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Mystery Doily Tatting.....
First Round from Be-Stitched.The next round will be in two months.
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Knitting......and Tatting, too
EZ Camping Pi in Salsa Dancing lace weight merino Round and round I went with this tatted "Occasional Doily" with Ecru sz 10 thread. The blocking was a challenge (ALL those picots!!) and dried at 9...
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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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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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For Sale: Antique circular sock knitting machine
Hold on to your socks!!! My friend Julie wishes to sell her antique circular sock knitting machine (CSM) and everything that goes with it, and it is an impressive collection. She has neither the time...
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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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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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.....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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