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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Ten
Working with the Diagonal Chain Pattern The diagonal chain is another fun mosaic pattern. The main tip I want to share is be sure to slip as if to purl unless a pattern says otherwise. This is true…
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Tissue Paper Stained Glass Raindrops
I am a fan of rain. I can honestly say there have only been a handful of days in my life when I felt like rain ruined the day for me. I love the sound…
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Leapin’ Lizard Coloring Page
When my children were young, actually before I even had my third, my parents owned a condo in Florida and would spend several months there each winter. It was lovely going down there for a…
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August Appliques
To me August is the most “summery” month of the year. Traditionally, our temperatures are the highest, we get the least amount of rain, and we always try to get in a couple “long weekends”…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Nine
Working with Mosaic Knitting Patterns The Horizontal Chain Pattern is the first block in the mosaic pattern section. Mosaic knitting is an easy way to use multiple colors in a pattern because you are only working…
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Stormy Sky Landscape Painting
My kids have always enjoyed mixing crayons or oil pastels with watercolor painting. This is a project we have done a couple different times over the years. Check out bird painting and autumn sky. We…
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Clouds
One of my favorite things to do when I was a little girl was to lie on my back and look up at the sky. When I laid very still and looked up, I thought…
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Bushel of Apples Coloring Page
THE APPLE TREE by Kimara Wise My garden’s full of many plants, I have a favorite, I can’t recant. The apple tree, above the rest, Brings greatest pleasure, I must attest. As a child I’d…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Eight
Working with the Rose Fabric Pattern After a couple of rows, the rose pattern becomes easy to see. You can see that you need to purl on the vertical stripe of the opposite color. Just remember…
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Gnomes on Wee Folk Art
We started Wee Folk Art back in July of 2008, so we are celebrating 7 years of sharing our passions here on the blog. Every once in a while I love to flip around through…
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Apple Applique
Oh, to sing the praises of the apple. Not only are they yummy to eat and a healthy choice for a snack, they are down right cute! My very first research paper back in…
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Clothespin Fairies
I can remember as a young girl spending hours in the summer creating outfits for a family of trolls I had. I would loved to have been given the supplies to make a family of…
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Work in Progress :: Website Maintence
It has been a busy, crazy summer here filled with both the wondrous and the sad… but definitely full. Slowly I’ve been working on my summer knitting project, the Agave Tank.I haven’t had the chance…
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Cherry Party Dress Coloring Page
Being raised with three brothers and no sisters there wasn’t much room in my life for fussy dresses. I needed to run, jump, hang upside down from monkey bars and generally do things that dresses…
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Cherries Applique
There is an expression “easy as pie”. I don’t get that. To me pie making is NOT easy. Trying to get a nice crumbly crust, rolling out a dough just right, then baking the pie…
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Drawing Lesson 8 :: Cool Koalas
After the past chaotic and life changing few weeks, I think I am finally ready to roll up my sleeves and get back to work! I have a lot of catching up to do. For…
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Learn-to-Knit Afghan Block Seven
This series covers several different knitting stitches using the Learn-to-Knit Afghan book by Barbara Walker. Whether you are a true beginner or an intermediate knitter, you can take your knitting to the next level working…
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Strawberry Jam Coloring Page
JAM by Kimara Wise I like jam on crackers, I like jam on toast, But sweet jam by the spoonful, Pleases me the most. I like jam in pudding, I like jam in tea, But…
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