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shrugging

mybricole — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:55:22 +0000

The chimney sweep is here installing a lovely new cap. All the stomping sounds like Santa is making an early stop.

I finished this cardigan in the fall, but I’m just getting around to wearing now that the weather has turned cold.

I found the pattern over at kootoyoo. It made of 2 granny hexagons that are stitched together in the back.

I used a size P hook and malabrigo in Polar Morn for mine.

Here they are stitched together.

Then you stitch the top of the sleeves together.

Then you have new cardigan.

how i spent my summer vacation

mybricole — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:30:49 +0000

so summer is over – at least by the looks of my schedule – the kids are back to school and the aspen trees are almost empty so fall must be lurking around

so here I sit in peace and quiet ready to get back into the swing of things

We did manage to get some great things done in August -

I mastered the granny -

This bit of charred pork was transformed in to some serious South Carolina style pulled pork

We took the kids to tour the museum I worked at while I was in college…

where I learned that aluminum is no longer in style…

this would be less of an issue if I didn’t have the same cake carrier in red in my house.

I decided that next party I throw will be a tea and scissors party

We also managed to sneak in some swimming lessons.

This…

became this…which means I’m one step closer to a workshop

and yes that pun was totally intended.

here and now

mybricole — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:22:05 +0000

I’m not a complete slacker

mybricole — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:18:19 +0000

I started knitting a cardigan a couple of weeks ago. I’m close to completion, and have a hard time walking away from it. It will be the first sweater I have knit, so I can hardly wait to see how it comes together. In the meantime I can’t forget this personal triumph…

I can crochet Granny Squares. My sister in law was kind enough to teach me at Christmastime. The green one is the first one I made. I think it’s delightfully hideous for a first attempt. The blue one is a more recent attempt. It does have a mistake in it, but Lulu doesn’t mind. She has been using it for a hot pad in her cafe and also as a magic carpet for her polly pocket dolls.