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Little Spruce Organics Promotion Fall 2015
15% off all regular priced items with coupon WEEFOLK15 through 9/23/15 About Little Spruce Organics: Welcome to Little Spruce Organics! We are a small, family operated business based in our beautiful home state of Colorado,…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Seventeen
Working with the Woven Tweed Woah! You might be saying if you have been paying attention. Where is block sixteen? Well, I skipped it. Actually I shunned it after having to rip it out twice. The pattern…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Fifteen
Working with the Stepped Fret We are almost done working through all of the mosaic knitting patterns. My son, who loves ancient history, informed me that this pattern looks like something that would be on old…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Fourteen
Working with the Chevron Pattern While working on this pattern I kept making mistakes until I took the time to really “see” the pattern. Rather than looking at the whole zig-zag pattern, you need to look…
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Moon Fairy Jacket & Celtic Knot Work Pattern
For Halloween and the Renaissance Festival this year, Fairy wanted me to make her this fairy jacket from Simplicity pattern 1293. Although it was in adult sizing, I was able to modify the smallest adult…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Thirteen
Working with the Greek Cross Pattern I don’t have any notes to share on this pattern. It was smooth going for me just following the same basic principles of mosaic knitting. As you can see in the…
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3-D Cut-Out Ducklings
We are wrapping up the last few projects for our updated Puddles and Ponds unit. Of course at this point we know that many of you are starting Harvest Time, but we want to make…
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Palm Tree Coloring Page
Endless Summer – Author Unknown Palm trees, Ocean breeze, Standing by the clear blue sea, Hot air, Sunkissed hair, Endless summer, Take me there. This coloring page is based on our Palm Tree Applique. The…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Twelve
Working with the Harlequin Pattern This is a fun pattern to work up, especially with highly contrasting fabrics. It is using the same mosaic technique as the previous few blocks so there really isn’t anything new…
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Mini Recycled Rain Stick
As part of our updated Puddles and Ponds summer unit, we made these mini rain sticks using recycled materials. For this project we wanted to come up with a kid-friendly way of making a rain…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Eleven
Working with the Miniature Mosaic Pattern When I went over my notes for this block the only thing I had written down was, “took forever.” LOL. I made this block back in May so I can’t…
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Back to School :: Crayon and Pencil Storage
In Michigan, kids do not go back to school until after Labor Day so we still have a full month of vacation left, although as homeschoolers we do start up a bit earlier so that we…
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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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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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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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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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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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Homemade Bubble Recipe
If you are following along with our Puddles and Ponds home school unit, or just want to enjoy some classic summer time fun, whip up your own batch of homemade bubbles. Homemade bubble materials:…
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Learn-to-Knit Afghan Block Six
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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In the Garden: Early June 2015
I had been intending to post weekly updates of our garden, but somehow there just doesn’t seem to be enough time and things in the garden change so quickly that the photos always seem so…
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Learn-to-Knit Afghan Block Five
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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Summer Tank Top Knitting Patterns
I love summer knitting. Although autumn and winter seem like the more prevalent times for knitting and of course include big chunky fabrics, warm woolen accessories, and elicit images of knitting curled up by the fire,…
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Learn-to-Knit Afghan Block Four
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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