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Pretty as a Peacock

Pretty as a Peacock

Beryl just send me pictures of her adorable granddaughter Ava modeling her new Peacock sweater.

Three days before Christmas last year Beryl emailed me asking for advice on seaming.

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More Skulls

More Skulls

Hallowe’en is a big deal around here; especially because Hana’s birthday is just two days before. It gets busy with parties and baking and events that all need to be fit in. This year I think I baked two birthday cakes (for separate parties), a batch of birthday cupcakes to share with classmates, and more cupcakes for the annual charity bake sale at Rod’s office.

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Sock Monkey

Sock Monkey

My little monkey dressed up as a sock monkey for Hallowe’en today at school. I have to admit, I’m really proud of her costume.

I made it out of seven pairs of work socks and I got the idea at Instructables.

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Skullaclava

Skullaclava

I whipped up a special Hallowe’en balaclava for Hana to wear now that the weather’s cooler. I stumbled across the instructions for this on an unlikely site called Instructables. There are all sorts of great ideas on that site for the DIY kind of person.

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Your Knits

Your Knits

Recently knitters have sent me some wonderful pictures of their finished Avery projects.

Caz, from Australia made this beautiful sweater modeled by her adorable grand-daughter. She used Regia Silk Color paired with an Australian merino wool.

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Missing …

Missing …

… and feared lost. We’re still in an upheaval from our move. Boy, it’s a lot of work, isn’t it! I cannot find my workshop samples.

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Honest
Sheep Shearing

Sheep Shearing

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder has so many wonderful fibre references in it. Time to share another one.

It was time to shear sheep. … and they drove the sheep down to the washing-pens.

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… and then …

… and then …

I had great intentions of blogging more regularly throughout the summer …

… and then we bought a house …

… and then I had to pack up all the yarn and our other “things” …

… to get our apartment staged and cleaned to sell …

… and then we went on vacation …

… and then we sold our apartment (while we were on vacation–how great is that!) …

… and then I taught a week’s worth of classes (the owners, staff and students at River City Yarns are fantastic) …

… and then I went to Sock Summit

… and so it goes!

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Workshops in Edmonton

Workshops in Edmonton

Happy belated Canada Day! We had a nice relaxing family time that included a play in the park and grilled salmon for dinner.

From July 26 to August 2 River City Yarns in Edmonton is sponsoring a whole series of my workshops.

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