No, it’s not the horror flick from the ’80’s…it’s the heirloom quilt (The title of the design is “Welsh Beauty”). I’ve worked (hand stitched, of course) on it off and on for about two years now and I’ve done about 70% of it, so far.
This is a whole cloth quilt from Christian Lane Quilters. It will be […]
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…rush? With knitting, I mean. Why rush from project to project, picking ones that are smaller and smaller so I can complete them faster? Well, I’m starting to get the idea that to keep up like this, I’m only avoiding learning patience. Really, when you think about it, what’s the difference between working on a project that takes […]
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This year for Christmas, I got several great gifts from my sweet hubby and kiddos. They gave me a beautiful knitting bag, some needles, and two sweaters’ worth of yarn for a couple of projects I’ve been wanting to make out of the Interweave Knits Winter 2007 magazine. (I’ll post pics later)
Also… I was given […]
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I finally finished Grace! Now all I have to do is block it.
My DH bought me a woolly board and it should be here before Christmas. Here’s some pictures with the ends tacked down with sewing pins just to give you an idea of what it looks like finished. I was surprised that I didn’t […]
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… Jesus who died for me.
… God’s word so that I can learn more about Him.
… my husband and our children.
… our home.
… my parents.
… my siblings.
… my neices and nephews and great-nephew.
… my aunts, uncles and cousins.
… true friends.
… my country
… our country’s armed forces.
… freedom.
… living in such a beautiful place.
… soft yarn […]
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Yarnist had technical problems (server went down). Boy! Was it hard not getting to blog!! It’s different if it’s here and available and you just don’t feel like it, but when it’s down, you get all these ideas and want to share them and…well, you never miss the water ’till the well runs dry, right? […]
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My DH was quizzing our youngest boy on the sounds of the animals, here’s the interview in full:
DH: Morgan, what does a cow say?
M: Mooooo…
DH: What does a dog say?
M: Woof, woof!
DH: What does a kitty say?
M: Meow.
DH: What does a duck say?
M: Quack, quack, quack.
DH: What does a rabbit say?
M: Eh…(munch, munch, munch) What’s […]
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Wow! What a concept! I feel…free! Loosed from the blogging chains that made me feel guilty for not posting at least once a week!
FREEDOM! And you can find the great words of wisdom here at
Blogging Without Obligation
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My thanks to Shoeless
for giving me the […]
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I and my munchkins are over our colds (DH didn’t get it, thank heavens!). Now it’s ragweed season, though, and my oldest is suffering from allergies, my poor girl
Let’s see…what’s new? Oh yes! I got my new Harmony needles from KnitPicks today and they’re soooo pretty! I only ordered one set of […]
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