Knitting
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How to Survive a Quarantine Without Losing Your Mind
This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission if you make a purchase using these links. As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Because I live just 29 miles from Kirkland, WA, or what the LA Times affectionately calls, ”the U.S. epicenter of COVID-19,” I hear daily speculations about the possibility — and some are saying probability — of a mandated quarantine in the very near future. So what would that look like? How long would it last? And how on earth do you survive a quarantine without losing your mind? I’ve never been forced to stay in my home before, but I’ve…
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Yarn Rap
I have to share this … it makes me laugh every time I watch it. This is the shop owned by my dear friend, Sonya Acord. If you live in or drive past Lakewood, Washington, you really have to check out Yorkshire Yarns. Sonya’s kids made this video (and feature in it). Skyler, Tyler and Heather Acord … you guys have crazy talent. I’m thinking the next time you’re bored, you should make a video for Twig and Feather. Just a thought. 😀 Before you see the video, take a look at Heather (l) and my daughter, Tera (r), when they were about six … … and here are Ty…
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Gage’s Hat … and Some Crackers
Oh, I could not WAIT for Gage to get big enough to wear this hat! I just knew, the whole time I was knitting away, that he would look this adorable in it. The Master Charles Cabled Ear Flap Cap can be found at Knit Picks. The kit comes with Gloss HW Yarn, which I love. It feels so nice in your hands and knits up just as soft as can be. I deviated a little from the pattern. It directed you to pick up stitches all the way around the completed cap and then knit a few rows from there. I absolutely, passionately detest don’t care much for picking…
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Bunting for Gage
I became a grandmother two weeks ago … and you were all right. It’s every bit as amazing as you all told me it would be. If I had known it would be this fantastic, I would have become one long ago. My favorite activity is now holding Gage and memorizing his little face. But when I can’t do that–say, his parents ignore my pleading and begging and take him home–I comfort myself by knitting for him. Here’s a bunting I imagined he might like. Gage is so long I thought it best to just keep knitting until it looked right. My plan was to make pompoms to use as…
