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thrifty find: green sweater

By On August 12, 2010 · 5 Comments

Finally! The thrifty find I missed last week. This isn’t actually my find. I guess when you regularly blog about recycling, reusing and refashioning, you get a reputation. A few weeks ago, my friend Kelly texted me this:

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how to: crochet or knit single row stripes

By On August 10, 2010 · 2 Comments

I first heard about this at knitting retreat. It’s a really simple idea and I can’t believe it has never occurred to me on my own. I love skinny stripes, but breaking yarn at each row leaves too many ends to weave. I always figured that I’d have to do two rows of each color [...]

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my creative space

By On July 28, 2010 · 4 Comments

My creative space today is a progress report on last week’s space.

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sewing for socks

By On July 26, 2010 · 2 Comments

I recently refashioned a messenger bag for my friend Carrie. She asked if she could pay me in sock yarn. I laughed and told her I had too much sock yarn, but she was welcome to knit a pair for me out of my stash. I was surprised when she said yes. [...]

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thrifty thursday

By On July 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Last weekend I hit a few church sales that turned out to be a total bust. I decided to stop by Goodwill on the way home just to window shop. (Hey, I was in the neighborhood!) Not only did I find this great sweater, but when I checked out it rang up [...]

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my creative space

By On June 30, 2010 · 3 Comments

Is it any surprise that knitting is in my creative space today? I finally cast on the sock that was on my to-do list. When I took it to knitting group tonight, I think everyone was shocked that I didn’t bring a crochet project. I was shocked that most of them [...]

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retreat recap: contemplative knitting

By On June 29, 2010 · 1 Comment

Our Sunday class at retreat wasn’t really a class, but more of an exercise. Anne led us in a morning of meditation and contemplative knitting. I wasn’t sure how this was going to work for me. I’ve never been good at meditation. Things are always popping into my head — what’s [...]

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retreat recap: fair isle

By On June 28, 2010 · 4 Comments

I usually don’t write about retreat experiences because my mind goes to such a peaceful and relaxing place that a small blog post doesn’t ever seem to do it justice. But there were a few things this weekend that I need to share. First up: the fair isle class.

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gone knittin’

By On June 25, 2010 · 2 Comments

I’m spending the weekend at a knitting retreat. See you next week!

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progress report no.1

By On June 8, 2010 · 1 Comment

Yesterday I made some small progress on my to do list.

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