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I’m a tryin’…

Saturday, June 14, 2008

…to get the hang of this spinning wheel! It’s a little different than spindling. I feel like I have more control when I’m spinning on a spindle as opposed to the wheel. I think after a few more hours days of practice I’ll have better control on the wheel.
Here’s a couple of shots of what [...]

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A photo update…

Friday, May 23, 2008

Hannah knits! All my girls know how to knit now. When the boys are old enough, I’ll teach them too.

The finished Prayer Shawl for my sister (I know it’s a crummy picture - the shawl is layed out on my lumpy bed, and I’ve already shipped it to her, so I can’t take another picture):

Daniel [...]

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Magpie and what’s on the needles…

Monday, April 30, 2007

At a local vintage shop, Magpie, I found…
…some vintage knitting booklets:

and this book:

I actually already have this book with the newer cover:

but the older one reminds me of my mom, since that’s the one she had. I think my father gave her book away when she past away. She died almost 14 years ago  of inflammatory [...]

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Fluffy mail, dyed yarn…

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Last week I received this in the mail:

I ordered this yarn to knit Ardessie (a sweater that I wanted to knit last year, but didn’t):

I’m sure Ardessie will take me a while to finish. I’ll post a picture of the swatch when it’s finished.
The following are pictures of yarn I dyed last week:

The worsted weight [...]

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Yummy Yarn and a Slipper

Sunday, June 4, 2006

Some yummy BFL hand painted and hand dyed by… ummm… me!

Slippers for Hannah (now I just need to knit a pair for Mina… and Molly… and Sarah):

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CJK is officially open!!

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

After a grueling 3 days configuring osCommerce CRE Loaded, Casa Java Knits is officially open!!! There’s not loads of stock right now, but I will continue to stock items as they are finished and/or come in.

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