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Tag: knitting

  • {Crafting On} April Showers, and Always Knitting

       It’s spring in Oklahoma. Everything is so lush and green you could almost talk yourself into thinking you were in some lovely English landscape. And then the violent thunderstorms come, and the tornado warnings, and things start to feel a little less like “Larkrise to Candleford” but ah, well! As any good Okie should,…

  • {Crafting On} Lenten Shawl and Out Loud Reading

      In a decided effort to get better about blogging, I’ve decided to join Frontier Dreams with her Keep Calm and Craft On series, and show a little bit about the projects and good books we’ve been doing here at our house. This past school year has been a huge change for us, and we…

  • Woolly Pursuits

        For the past few weeks, my ‘free time’ has been filled with woolly pursuits. I’ve been spinning and experimenting with old dyeing techniques with natural materials. I’ve made mistakes and learned from them, and been proud of what I’ve managed to create, despite my innate inability to to follow directions (but Lord, I…