59, Mother of 7, grandmother of 9 so far. Fine and commercial artist, craftsperson of multiple crafts for 40 plus years. I process wool and other fibers from raw, card. com, dye with food dyes, spin on a German modern wheel, or on handmade spindles. I also wet and needlefelt, knit and crochet, sew, bead, doll and toymaking, and used to design cross stitch patterns for my company FanXstitch and for Stitcher's World Magazine.
Big Owl
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This is the new owl that I started hooking the other night. He is going to
be pretty big-13" tall. Will try and get a little more work done tonight.
Cou...
A Big Rug Finally Completed...
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More playing around with the camera.....I finally finished binding this
rug. It's wonderfully big & deserves a good spot in my home (if I can keep
Tigger ...
Four Sheepless FOs
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I'm currently trying to figure out the future of this blog. Lately it has
just been a parade of FOs and today's entry is no different. I'm also not
sure if...
It Must Feel Like Home!
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It began, four years ago, with one, maybe two and now, Rod counted 17 of these silk moths hanging on the two buildings, yesterday morning. Last year, they we...
Gearing Up for Summer in Greenport
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I've taken a few days off from rug hooking business to take care of home
business. I have yet to wash and put away the winter stuff and get out the
summer...
Drama queen
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We're very fond of our little dog. On Wednesday he wasn't quite right. He
leapt as if electric shocked. He ran as if chased by demons. He panted. He
sweate...
Challenge Rugs
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I hooked the challenge rug for the Denver Hook-In and entered it in the rug
show - you saw it a couple of posts back. Here are pictures of the other
rugs t...
~*Friday Finishes*`
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Hello Dear Friends and Happy Friday! I wish you all a Happy Memorial Day.
May you celebrate and be thankful for our brave with family, friends, and
lots ...
Not What I Planned
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I started writing a really long post this morning, then just now glanced
at the time and realized that I can't be writing right now, because I have
to lea...
Elderflower champagne
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Not quite sure of the champagne bit but it is sparkling fresh on a hot
summer day. I have made it for years, and it disappears quite quickly,
always ...
DAILY Discussion, May 25, 2012, Silk
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Do you hook with silk? If so, in what form?
I love hooking with silk fabrics and heavy silk yarns. I do find that a
hook with a large shank makes the job...
Basic & Beyond Recession Session
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We are hosting a recession session with Gina Faustino on Saturday 30th June
(10am – 4.30pm) in our studio in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. If you are
interes...
My Question Is Answered
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So, the official answer to the question I posed the last couple of days
concerning the name of my unknown rag rug is: Knotted Shag Rug in the Two
String Me...
cowls & life
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A couple more cowls made, this time in terracotta brown/red, one
lightweight, one chunky, both slightly bigger than the previous ones. Now
as we have welco...
Colors of Spring ~
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I took a vacation day tomorrow to have an extra long weekend. There is so
much I want/need to get done. I had planned on getting a load of mulch
deliver...
Just perfect
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That just about describes my day. Today was my birthday!! And I couldn't
have had a better day if I tried. Yep, I'm 39......again (well a few times
over...
Bluebird Update
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Mother bluebird is sitting on five pretty blue eggs. They're due to hatch
June 2.
I've never been able to catch a bird in flight on purpose, but usually
e...
Looks Like a KAL
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Well, it looks like we’ll be having a knit-along. I was happy to see such a
positive response, both here and in the thread in my Ravelry group. The
first p...
On the Road Again
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I'm off to LaConnor, Washington tomorrow for session 3 of the Level 2
Stitch Course at Gail Harker Creative Studies Center. I thought you might
like to see...
150th Post Giveaway!
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Thank you to those of you who were so kind to inquire about Graybee and
cared enough to email me with suggestions and advice on how to help him
with his...
A Repurposed Quilt and Giveaway!
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Last week, My friend Kelley, sent me a goody box and one of the items was
an unfinished mini quilt. She had sewn the squares together and decided she
didn...
Just Getting Started
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I have been busy getting flowers planted, I still have lots to do! Everyday
I've been plugging away. Today I finished planting pepper and tomato plants
in...
Doing it Again!
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Our OHCG Rug Hooking Annual is this weekend, and as always, I am sprinting
to the finish line scrambling to get everything ready.
I am teaching a 1/2 day w...
This Week's Whats
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What's on the Dummy
This sheer top ( somewhat askew) is part of a layering set- I'm not that
brave!
I like how it is turning out.
What's on the tab...
Soup Reheated
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Soup 2010 (updated 2012) felted wool, mixed media It just needed to cook a
while and that one last pinch of spice… I like this piece: I like the
floating ...
Zip Files
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Do you know what this is?
[image: pocket-wheel-blank]
Time's up.
Who said pizza peel? Wrong. Cutting board? Nope. African lip plate?
Biodegradable Frisbe...
Winning!
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Dear Ann, So, today is what I call Monday Plus One, and I did the random
drawing. The winners of a copy of Wearwithall are Mary (whose email address
starts...
3 days ago
Color Trends for Fall 2012
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We’re less than a month away from revealing our new yarns and designs for
Fall/Winter 2012… Though it’s still too early to show off the designs, it’s
a per...
Pinterest
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I like Pinterest and I do use it. Not a lot, but every once in a while when
I'm looking for inspiration. I have some boards of my own, but I'm
beginning to...
I Knit (not just) Sock Club
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I thought I would show you some of last years sock club patterns.
This is just a small selection of the patterns from last years club. ...
DRIVE BY POSTING
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I've been a bit lax of late, not posting progress on my long, green
sampler. In spite of steampunk outfits, work deadlines, and other
craziness, slow pro...
progress is being made....
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....and after working until after 10 last night I have only a few things
left to do on my list. None of which are really essential, but it would be
nice t...
Them And Us – The Conundrum of Camelids
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At Devon County Show last week there was much muttering and indeed shouting
in the cattle sheds. The bovine community has finally realised and
understood a...
International Quilt Festival of Ireland 2012
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Galway is preparing itself, not for the Volvo Ocean Race, but for the
INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL OF IRELAND!!!!
*June 7-10, 2012 *
*Galway *
...
A short break
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I am just going to take a short break from blogging, nor for serious
purposes, not to write a novel or go on a mature gap year to South East
Asia, not even...
WEEKEND FUN ~ ~ ~
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Miss Luci was a darling kitty cat at her dance recital Friday night!
Looking at her adoringly is 3 year old great granddaughter, Blakleigh! She
sat thru the...
Knuckle Down Friday
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Handspun yarns and fibres, ready for my Craftsy.com class These past few
weeks have flown by as I’ve been preparing for a Craftsy.com class that I’m
going ...
PHM Update and contest ~~
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Hello everyone. I hope you have had a wonderful week. A couple days of
warm weather and I'm itching for it to stay!
My latest update with *PrimitiveHand...
Birdy Love!
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I'm a member of our local chapter of the Audubon Society. Yesterday, I
went with my team of five including me, bird counting. We started at 5:00
am and e...
Packing up the cottage
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Oh little cottage. I knew as soon as I stepped over your threshold ten
years ago, that you were far too small for us. Two tall people - one
exception...
Pop on Over
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In the injury induced absence of knitting I was on a creative quest. Popovers. Soda can sized airy puffs, right from the oven, melted butter on top. A restau...
Missing in Action
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I can't believe that so much time has passed since my last post but it has.
Life is evolving as usual and I am not missing in any action. The garden is
sta...
Lillepigen
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Den 30. april meldte Lillepigen sin ankomst - meget hensynsfuldt undgik hun
sin fætters fødselsdag, bedstefars jagtsæson (hun vil nok gerne ha' ham med
ti...
Of this and that
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Wow bet you didn't expect another post so soon did you? The sun is shining
here and it doesn't half lift the spirits
Following are some pictures from our ...
Know what is better than ...
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Buying a cutter that cranks out 6 beautifully cut strips with just a few
turns of the handle?
Why-- hooking up a rug using those strips! Promising a photo...
Marbleizing Wool
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Yesterday I tried my hand at marbleizing wools together. "Rug Hooking
Daily" has a Dyeing Studio Group started by Caroline Dlugy-Hegwer. She has
a wonder...
Tip of the Month - May!
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This month I've got a tip for spinners!
I've been teaching for a very long time, as some of you know, since the
early 80's actually, and over that time new...
Getting Back to the Roots
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*Getting back to the roots of who I am.*
* I am reading through the bible again this year. Being a Christian is at
the root of who I am. Even the name of m...
Spring Time is "Busy Time"
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Spring has arrived early here in Newfoundland, Canada, at least where I
live on the Burin Peninsula. Vegetable Planting time and Lamb time...
Sharing a fe...
Helm's Deep
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*“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would
devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the
arrow fo...
On to New Projects
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My cooking binge is over.
I made a lot of creative things last week even though I had some serious
pain in my left shoulder.
A few months ago I went to the...
Dyes of the Celts
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The word “Celt” is apparently derived from the Greek word “keltoi”, meaning
“barbarian”, and is used to describe tribal societies in Iron-Age and
Roman-era...
better late than never...
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...I like that saying better than...a day late and a dollar short!
Okay...I'm showing my age here...these are old sayings I remember hearing
the adults say...
St.. Louis Hook-In 2012.....
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Saturday was the first St.Louis Hook-in.I think there was between 15 and
18 vender.Here I am getting my booth all set-up.
Here is looking across one c...
Eyes open now.
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I have just read this through and it is not uplifting. But it is honest and
so I am posting it. I know I will get a lot of flak for it, but is that
because...
Episode 117: Boulevard of broken dpns
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In this episode: I am totally geeking out over substituting kfb for Llinc
and Lrinc on sock gussets. Still. I can’t get over it. I know you
understand. Fin...
Walking Stitch – A Sequence Of Stitched Walks
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Over the past couple of years I have been drawn to a path along the
Hampshire coast called The Solent Way. This stretch of coastline begins at
Milford-On-S...
Just finished watching American Idol
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The judges seem to have chosen Skyla this evening, but I'm still sticking
with Joshua Ledet! Who do you like this year?
See Joshua here: Sorry I can't get...
whatsamadder
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Here are my latest samples of walnut hulls with a difference. After
reading Jenny Dean's blog I thought I would try her technique of walnut
hulls with a ...
New Interface
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This is just a test with one of my favourite photos of Chester Cathedral.
It seems as if I've been hibernating, but I'm just very slowly waking up.
Then...
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Dear Friends,
Well busy in the studio on Friday with students creating madly! Here is
Teresa making some stunning flowers to add to her winter wardrobe
...
Missing Ft. Bragg Soldier is our Daughter-in-Law
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I don't know if you've heard about the missing North Carolina Ft. Bragg
Soldier but this girl is our daughter-in-law. Her name is Kelli Bordeaux.
The ...
Frühling (AKA Spring) Dry at last!
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Just a few pictures of Fruhling now that it's dry. I'm knitting on 3
smaller Nieblings now. One older one that never got finished and two more
recent....
My "New iPad" and Tapestry
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This week I have become the owner of the New iPad or iPad 3. There is so
much to learn. I am having a great time acquiring Apps. One of these is
BlogPress....
Stickning
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Egentligen skulle jag skriva och visa lite bilder från vår vernissage idag
på Frölunda kulturhus .... Men jag hade så fullt upp med att prata med alla
besö...
Starting with Herbs
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One of the delights of having a polytunnel for me personally is the treat of year round herbs. Rosemary, sage, mint and flat and curly parsley pretty much ke...
whipped honey butter
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Just in time for spring, a snuggly warm cowl for my daughter! ;)
If you should decide to knit a Honey Cowl of your own, may I recommend
listening to what y...
LAME.....
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Can you imagine how you would feel if someone copied your design of your
rug???? Can you imagine if you were a supplier/designer and someone ripped
off one...
A Billion Beads
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Okay, so it was only 6000 beads, not counting the ones that dropped on the
floor, zoomed into my toothpaste tube, and bounced their way into cracks
too sma...
Two Flowers and Five Leaves
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Two flowers and five leaves to go! With any luck, I should have the hooking
done tomorrow. Then my problem will be how to finish - I'm sure it
shouldn't be...
on the edge..
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There's nothing quite like last-minute deadlines to fuel momentum.. I am on
the edge of my seat with excitement to have been invited to include a piece
of ...
Our new Adain Project with Wendy Couling
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Here are a few photos which will demonstrate how much fun we had at our
Tuesday workshop with Wendy. We worked on transparencies and Perspex. All
this wa...
Stitching
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Felt is not popular where I currently live and I attribute it to the
weather. We experience all four season and with tremendous gusto and today
is no exce...
Hand Painted Rainbow Corridale Fleece
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Having quite a bit of white fleece roving on hand, we decided to dye some a
rainbow of colours. The fleece in the picture was hand painted using
Procion dy...
Choosing your wedding car
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When you get married, the first things you tend to think about are what to
wear and where to have the ceremony and reception. Thoughts about transport
ofte...
Farewell
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Hi Everyone,
I'm sorry it's been such a long time since I last posted, this is mostly
down to the continuing success of Fibrespace. I am now spending very...
February and a giveaway soon to come!
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Hello my dear loyal friends! I see that we are up to 192 followers...I am working on the giveaway and can assure you that it will be grand! Isn't the picture...
Found
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...One pair of *Due North Mitts*. Finally. We've had an abnormally warm
winter in Winnipeg. It's been lovely, really mild...with temperatures over
freezing...
TAFA's New Site Has Launched!
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TAFA's new site has launched and is at the *www.tafalist.com* address.
This is the old site and will stay up although many of the links broke
during the...
Food Fight!
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The puppies are 24 days old and had their first "solid" meal today, Iams
puppy kibble mixed with hot water and powdered milk, all blended into a
delicious...
Handicrafts of New England by Allen H. Eaton.
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Vintage hard cover book with 375 pages and a dust cover. Contains:
Pottery_Knitting-Needlework- Lacemaking- Toys and Dolls- Weaving- Nautical
products- Ca...
Happy 2012!
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Hello and a happy New Year to you! May this year be good for you and your
creativity... Bonne Année 2012 à tous et toutes! Que cette année vous
apporte tou...
Another geometric
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This rug is based on Amish Quilt square designs. There are three sections,
and each section is one quilt block design. It's very easy to design a rug
using...
Catching up...
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I realize that there are some people who are able to add to their blogs
every day, but I cannot. So once in awhile I have to catch you up with
things tha...
I am moving
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Well in a virtual sense ;D
I have finally made the step of making my company official here in Norway
and with that registred a domain name IngerMaaike.no...
Baby photos
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That got your attention didn't it! Haha, well recently we have been working on our new collection of baby patterns, its super cute and gorgeous, and was alot...
everybody go ahhhhhhhhh -
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September 20th - November 17th
Eight weeks in the life of six puppies! An idyllic puppyhood full of food
and play. The first on...
Shalom Study IV
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[image: 2011 10 25_0363]
Based on the word שלום (shalom means peace), incorporating the word Peace
in American sign language and with a heart at it’s cor...
Brainless Knitting (and a little spinning)
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I spent the spring putting out a book and a summer knitting a bunch of new
patterns (available on terrisheaknits.com) and now I’ve taken a little time
off ...
Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.
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Oh the trees around our little cove have been in a very show-off kind of
mood this fall.
Everywhere you turn, you are surrounded by color.
We took advan...
Cooper visited the Studio to get some Burlup
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Little Cooper was up for a visit last night to get some Scottish Burlap,
he rolled around on the floor and found the perfect spot to watch us finish
dyin...
Decluttering: The Saga Continues
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A week ago Friday morning. The house was a mess. I was up to my eyeballs in
weaving paraphernalia. And my son’s toys. It’s my first free morning in a
month...
One bobbin full
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As I spin up the camel and gold wool I have a growing concern that there
might not be enough of this batch to make the hat. Then I filled up the
second bob...
New website
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While we’re in the process of getting our new KNIT magazine website up to
date you can still purchase back issues and subscriptions here and if you
click h...
The Miracle!
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Starz has had a successful launch of the new Torchwood series, Miracle Day.
New episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day air Friday nights at 10:00.
Recently, St...
Movin' on over...
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After some thought - I have decided to move my blog over to Blogspot... hope you'll follow me on over... so now I am HERE ...See you there!
Maureen's batch of mats
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The fantasy mat on the right I call "tall skinny crewel"; it was hooked in
wide-cut bright colours right into a fairly loosely woven Cottage Craft
wool, t...
The more things change…
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…the more they stay the same. From the pages of the magazine “English
Mechanic and the World Of Science,” we have this letter regarding something
published...
Forthcoming meetings
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Friday 29th April 2011 - Meeting at Mickleover community centre,
Mickleover, Derby. 7.30pm to 9.30pm A talk on making clothes and items from
recycled mater...
Toeless
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Once again, I'm a few rows short of a toe. It's getting a little
frustrating. This used to never happen, but suddenly, it seems to be a
regular occurrence....
Floral Watercolor Class and Negative Painting
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These are all paintings from my watercolor class at Anne Arundel Community College. In this class students will be painting at least two flowers or more per ...
UPDATES
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Just a short note to let you know we’re doing some updates to the blog over
the next very short while, so you may notice some strangeness and things
changi...
holy cow
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Yesterday, we drove to Arlington/Stanwood to look at a miniature Irish
Belted Jersey, a cross between a Dexter and a Lessor Jersey. Our plan was
to wait...
Rugs & Dogs
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Once again time has run away from me. Summer has come and gone. The garden
was challenged by cool weather this summer but we did add blueberries,
raspberr...
I never really left you
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Yeah, so it was kind of a long blog break.
Let's get up to date!
1. I'm now self-employed, which sometimes bears are remarkable resemblance
to being unemp...
Blog Move and a Hiatus
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Well, I've not been around much at all here, have I? My move across the country in May went quite well..we're all settled here in Wisconsin. I am taking a Hi...
Come on Over to That'll Do Farm
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It's official! The new That'll Do Farm website & blog is up and running.
If you have Brighton Wool Gatherings tagged as a favorite or if you link to
this s...
Drawing for my new website
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Only a day left to get into my drawing to celebrate my new website. Yes,
I've moved to www.redjackrugs.com. Please come over to my new webspace and
join th...
Well here's a start!
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So I have been putting off starting as I have so much to catch you all up
on, I haven't known where to start. So instead of starting with a bunch of
pictur...
New Book is Finished!
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Yeah! We received the first boxes of the new book from the printer on
Saturday. Yesterday and today we shipped out the orders to those folks who
had order...
Moving Day!
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They Hyper Monkey and I cordially invite you to come on over to our new
site appropriately called, The Hyper Monkey. We’re holding a huge moving
contest. D...
SHARING IT SATURDAY 2010- Part Two
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Last year we had a sharing Saturday.
We sent in posts on tips to help other hookers overcome problems with
hooking.
Can you send in a tip that really helped...
mittens mittens everywhere
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Long time, I know :) It's the strangest thing-- ever since my son started
school I can't manage anything timewise like before, even with a huge block
of ti...
Making it up as I go
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I've been working on this stole on and off for many months, using the laceweight merino/silk/bamboo I spun from Juliespins batts. I'd wanted to knit the Samp...
SCREAMING LOUDLY
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I don't believe this - Google Blogger is giving me so much trouble
accessing this account, and I STILL can't change my old e-mail addy to the
new one as s...
Tutorial: Hooking raw wool into your Rugs
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This is Gentle Gracie in the Pumpkin Patch, I am using Gracie's washed wool
from this springs shearing,I Use clean Raw wool instead of processed roving
as ...
CABIN RUG
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I am finally finished with my brother and his wife's Cabin Rug. Gary and
Chris were married in Hubbarton, Vermont on November 23, 2007. This is
their wedd...
Yes I've Been Dyeing Colors Colors!
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So I got up into the rafters, pulled out some Salish,Alpaca,Llama,CVM and
Merino and I started dyeing. I have all kinds of colors! Here's what I did
yester...
The Mulberry Dyer
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*Welcome to our site.*
[image: Products]Commercial Dyers throughout history have used only those
natural products that they know will give the best results....
2 comments:
You have gotten a lot done. Love the greens you used in the background, really sets off the sheep.
Debbie
Thank you. I'm hoping to get this done by the first.
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