Category: After
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I’m Coming Out
Who are we kidding? That happened a while ago. Reference First, I have a few thank you’s to make. (Sounds like I am about to make an acceptance speech, doesn’t it?) Thank you to Jane for giving me the I Love Your Blog Award. (Hmmm. Maybe it is an acceptance speech. And yes, I am…
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Ready or Not
Reference Remember this? I wondered who it was going to go to. Well, as you may have guessed, I knew all along who it was going to go to. It’s going to YOU! Well, one of you, anyway. Yes, it is that time of year again: time for Race for the Cure. Last year,…
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Feels like the First Time
Reference Remember that shirt I was going to make for Mr. Penney? Well, I finished it last week. Here is the result: And here is the review that appears on Pattern Review: Pattern Description: Men’s button front knit shirt based on this Banana Republic shirt Pattern Sizing: A men’s medium, with an addition inch added…
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Olympic Theme
Reference Well, the Olympics are over. Kind of sad. But the happy part is that I did actually get something done during that two week period. Call it a shawl if you wish, but I prefer to think of it as a Super Scarf! The fiber is a Romney – mohair blend that I got…
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No 1/2 Stepping
Reference I was pretty darn nervous this morning. I was teaching my first Basic Step class at our new (to Mr. Penney and I) gym. There were two things that were causing the nervous: Unlike cycling, I hadn’t taught a step class in two years, since we moved to Ellicott City. It got to the…
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Oh Sheila
Reference Well, I finished these on Father’s Day. Unfortunately, it was Father’s Day night (Father’s Night?) after we had already been to the shindig at my sister’s for the occasion. It is just as well, because I wanted to give them a wash before I give them to my mother. I usually don’t worry about…
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Be My Baby
Reference Well, I finished the second dress this past weekend; and yesterday, both dresses were taken to the post office to make their way to Ken and Uma. Here is my review that will somehow manage to get on PatternReview. Pattern Description: Sundress with short pants from Sewing for Baby. Pattern Sizing: In the book,…
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Even It Up
Reference Well, I have another set of socks done in Jitterbug. Nothing too unusual about them,
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Wrap It Up
Reference Well, here is the result of my first experiment with weaving with “energized” singles: