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How To’s Day: Hat Flaps Take Two!

 Today we cover the “somewhere in between” ear flap method. Some of you may remember my little green hat. It has earflaps that can be pulled up and tied at the top when they are not needed, with a little trick, they tuck up nice and neat behind the fold up brim of the hat. Never fear [...]

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How To’s Day: How to keep those ears warm!

Let’s face it! It is still chilly outside!  And when it is cold it’s important to stick a hat on your head and keep your ears warm!! What better way to keep your ears warm than some clever ear flaps on your hat! 
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Now how to do it. As I thought about that I figured there [...]

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How To’s Day: How not to…

Get on my neighbor’s good side…

Try to turn around in her driveway on a very snowy day…
Get stuck.
Pull in further into the driveway and attempt to back out by going fast.
Get stucker. (is that a word?)
Pull forward again, banging her son’s basketball hoop with the ladder rack on your van.
Back up really fast because she [...]

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How To’s Day: How to Loom for your Pooch!

It’s cold out there.  We are having a slight warm up here and I noticed yesterday that quite a few people were out walking their dogs. If you don’t have a monstrous dog like I do, your little pal might need a sweater.
I just came across this cute free pattern at Joann’s website. It’s designed [...]

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How To’s Day: K2tog, YO & SSK, YO at Loomy Daze!

Stephanie has put together a clever short and sweet little video on how to do some fancy loom work!
She has it up at her site Loomy Daze. You can see it here:
Click here.
Go ahead and watch it.. I’ll wait, I want to expand on her video just a bit as to when you would [...]

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