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I know it’s summer and we don’t think about knitting warm things, but I saw this pattern and wanted to try it -so now I have and I can honestly say that it is both very easy and mindless (i love that) and looks pretty (love that too).

Read on ‘Another simple no curl scarf!’

I am finally writing down my easy shawl pattern here. I knit this a while ago from a pattern that was written on label with the ball of yarn. It was completely undecipherable!

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I knit these slippers a long time ago and lost the free pattern I got from Lewiscraft here in Toronto. I tried looking far and wide for the pattern online and this kind reader posed the entire pattern in the comments section of my initial post. In order to read this clearly however, I’ve reposted it in its entirety below.

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My VCR recently died and joined my old behemoth of a desktop computer, monitor, and crap dehumidifier that resides permanently in my bedroom closet. All are just dust collectors waiting for an ethically sound method of disposal.

I live in a small place and I have to keep clutter to a minimum, but I’ve been hanging on to a lot of junk simply because I haven’t known how to environmentally dispose of it. This is how you recycle your computer equipment and keep your peace of mind.
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Notice the yarn coming out of the center of the ball.
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I have finished my warm red sweater! This worked up fast on large needles and I found the pattern fairly easy to follow. The only reason why this wasn’t finished earlier is because I kept putting it down or started other projects. The pattern can be found in this book: Urban Streets and you can see my original post titled: New Knitting Books.

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Sometimes you want to mix it up from knitting and crochet projects. Ok -so silly and fun obviously does have its market or we wouldn’t be awash with sock monkeys and stuffed monsters from a place called The Monster Factory. I am no more immune to their appeal than anyone else and I am likely particularly susceptible since I spent hours as a child placing various granny squares atop my cats head for hours of amusement. Have you ever just seen something in a shop or bookstore that just makes you giggle? This book did just that!

Read on ‘Recycled Craft: Could a sock make you smile?’

I’ve been having difficulties over the last 2 weeks with my Gmail account. Often I can’t login and when I can, I can’t open the mail in my inbox. I see the subject like of my messages, but can’t open them. This is starting to make me a bit nervous since I rely on it for so much. I decided to investigate -starting with their search engine and came up with many reports of similar problems from many users.

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Knitting meets social networking! Introducing the Holy Grail of knitting sites, and the future template for craft networking and possibly even personal information management online. If you love knitting, crochet, craft or are an organizational PIM nut -read on for the next big online social networking phenomenon.

Read on ‘Social networking meets knitting: ravelry.com’