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    T Tuesday: knitting edition

    November 18, 2014 - By 

    Happy Tuesday! T stands for Tuesday_200

    I snapped a photo at dark:30 of my morning coffee spot.dark 30

    The coffee is gone and I’ve moved on to tea. This polar vortex is the pits. It feels like January outside…heck, in the house too.  Cold seeping in everywhere. It’s going to be a L…O…N…G winter if this keeps up.

    The cold temps have me thinking about knitting. Not just thinking…doing.20141118_7269After some experimentation with my own pattern and a you tube video on stretchy binding off…I completed these boot cuffs. I know they fit a tweener size girl but I am waiting on a friend who has average size calves to see if they fits her. Too tight on me to be comfortable but I have those wonderful large Norwegian calves made for trudging through the snow along the fjords. 

    So I mentioned that I did some experimentation. I found out two ways not to make boot cuffs. But I made use of them anyway. Two new American Girl hats ready to hit my etsy store just in time for Christmas shopping.

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    Today is a stay-home day…lots on the list…likely a bit of knitting too.

    What are you doing today?

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    T Tuesday: Veterans Day edition

    November 11, 2014 - By 

    snow teaHappy Tuesday! It’s Veteran’s Day here in the USA. Time to remember and pay tribute to those who have served and are still serving in our armed forces.

    Here’s my favorite veteran…my dad…in 1946.3-3-2013 12-35-3_051 edit

    Below is the original scan of the slide image.

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    I’m thrilled I was able to coax the colors back to a more natural look. What a difference.

    As for the rest of my day…I’ll be home catching up on housework and shoveling out the end of the driveway. I’d forgotten that it needs to be widened at the end…if it doesn’t we windup with a very narrow driveway once the snow is several feet deep at the street.

    What are you doing today?

    EDIT: I almost forgot…my second sale went well. I sold out of one item and nearly of another. It was a good day.

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    T Tuesday: one down, one to go edition

    November 4, 2014 - By 

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    Happy Tuesday!

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    After my endless talk about creating a craft sale inventory, I’d be remiss if I didn’t tell you about the event last Saturday. craft sale 2014It started out really slow…I was genuinely getting worried….but then it picked up. I sold quite a bit and got such wonderful comments. Little J helped me for the first couple hours and then left with my in-laws.

    One more sale on Thursday! I’m really excited for this one. Last year was great, so I’m hopeful that with much better weather this year (no blizzard) it will be even more successful.

    I’m off to vote, errands and knitting…for the first time in ages for the knitting. Hope I remember how. 😉

    What are you doing today?