I was about to put the yarn bin away when thing #2 said she wanted to crochet something. She told me she was going to show me what she wanted to crochet and I was going to tell her how to make it. Alrighty then. Here is a picture of what she wanted to make.…
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Simple Pleasures
I did my knitterly duty and taught my girls how to knit when they were 11, 9, 5 years old. My oldest found it too stressful (and is now a happy recipient), my middle is a very capable knitter (when she chooses to dust off her knitting needles), and my youngest knit fabric that would…
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Over the past few years of family parties, my cousins have taken up knitting and crochet. I can’t tell you (well, actually I can) the particular joy I get from my family bringing their projects to our family parties. It started in the summer. The summer party is at my house. I knit and my…
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