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To Block or Not to Block? A Question of Blocking
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Fair Time In North Idaho
Fair Time! Here in Northern Idaho, the Fair just ended. It was a busy and fun five days!  The weather was perfect and reminded us all how fortunate we are...
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Sheep In My Hair
Here is my completed "I love my sheep hat" hat. It's a little small. Next time I will add 10-20 stitches to my cast on. Each pattern repeat is 10...
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Feeling Sheepy (yawn)
I love Alpacas. And I love sheep. There's just something cute and knitterly about them. So you can just imagine my delight in seeing this "I love my sheep hat"...
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The Company of Yarnies
  Driving home from knitting group tonight, I marveled again at the camaraderie I have with this group of women. Fiber artists are a special breed. Like the material we...
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Summertime Knitting & Crocheting
  Up here in the Northwest knitting and crocheting seems to get put on the back burner  as soon as flowers begin to bloom and sunshine warms our faces. Our...
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Free Knitting Wisdom & Comedy Show
What a week! Was it just me or was everybodies life just upside down and inside out this past week? I seemed to be chasing my tail before I ever...
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