Making Moravian Stars

Dad finishing a star.
After we folded a little pile of stars, Dad thought it would be great if I did a tutorial on how to make these.
However, I have found two other tutorials available online which do the job admirably, so I will just give you links.
Here is a good “How to make stars” color [...]

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Making Stars and Discussing Trailer Life

Or  “What we did after eating all that Turkey”.
When my dad was a kid, he learned to make these Moravian Stars.  He has many times attempted to teach my sister and I how to do these…and we never quite caught on.  Dad has taught all sorts, from church craft groups to Boy Scouts to the [...]

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Up-ing the Cuteness Factor

Here he is folks, my new nephew, Ezra Andrew Fey!
and his super cute sister,

and his “Hand-y Dad”

and the pretty tired mom!

and all together they make a lovely family, what with the new extra cute addition and all…don’t you think?

ya’ gotta love those sweet cheeks!!!

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Tis the Season for Mini Knitted Ornaments

The coffee table is piled up with Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock Yarn (henceforth referred to as “BMFA STR” and the needles are flying as Chris and I watch Season’s 5 and 6 of NCIS.
Total count of Mini Knitted Ornaments this year (so far):
1 sweater
1 mitten
1 stocking
5 round ornaments

I have knitted a few [...]

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Christmas on the Up-Cycle

Here are some earrings I made last week with Christmas in mind, I was trying to go for a holly leaf with berries on it.
My mom and I spent some time making bead stuff last week.   She is really enjoying herself, of course that is because she always hands of the tying off and/or [...]

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The Latest, Cutest Thing

This is Mech, short for Mechanic, because he has a little “grease smudge” on top of his head.
My mom got a new kitten, and we got to “kitten sit” for a week.

After most of a week of listening to my cats hiss and run from him, I found Cali and Mech nearly snuggling…of course Cali [...]

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Scary Knitted Objects Alert!

Giant Pink Bunny this thing looks like some play structures I’ve seen inside shopping malls.
House, tree, bike…whatever, lets cover it in a cozy!
Voodoo Doll tell me you haven’t wanted one!
Recycled Knit House clearly they have too much time on their hands!
Grenade Cozies you too can make a fashion statement in Iraq!
Bomb Cozy Uhm,  its  [...]

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Last Days at Abundant Yarn

Tom, one of the owners, and fellow knitter, enjoying a laugh …a typical outcome at Abundant Yarn!

Sadly, one of my favorite LYS’s is closing.   This Sunday was the last potluck that they will have there, following many such Potluck Sunday Knit-Together’s.

Abundant Yarn has been the place to eat, drink and knit at for the [...]

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Best Oatmeal Cookies Ever!

I rarely say something is the best, because the nature of my personality is to always keep my options open…pending further investigation.  However, these cookies are different.
These cookies are all an oatmeal cookie ought to be:   crisp, butterscotch-y, with the perfect amount of chew due to the oatmeal…but not to much, and browned [...]

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Cali’s got some bling

I came across this piece of knitted I-cord yesterday and found it was the perfect size to tie around Cali’s neck.
I told her it was a “pretty” and she just gave me the “look”.

and it is difficult to take pix of a solid gray like hers…

still, she is pretty and she wore her bling all [...]

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