It’s been a week filled with beauty, love, and plenty of challenges.  Like most weeks, basically.  Ella’s had a wicked chest cold for about two weeks, which wakes her in the night coughing (which wakes me int he night to comfort her).  I did manage to sneak in a bit of crafting while a babysitter ...
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It’s getting close to baby time now, and the days are both moving slowly and also very quickly.  After a few crazy days of doing too much, my midwife ordered me to do nothing, so I spent most of last week doing as little as I could.  I’m glad to say I’m feeling well again, ...
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Little did we know last week that this week we would be under twenty inches of snow.  But luckily, we went out last week and gathered pokeberries for some dyeing.  Guided by the book Harvesting Color, Ella and I spent most of a day gathering, simmering, and simmering some more.  We dyed one playsilk, and ...
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Joining Ginny of Small Things today for Yarn Along.

I’m almost done with my Shalom cardigan – only one more sleeve to go! (And how fitting that this is called Shalom, since peace definitely seems to be a theme in my life these days). I am really excited about this sweater. Honestly, I ...
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Sewing, it turns out, is a good way to spend the morning for a pregnant mama and her daughter.  Over the past few months, Ella has gone from mildly interested in spending sewing time with me to attempting to run our house like a sweatshop.  As in, “Mama, no, we can’t take a break for ...
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I have been slowly but surely making a few things for this coming winter baby.  We’re planning to EC, just as we did with Ella, so even though I think handknitted baby pants are insanely adorable, it makes a lot more sense to make some teeny tiny wool legwarmers. (Just pretend you can’t see those ...
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Today, I’m joining Ginny for Yarn Along.
Some of you might remember that Fair Isle yoke I was adding into the Hourglass Sweater.  Well, it turns out that I can knit Fair Isle, and that the pattern is every bit as beautiful as I hoped.

It also turned out, when I tried the sweater on, that the ...
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Mama, she said, can I mop?
Not a question anyone would ever say no to.  She thought she’d mop the fridge, too, just in case.  (The mop, btw, was made by Tonya and her lovely family.)
Also, a few weeks ago I made this handtowel (on the right) for the kitchen.  We needed a new one, and ...
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Notes to self:
Next time you want to do some sewing, declare it your Only Goal for the day. It will happen.

For that matter, having one goal is always helpful. Don’t panic, other things will happen, too.  Or they won’t.  There will be another day.

Next time you wonder how so many dirty dishes multiply, ...
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Wow, you all sure know how to cheer a gal on!  Your comments were so sweet about my Fair Isle, you inspired me to get a move on it.
Most exciting of all, the winners (chosen by random number generator) are:
#20 Amy said:
I’d love to win the copy of Fix Freeze Feast
# 14 Caroline said:
Wow, what ...
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