Denise

A stay at home mom of four, who homeschools, changes a lot of diapers.. minds the dog and in her spare time knits on her knitting boards and looms and occasionally picks up some knitting needles too..

Frugal Friday! More Cash to Build Your Stash!

 Frugal Friday  No Responses »
May 172013
 

Those of you who follow me on Facebook or Twitter have probably already seen I have come across another neat little smart phone app that pays back money for the things I buy at the grocery store! I thought I would pop in here and share the wealth, so to speak!

(More cash for yarn I say!)

The really nice thing about this app is that it doesn’t link to my store cards, and is not associated to ANY store at all. So I can shop anywhere I want, and still get money back!

NICE!

 

SO here it is.

This app is called Endorse. It is available on both iPhone and Android phones!  It’s so simple!! You just download the app and then….

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(Graphic from Endorse.com)

I tried it out the other day.. There was an offer of 10% back on toilet paper.. ANY brand.. ANY size.. so.. I bought the store brand for $4.99.

When I got home I took a photo of my receipt and selected the toilet paper deal on the app.

The next day I had $.49 and 5 points in my account. I was able to pop that $.49 into my Paypal account immediately.. no waiting till it got up to $5 or $10!!

Nice! And the really nice thing is once you earn 500 points they will donate $5 to the charity of your choice!!

SO pop over and check it out!! Just Click here!

 Posted by at 9:33 am

I am obsolete.. or.. if I had only known!

 Knitting Without Needles  No Responses »
May 062013
 

While I scramble and knit like crazy to get the projects for a new book done. I cam across this..

AGNES the loom knitting robot! Boy. If I had only known I would have put her to work on at least one project!

Ah well.. too late now.. and besides she can’t do the fancy stitches like cable and lace.. heck.. she can’t even purl! So I guess I am not so obsolete after all..

 

In any case here is the info on her maker..

 

Meet the Makers

Roboknit

Andy Noyes

Roboknit is a life-sized humanoid knitting robot. She can knit by hand in a way very similar to a person, using a knitting loom (an alternative way of knitting to using knitting-needles) and is capable of making woolly hats, scarves, and other items. She took a year to build in Andy’s spare time and is made from many commonly available parts including electric motors recycled from printers and CD drives.

To see a video of her in action Click here!

Enjoy! See you on the flip side in June!! But for know I have to stick to my knitting!!

 Posted by at 9:00 am

Weekend Update

 Kids, Knitting With Needles, Life With Faith  No Responses »
Feb 112013
 

Let’s see..

Brian went off to the Jr. High church rally leaving us to fend for ourselves! So we went to game night and had tacos!

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We played games and had fun!

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Tannor decided playing Apples to Apples with the cards was just too passe.. so he did this instead!

Pretty cool!

Then it was Azia’s birthday and we had a yummy yummy cake!!

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It’s a Cake Boss cake called Oh My Ganache! And it was GOOOOOOD!

Over the weekend I was also able to get the left front of Sylvi done!

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So far this sweater could be done on a knitting loom.. probably not the case when I get to the fancy cable-y part! Very exciting to do a ‘dry block’ on it and see that it is just right!

And so fast even with the seed stitch! What should I work on next? A sleeve? The other front? Or..the fun part! The back?!

Actually, I had already decided to leave the sleeves, since I need to shorten them a bit for my leetle arms.

Have to do some maths!

So, how did your weekend go?

 Posted by at 10:51 am
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