Archive for December, 2009

Bookish Thursday: Fun Upcycled Bags!

Got an umbrella with a broken handle? A pair of pants with a hole in the knee?  An old out of style suit? A bunch of plastic shopping bags?
Don’t throw them out! Turn them into some great bags!!!
 Refashioned Bags: Upcycle Anything into High-Style Handbags by Faith and Justina Blakeney is a fun book [...]

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Finished on Friday but Forgot to Tell You!

 
I finished a scarf for my friend Kim in Canada. Known to Rhett and Link fans as Kim the Canadian call screener!!

 
It’s really fun because you can roll it up in a little packet like this!

Hopefully she will get it before next year! I put it in the mail today!

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Bookish Thursday: 400 Knitting Stitches

 400 Knitting Stitches: A Complete Dictionary of Essential Stitch Patterns is the latest stitch dictionary offering by Potter Craft.  As any typical stitch dictionary it includes sections on Knit-Purl Stitches, Crossed Stitches and Cables, Lace Stitches, and your knitting basics as well.

What sets this stitch dictionary apart is that it also includes sections one [...]

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Mission Monday: Clearing some magazines off my shelf!

Hey there! I am working on clearing some magazines off my shelf..  Please let me know if you need any of the following:
Any Cast Off magazine in the last 2-3 years. If you do I probably have em’
I will unload those for $5.00 each which will include shipping in the US.
Name any Vogue magazine from [...]

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Bookish Thursday: Book of Wool

When I first heard that Clara Parkes was coming out with another book I was excited. Then when I heard it was The Knitter’s Book of Wool I thought briefly, what.. didn’t she already do that? Then I thought about all the questions I had after her last book came out. Sure I had learned [...]

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