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Clesha on August 31st, 2009

I received my first issue of KnitSimple over the weekend and read it cover to cover yesterday.  I like that it’s full of patterns and new sources to find yarn and notions.  They’ve also reviewed 10 organic and eco friendly yarns that looks pretty interesting.  This will come in handy this winter when I sit [...]

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Clesha on February 20th, 2009

This scarf was for my cousin Kam-Marie.  Like me, her favorite color is purple and I had a few skeins of nice variegated lavender, gray and black worsted weight yarn that I inherited.   It was knit on size 8 needles and took for-ev-er to complete.  This scarf is how I got backed up with making [...]

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Clesha on February 19th, 2009

Before I start this post, I’ll confess that I don’t really crochet.  I have a blanket I’ve been working on for about two years and it’s not even half way done.
Now, having said that.  I decided to tried a stitch mom showed me to crochet my Aunt Glo’s scarf.  I thought it would be good [...]

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Clesha on February 18th, 2009

I know I’m a bit late with the rest of the Christmas gifts, so please forgive me.  I have a good excuse, and as soon as I think of it I will tell it to you. :-}
So, gift #2 went to my Aunt Debbie.  It was the Green Apple Roving Scarf.  I already bought the [...]

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Clesha on January 17th, 2009

Gift #1 is the Golden Drop Stitch Scarf. This golden beauty went to my Aunt Paulette.
Her favorite color is blue and I had every intention of making a blue scarf for her. I inherited a nice baby blue yarn and actually came up with my own pattern and knit a scarf for her. Why [...]

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