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unraveling another sweater

By On October 3, 2011 · 3 Comments

I don’t have a plan for this yarn yet, but I really do enjoy unraveling sweaters. These colors are so nice together. Any project recommendations? I’m open to suggestions!

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crafty new year’s resolutions

By On December 30, 2010 · 4 Comments

After the hustle and bustle of making things for others during the holiday season, my usual resolution is to make more things for myself.

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can’t wait to unravel this sweater

By On October 6, 2010 · 3 Comments

I think my exact quote for the morning was, “You are not allowed to buy any more sewing machines and I am not allowed to buy anymore sweaters for unraveling.” But when my friend and I got separated at a street filled with garage sales, I had no one to help me [...]

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thrifty thursday

By On July 22, 2010 · 1 Comment

I was all ready to post about something else when this sweater literally came over to my house and never left. My friend Tana is destashing some of her hand knit sweaters. I told her I’d be interested in the cardigans and she stopped by this afternoon with them. There were a couple of [...]

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stitch patterns: crochet washcloths

By On July 16, 2010 · 8 Comments

My latest gift-giving obsession continues: fancy soap and washcloths. I know so many people who deserve a little bit of pampering, but are too busy to take time for themselves. Hopefully these will help them relax and wash their stress away. They are crocheted out of the super soft Aunt Lydia’s [...]

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shop: handmade cotton coasters

By On July 7, 2010 · 2 Comments

Remember my stash-busting garden scarf? I still have some little bits of those pretty colors left and have been working on some projects to use them all up. Combining them with natural colored yarn again, I designed these cute coasters. You can find more pictures and details in my shop. [...]

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thrifty thursday

By On July 1, 2010 · 2 Comments

I looked and looked for cotton yarn from every thrifty means available to me and finally caved and bought some from a craft store. Now, all I see is cotton! I got a nice sweater that’s in the unravel pile and the above lovelies for a buck each at a garage sale. [...]

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plying sweater yarn

By On May 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I’m still feeling a bit under the weather, but I managed to play around with my drop spindle for awhile today. This ball of yarn comes straight off the sweater. I’m trying to take it from lightweight to worsted. So far, not so bad. I’m kind of making this up as I [...]

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my creative space

By On May 12, 2010 · 3 Comments

Good grief! May is almost half over! You wouldn’t know it by the weather. It feels more like Fall than Spring. Yesterday I realized I’ve got some gift making to do this month. I can’t give too much detail right now, but I’m combining this with some handmade goodies from etsy.com. I’ll [...]

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wardrobe refashion: white cotton skirt

By On April 6, 2010 · 3 Comments

Three skirts down! I really wish I would have taken a before picture of this one. When I cut off the waist and flattened out the fabric, there was so much!

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