I had to delete and repost this post. Apologies if you’ve already read it.  For days now, Fedex has been trying to deliver a package to me—but I wasn’t expecting anything. I received a letter from them asking for my
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I’m having a terrible time with stack overflow errors which are freezing up my browser. Apologies to others who are encountering the same problem when viewing the blog. (Of course, you probably can’t see my apology because of the error
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Carmen over at MelonHead tagged me earlier. I have a moment while Devan’s busying himself making signs with a pad of post-it notes. What are you wearing now? Jeans, long-sleeved t-shirt, these handknit socks. How often do you blog? Not
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Here’s a witty book of children’s poems all about wool, sheep and their antics. Wool Gathering: A  Sheep Family Reunion poems by Lisa Wheeler and illustrated by Frank Ansley One poem in particular should resonate with knitters. Aunt Eweginia is
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I started these socks probably in 2006. They are finally finished. They didn’t take so long to knit, really. I just get distracted really, really easily. You should see all the baskets, bins and bags full of UFOs that are
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There are so many children’s books that have knitting in them that I want to share with you. I discovered this book on a Listmania! list on amazon.com. Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall and illustrated by Barbara Cooney Donald Hall
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The rest of our Disney vacation was truly wonderful. At one point Devan announced, “This is better than best!” That about sums it up. We met Minnie, Mickey and Goofy, and went on a lot of rides and adventures. Devan
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What could be finer than leaving Vancouver during yet another snowfall to go to sunny southern California and take a day to hang out on the beach and knit. I had to since I couldn’t knit at Disneyland! While my
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It was high time for a little R&R for our family. Disneyland, baby! Our first day was a lesson in lineups. I love this shot of Devan waiting on Mickey’s head while Rod (in the fedora) lines up for tickets.
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I’ve been busy sewing in ends on another new design—the one using the Regina yarn. I’m still loving the colours in which this yarn is available. I had a little set back when I found out that my favourite colour
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The hush, hush project made it into the mail in time and I just heard word that it was received in a town called Webster. Devan helped me block it when he was home sick with Strep throat. I discovered
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