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Just a little blurb about something I saw today that I found amusing.
I went to the IKEA in Elizabeth/Newark today, and in walking around, they always have displays to encourage small business users to use their furniture for, well, their businesses as a cost effective way to furnish your business in a stylish way. Well, [...]

Posted on February 5th, 2007 by Dani
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Gedifra Tagliato in pretty autumn colors. Nice and bulky. Not sure what I’m going to do with it yet, but that’s what’s always fun about the random “It’s-on-sale-and-looks-neat” purchase. Dean was along while I was wandering around Knit Happens, making friends with another customer’s adorable black pug, Pepper. But he asked me a neat question–about [...]

Posted on February 4th, 2007 by Helen
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Ok, so nearly $100 for a knitting bag is pretty darn crazy. But the latest from Jordana Paige is really, really spiffy!!

Posted on October 3rd, 2006 by Helen
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we have a mother’s helper with us this week. as part of his payment, i wanted to get him a drop spindle. he showed interest in spinning the first time he was out here, so i thought it good to foster it.
so off we went to my favorite spinning shop- dettas spindle. [...]

Posted on August 28th, 2006 by Pickleboot
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Well, my fiber interests took a bigger role in my weekend that it has in more recently passed weekends. It started out with me travelling down to Mt. Holly to Woolbearers to pick up the Howard Brush student carders that I ordered, and the additional skeins of Cascade 220 that I needed for the sweater [...]

Posted on August 6th, 2006 by Dani
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Hello all!
Well, I promised to post the photos of the dreaded baby blanket when it was done, and I finally have the photos. Ironically enough, my little nephew’s due date was today, but after seeing my sister just two days ago, it’s highly unlikely he’s coming today. She hadn’t dropped or dialated or [...]

Posted on July 9th, 2006 by Dani
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The TKGA summer event, The Knit and Crochet Show, is having classes and shopping at the Valley Forge Convention Center next weekend (more specifically, July 13th -16th). I can’t make it until at least mid afternoon on Saturday, or go on Sunday, I think, but would anyone want to meet me there to go shopping? [...]

Posted on July 2nd, 2006 by Dani
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I thought I’d just pass along that Knit Picks now is producing their own needles. I’ve been thinking of adding a few more needles to my collection, and was curious about them. I got this review from Knitter’s Review (click here), which I think is well written in talking about the pluses and minuses of [...]

Posted on June 29th, 2006 by Dani
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so…..
saturday, april 29th was the minnesota knitters’ guild’s 20th annual yarnover. it was spectacular. the day started early for me- on the planning committee- wet and rainy. the keynote speaker was the wonderful lucy neatby. she spoke of the design process. absolutely wonderful. of course, i had a class [...]

Posted on April 30th, 2006 by Pickleboot
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New Spindle and Bayberry roving, originally uploaded by windsornot.

It came today! My new drop spindle and 1 1/4 lbs. of bayberry color wool roving that I got at the same time. You can [...]

Posted on April 5th, 2006 by Dani
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