It's that time of year again. The DSAGC Buddy Walk is September 11th. We've participated in the Buddy Walk since 2007. Last year, Liam walked across the finish line for the first time. This year we hope for him to walk a large portion of the route and to cross the ... Read More about Buddy Walk
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Christmas in July
Here's a quick little project that I knit for our guild's Christmas in July program. Pattern: Bells on My Toes from Heartstrings Fiber ArtsThe yarn and beads were part of a kit so I'm not sure where they're from, but the yarn was fingering weight. This project could easily ... Read More about Christmas in July
Kid Craft
On a particularly whiny day (it's so hot and going outside is not a good idea with the heat and the bugs), I broke out the paints for the kids. They used finger paints and potatoes cut up into a variety of shapes. They could dip the potatoes into the finger paints ... Read More about Kid Craft
And so it begins
The shawl and its pattern are much further along than what is shown here. The pattern is mostly finished. All that's left to complete is to finish up the charts, which is the most difficult part of the process for me.This pattern is a small, triangular shawlette knit in a fingering ... Read More about And so it begins
More on the Cedar Leaf Shawlette
I had a couple of people comment and ask about the Cedar Leaf Shawlette being more like a scarf than a little shawl. Here's what I did to get the size difference.My yarn was Araucania Itata Multy, a fingering weight yarn. The pattern calls for a DK weight. I used size 4 ... Read More about More on the Cedar Leaf Shawlette