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If you’ve visited my other blog you’ve seen this. Which means you understand that I’m reduced to knitting bulky acrylic yarn on large bamboo needles which have proven to be virtually indestructible and sewing. I just don’t tend to spin bulky yarn, I could break into the mohair I suppose and knit a lacy scarf [...]

… but I’m also working on other things. After a thread about cloth diapers on Spindlers list and a self induced marathon of Project Runway bonus footage, I decided that Lexi needed something a little more in the way of cloth training pants and dug out my sewing machine. Haute toddler. As Tim Gunn would [...]

After reading Pantone’s 2006 Fall color forecast when it came out I was as depressed as the pastels that they are pimping from Europe. Don’t get me wrong– I like muted watercolor tones but I’m a pale, freckled brunette and they wreck me. I absolutely love sage and taupe, but look like a somewhat well [...]

Yes. I started soaking some wool for hand painting (my high tech acid solution is vinegar) and plotting out the pattern that I want to create based off of some color combinations in my dream from last night. No sneak peeks. I want this to be surprise.

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