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Bloggers are the Best People

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Well folks I did it again.  I tempted fate and invited another person I met on the Internet into my home.  Guess what?  She wasn’t an Ax Murderer either!!

Most of you know Linda from Crone and Bear it.  If you don’t read her you should!  She writes some pretty silly humor over on Crone and Bear and [...]

Fibery Goodies

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Yes, yes I’m still on the Wonder Alpaca thing.  Ain’t it great!  HA!  Not only did I get to participate in the shearing of the Wonder Herd, I was rewarded for it!!!  Look at all this Cool Stuff!
Andrea at Wonder Why Alpaca Farm was very generous.  She and Holly put together a basket of things for [...]

Fiber Friday – Fiber Friends

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Where to begin?
 
 
 
 
 
I found  Holly’s blog  Knit with Snot for You (it’s like knit with Love but with 3 small boys in the house, well you get the idea) while searching Google trying to find yarn in Clemson University colors.  She’s adventurous, fun, a total riot, alpaca wrangler, poop scoopin, give you the shirt off her back & [...]

Alpaca Who?

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Wow, what a week!  What an awesome, busy, wonderful week with the Zombie Prom Date Knitters!  I’m home  now and  I have some time to write a post and sort through all the photos I took.  So lets start with the basics.  Today we will cover the differences in the two types of Alpaca.
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Ravelympics…the Finish Line

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With the extinquishing of the Olympic Torch this coming Sunday so too do the Ravelympics come to a close.   Whew! Boy Howdy!   That was a lot of knittin’ I’ll tell you!
During the Olympic Opening Ceremonies I SKYPEed in to Kalamazoo, Michigan where the rest of  Team Zombie Slayers were assembled at our KWAKtians lovely home [...]

Ravelympics Start Friday

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The Winter Olympics start on Friday.  So do the Knitting Olympics!  Or as some us like to call them …
The Ravelympics!  
And just like the Winter Olympics have Events; Cross-Country, Curling, Skiing and  Hockey.
Ravelry has events too…Cable Cross-country  (All things cables), Charity Curling  (All things made for Charity),  Sock Hockey  (All things socks and [...]

Sweet Pink Baby Cardigan

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A family member requested this sweet pink baby cardigan
for  a precious baby due this Spring.

 And if I do say so myself, this is one sweet little set.

 A wee bonnet to keep her head warm.

And wee Booties to keep her feet warm.

 Precious buttons to add a bit more cute.

It whipped up in a jiffy, took no [...]

Secret Project is Complete!

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Secret Project is complete!

Over the summer I invited someone I met on the internet into my home.  I invited a complete stranger and her family to come and stay the weekend in my home. And they were wonderful!  If you missed it you can read about it here. http://fatcatcrochet.com/?m=200908
About that time CG asked me if [...]

Cooking is Dangerous

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To my physical being that is.  Yes, I cooked.  We ate.   No one died.  Well ELPH almost did but it wasn’t his fault. 
See I was entertaining (read I sliced cheese, put out a box of Triskets and opened a couple bottles of wine) 3 couples, friends from the neighborhood.  I had set the table [...]

Bloggers are the nicest People

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How awesome is the Blog World?  I feel I’ve come to know some of you in the last year or so.  Wel enough that I  reached out into the Blogosphere and yanked another one of you into my Real Life.  My blog friend CG from Dreams of a Country Girl had a really rough week and really [...]