Hankering for Yarn

November 20th, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving Links

Charlene over at Weary Parent has put together a terrific list of Thanksgiving goodness.
Here’s the link:
Happy Thanksgiving 
:o) hugs all round
Noreen
PS: Don’t forget to enter my Gratitude Doll contest!

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November 19th, 2007

Smiling Divinity Spool Knitter

Recently, a friend of ours sent us a picture of 3 birds in flight.
It’s a really neat pic, because, even though you can see that it is 3 birds flying over some trees, there is more to it.
It’s rather like seeing faces in clouds, because when you look at the photo in a ‘non literal’ […]

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November 18th, 2007

Sunday brunch

Jim’s trio was booked to play at the bistro this morning, but the violin player couldn’t make it. So, it was Jim’s duo! They were great, as always… and did I take my camera? no…
But, Jim had his and from the stage, clicked a quick pic at the end of the last set:

There was serious […]

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November 18th, 2007

Contest-Win a Gratitude Doll

NOTE: This contest has ended. Thank you everyone who entered.
Who won?   The Winner 
I am feeling profound gratitude.
A friend died last week, and that has made me sad, and yet also, very very grateful. When someone you care about moves into another chapter of their journey, it makes you think about all the blessings in […]

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November 17th, 2007

High Fiber but not yarn….

Totally off topic here…..
Wellness is on my mind. Today, we were at the memorial for a friend who passed away last week, (waaaaaaaaaaay too young….) and I’m feeling sad.
Anyhow… yesterday, we saw a neat report on telly about Salba, which is chia (yep those green ‘pets’) grain.
It’s full of all kinds of healthy goodness, and […]

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November 13th, 2007

My dog wears a nightie and our cat scares me sometimes

Okay. I have to say, right off the top, that we are green.
Not around the gills, but ‘GREEN’….  you know…  tree hugging green. Now, there are lots of things that we aren’t that good about. Well ~not~ a lot… but a few things that we could do better.
But, mostly, we are VERY good about being […]

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November 13th, 2007

One of those days!

Wow, what an odd day!
It’s been one of those days that richochet back and forth from absolute delight to dreg scrappy blech-ings!
Shaking my head in amazement.
I won’t go into the fumble kicking part of the day - there really were parts of the day that really were scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Anyhow…. one of […]

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November 12th, 2007

Crochet hooks and good friends

It takes a very strong and special friendship to be able to trust one another enough to be able to say:
‘Hey there, Duckie… you can do better on that!’
I have a very dear friend who has a very discerning eye.
She’s been unhappy with one of the Gulliver Crochet hooks that I carved.  She didn’t think […]

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November 10th, 2007

Spool knitter: Polka dot dancing

So….. I was working on this brilliant, well, okay, kinda neat idea for a new project for the blog today.
And, it went frrrrrrrrrrrrrritttttttttttzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Ah, phoo! Hours of work down the tubes. phhhhhhooooo.
So, instead, I’ll tell you about something I AM pleased about.
I just love these spool knitters that Jim and I are making.
They’re spoolknitters, but also […]

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November 9th, 2007

Some spoolies take longer than others to make!

Several months ago, Ann asked me to make her a
Mighty Mamma Spoolknitter. I said I’d be happy to.
Then, my email program went up in smoke and we lost contact.
Oi!
FINALLY - we were able to reconnect, and I have just finished her flower garden spoolie. I sure hope it was worth the wait!

November is […]

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