The hits just keep coming

or what you can accomplish during Star Trek marathons… FO: Mom’s Christmas Mittens Pattern: not really a particular pattern, used a combination of sources on mittens in general and thrummed mittens Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Yardage: about 1.5 skeins (well, 2 with nearly half a skein total weight left over…) Thrums: Briggs & Little Country [...]

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Apparently…

Sock Blockers aren’t just photographic aids. Up until this weekend, that is all I had used mine for – giving socks shape in pictures, then I dediced that the Carolinas needed to be blocked and wow! I have been so wrong. I fully appreaciate the wonder that is blocking lace, but really couldn’t be bothered [...]

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Going to Toronto, going to the Fair

Tuesday we took the kids on a field trip to the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, held on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition (usually known as the CNE or the Ex – more often in my experience the Ex, strictly speaking the Ex is the late summer fair and midway, but since there are [...]

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