Month: February 2008

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March Craft Leftovers Monthly in the Shop

Get your’s today! See more pictures in the Craft Leftovers Flickr Pool. This issue is really fun. I had a good time thinking of different patterns, recipes, and tips for that transitional time of winter finalllllly going into spring. As the cover says “the sun is moving back in”. Even

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crochet, knitting, patterns & tutorials

Oopsies and Toofsies

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I love my tréo and he loves his iTouch and we are pretty happy using our little gadgets. It’s getting pretty banged up already in my bag. This is an issue that needs some solving. So here we go, a little tréo pocket! Best of all it only takes about 25g of any sport weight yarn! Hooray for using up scraps and half skeins!

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I’m an idiot

So I forgot my laptop charger at home while dashing out the door and of course my computer died before I could get the pattern up. Geeze. It will go up tomorrow when I get home first thing. Sorry! Geeze.

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Classes Suspended

A few things. Thank you so much to everyone who commented with their warm wishes and caring thoughts. When I wrote the post I was still feeling okay. It’s strange how much things sink in over time. I’ve been okay, but still more shaken than I originally thought. I was

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Tragedy on Campus

It’s been all over the news, but I thought I would announce it here and let you know I’m okay. As some of you know, I’m a student working on my BFA at Northern Illinois University. Today there was a shooting and a few people died, 22 were wounded. It

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Oh the Weekend

I just wanted to drop in and let you know that there will not be a pattern this weekend. I have the opportunity to travel to a contemporary art center’s residency program and, well, take a look around. It will make up my mind as to whether or not to

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journal, knitting, patterns & tutorials

Cherry Chirp

I really enjoyed knitting up this little guy. At only a half a skein of yarn or less, he knits up fast and is really super cute. His feet and the beans in his bottom allow him to sit up all on his own. This little quail has very intelligent beady eyes and you never quite know what he will be up to. I found him in red, but I have a feeling he has quite a few colorful cousins.

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