge run so I could dig up some carrots.  They wanted in badly because I had the tool that digs up worms.  Oh, yeah!I...

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A Christmas I'll never forget....

It was 1990.  I graduated from the Reserve Police Academy that summer as an Officer;  money was tight as I worked for minimum wage to make a living for my one-year-old son and me; and I was going...

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The Frank Tree.

I made this up as I went along to make The Frank Tree.This special tree is a countdown to his birthday.  I loved the Christmas Paisley as the background to the Silk Dupioni tree and ornaments.The Moose...

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Caviar for my Chickens?

Slug Caviar....that is.This picture was borrowed from Ask website.

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Sheep Heid Tam for me....

....and knit by my dear friend, Denise, of LostCityKnits.  The irony of this isthat I test knit for her and she knit this for me.  She knew I wouldnot be able to knit it for some time as I have...

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Bibs. Will they stand the test?

Check out these infant bibs I made as a request from my beautiful DIL. The Fronts of the Fantastic Four.I used some wonderful 100% cotton fabrics. The Backs of the same Fantastic Four.The backs are...

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Here's what happened to me, today...

 This coop and run was delivered to us in June 2013.  Nice, right.  Picture it without grass inside.Well, it wasn't today.  See the latch on the long side of the 4'x8' run that is only 3' tall?I was...

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Slytherin Scarf my way.....

Since I am unable to knit without a lot of pain in my left wrist, I decided to weave the scarves to finish the Harry Potter Scarves left to do. The camera captured the colors nicely in this photo of...

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The nest building from start to finish

 March 14 March 16 March 17March 18There was no work done on the 15th.So Miss Robin decided to build her nest on the same ladder rung as last year.I feel honored that she likes the house so much.

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How many eggs will Ms. Robin lay this year?

 After the nest was built, Ms. Robin went away until today, March 25th.The first egg in the nest at 11:14 a.m.  I happened to look out the kitchen windowto see her panting, stand up and lay the egg....

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A sad thing....

.....for the Robin family.  After sitting on her eggs for over 17 days, she left the nest.  She came back the next two days to sit for about half an hour each time.I checked the eggs.  They were cold....

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A few Amish inspired quilt blocks

.....from the Block-of-the-Month group.I am looking forward to this Friday's get together for the next block.

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A crocheted doily and a Herbert Niebling doily

 You, too, can crochet this doily.  It is the July Member's Choice at DOM andis FREE.I used sz 10 crochet thread and US sz 4 hook.This beautiful doily was designed by Glenda Hunt and can be purchased...

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Doin' some sewin'

 August BOM - the 12th block for the year Keep the sun out hat and "take me fishin'" hat Nice, bright flannel bootiesNewborn bibs backed with flannel

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Zen Machine Embroidery with Sue Hausmann

The two fun-filled days came and went too quickly.Here are some of the many projects that we completed:A very useful carry all....An beautiful dish towel....Very lacy pocket....Hummingbird and flowers...

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Yoder, Colorado fire destroys my moms property

I called my mom, Tuesday morning, for our regular chat.  She was looking forward to getting into the Thanksgiving Salmon I sent her from MadeInWashington, some delicious goodies I send her every...

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Moms place before and after the fire

North is up.All the property you see in the above image is moms.  There is more to the north and west.North is bottom leftish corner.If you wish to help, please see the November 27 post for donation...

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Thank you.....

....to all the generous donations for my mom.It was enough to send for some of her things so she could feel like she did not leave all 45 years behind.Thank you, thank you!

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Some knitted things for grandsons...

 Blue and green for Joey  Grey and yellow for KaydenI knit them in the round and added a shoulder opening so they would go over their heads but still keep the V-neck close to the body.Both vests were...

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The Clover Doily

by Eileen StaffordI used DMC white in size 30 thread and a bobbin filled shuttle (many times filled)It blocked to 10 lovely inches.Fun and still challenging for this self-taught shuttle tatter.

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Tat, dig, weave and eat

 August Be-Stitched pattern.  I suggested a 2 round square pattern that can be tatted into a tablecloth and this is what Nancy Tracy came up with.  I used Baroque Thread. Not a good year for the...

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Lots of knitting.....and canning Bread & Butter pickles....

 Hemingway Boyfriend Cardigan with my version knit in Andean Silk in the Barn Red color.  Took about 13 skeins.  Elizabeth Zimmermann would have you notice the "dreaded frontal droop". This is called...

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