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on April 23, 2008

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My knitting needles are stored in an old wine crate

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Isn't She Lovely

Laura Jean loves her vest!! She looks great in it, I am so pleased. I had to grab this shot during a video chat!

The colors and the yarn! It was all like a dream! I look forward to this day all year long and I was not disappointed at all. I was more discriminating in my search for yarn, I have to say, I searched and held back, and touched and felt, and thought before I finally bought this luscious yarn, the hand-dyed mohair was such a beautiful color, that I couldn't decide between that and the merino in the same aqua so I opted for both. I am not unhappy about it, I bought them both from the nicest older couple from Michigan. I had met them at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival when I bought pink mohair yarn from their booth. That day was very hot, it was about 95 degrees. When I visited their booth they had shared their iced tea with me! Anyway, I walked out of their booth into the sun, feeling very good and happy about my purchase and there was another booth called Good Karma Farm. The yarn was all hanging from a tree that was all carved and smoothed and polished, it was so in

More Catching Up, Stories of Toronto and. Cold Weather Wear

Here I am modeling the cowl I made, it's made from cashmere and so soft! It is gray and purple. To add to the theme of the last post, keeping warm in this winter, I was able to use my "A Girl's Best Friend" Shawl, which I knitted after our trip to Toronto. We called it our Yarn Crawl through Toronto. I went with my three great knitting buddies that I met on the knitting cruise ship. We have had riotous times together and the trip to Toronto was just the best! Janice wore her "A Girl's Best Friend" and I was so entranced by it that I had her help my choose some yarn so I could make my own. Here it is: Of course, I have been leaning towards Purple and gray for all of my latest projects! On the same trip to Toronto we visited a lovely little store off the beaten track called The Knit Cafe , where I found a beautiful shawl kit. Here is the shawl I knit, It was knit in four pieces which then were stitched together. It is mohair and a silky thicker

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