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Hello everyone! Hope all of you are having a marvelous week - I am working, knitting, cooking, and doing laundry! Life is hectic here in Holland! We have tests to study for, papers to write, books to read - and those are the things that I have to keep my teenagers on...

Hello everyone! Are you all ready for time change this weekend? An extra hour to sleep? I am excited because there is an extra hour to knit! That is awesome in my opinion - although I do have to work Friday night and all day Saturday. I will still have an extra hour...

1. FIRST NAME? Kathy2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? I sure was – my mom and a great aunt.3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Yesterday. I cry easily – like for commercials. I am pretty sappy!4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? It is not bad, if I do say so myself.5. WHAT IS YOUR...

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Hello everyone - well, I am certainly one lucky knitter. It has been raining swap boxes this week! And, we had our first SNOW last night!! Renee was my spoiler and did she spoil me!! I will post photo's this weekend, but I wanted to share with you what treasures she...

Hello Everyone - I arrived home last night and found a package on my doorstep! Shelley was my Hot Socks Swap partner and she sent me a little box filled with big goodies! Inside was a lovely card hoping that I enjoy the goodies as much as she enjoyed getting it ready...

Hello everyone. Jody, one of the hostesses from SP9, posted some questions on her blog - I invite anyone to answer them - as she did. Here are the questions and my answers!1. Where is your favorite knitting spot?I love to knit anywhere - but my favorite spot is the...

Hello Everyone - Lolly asked us Socktoberfesters to answer a few questions about our sock knitting history. So - here it is!When did you start making socks? Did you teach yourself or were you taught by a friend or relative? or in a class? I started about 2 years ago,...

What a battle!I am trying to finish my scarf for my ISE Pal - but I was overcome by Socktoberfest yesterday! I tried to resist but I was down for the count - have you all seen the new Jo Sharp book? Knit 1 has some awesome patterns in it - and there are not one but...

1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? I love Jo Sharp and Rowan – basically anything they do. I also love Shaefer, Lorna’s Laces, To Knit Perchance To Dream – Susie’s yarns are so awesome, and Koigu for socks (or...

Hello Everyone! It is Saturday and it is still raining! We saw a rainbow last weekend, so I knot that the flood is not coming - but I am sure it has been raining for almost 40 days! It has been cool and damp - good weather to have a fire in the fireplace (if you have...

Hello there, it is a rainy, cool Monday here and I have come down with a heck of a cold. Can a Monday get better than this? I am working from home today so I won't infect my entire office - although I am sure that is where I got this cold! It was a quiet week and...