Quick and easy: Bainbridge Scarf

Visiting Knitter’s Block blog the other day, I saw that Niina had recently posted her completed Bainbridge Scarf; I was instantly smitten with the project. I mean, it’s small, practical and different. What’s not to like about that? So I followed Niina’s link to pepperknit blog and found the free pattern. I [...]

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Bountiful mail!

Okay, so I gave in and started subscribing to Simply Knitting magazine from the UK. I know, I said it’s pricey (and it is) and that was why I was hesitant to subscribe. But then I realized that we had a sheer bevy of Amazon.com VISA Rewards Certificates stashed away, and well, it [...]

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Thoughts on health.

I’ve had laryngitis the past few days. Luckily my husband, son and I know sufficient elementary sign language to communicate some of the daily basics. I’d never suffered this ailment before and find it very interesting, since when you can’t talk, especially above a soft whisper, people don’t know what to do with [...]

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Morning calm.

I’m enjoying the quiet mornings in our new home, and there’s always something to take a picture of, like the fog as it moves through the trees and the mist on the spider webs….

We get a lot of fog at this house, incredibly thick fog up from the valley of farmlands that are giving way [...]

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