October 2010

Yarn for Knit-Along

October 31, 2010

The Knit-Along starts tomorrow.  Are you ready?  Yarn chosen?  Needles empty?  Pattern handy? I’ve never had so much trouble choosing yarn.  I dug through this bag: And this bag: And then I went upstairs and dug through some bags and buckets and found a few that might work.  Every time I would look on Ravelry [...]

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Stash Report – October 31, 2010

October 31, 2010

Nothing used, nothing added . . not much regular sewing this week.  I did get two of those cuddle quilts done but I hadn’t counted that fabric when I added it so I’m not counting it as used either. Surely your stash report is more interesting than mine! 

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Dear Husbands . .

October 30, 2010

Most of my blog readers are women.  I don’t say much that would interest most men.  A few but not many.   So, wives:  Has your husband ever bought you a purse?  Mine did!  In true Vince fashion, he bought me two purses and a wallet on the same day . . on  a day when [...]

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Purchases from Shipshewana

October 30, 2010

Someone commented and called it Ship-Shop-Shewana and I can’t stop saying that.  So true!  We went to both Yoder’s and Lolly’s and heard about several other shops in the vicinity.  I did enough damage at Lolly’s . . didn’t need to find any other shops. Two fabrics aren’t shown because they’re for a gift and [...]

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What’s For Dinner?

October 29, 2010

Hope no one is worrying that we’re skipping meals around here since I didn’t post our dinner menu for the past two nights.  Yesterday we were in Joplin for the day and ate lunch at my favorite Thai restaurant.  They give you a lot of food and it’s so good!  And, we always get a [...]

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Funny Chickens

October 29, 2010

The chickens watch for me and if they even think I’m coming their way, they all go running like crazy to be the first to get to me.  They always think I’m bringing them treats.  It’s not me they like . . it’s the treats. They have three egg boxes and at first, the eggs [...]

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