Author Archives: Shannon

About Shannon

I'm a crafy gal living in a pre-packaged world. Sitting in boardrooms dreaming of knitting, spending my free time with my family and all my precious, precious yarn.

Lapin ARGH

I was so lucky to play hostess recently to a good friend and fellow knitter LYNN and her awesome (and really tall!) children. They came to stay and swim and play with us from Saturday through Sunday. Lynn and I … Continue reading

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Chicken and Socks

Not Chicken in socks, just Chicken and socks, two separate events really. We love our summer BBQ season. We LOVE that we have a house and a yard now and the ability to BBQ. For some strange reason they dont … Continue reading

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odds and ends

A little bit of this and a little bit of that… Lots of random things to catch up on after my unexpected blogging hiatus. I’m still not 100% I dont get email notifications on posts anymore, and I’m thinking the … Continue reading

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Nonsense Round 2

If you once again came here and discovered a black screen with a little devil and some funky writing, you would be correct in assuming that my hacker woes have been persistent. WHAT ANYBODY WANTS WITH A LOW TRAFFIC KNITTING … Continue reading

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Hacker

If you came here in the last few days and got some nonsense I apologize. Some dorkie little piece of humanity thought it would be funny to attack my site and change a bunch of my files, causing me no … Continue reading

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Rena and the Bunny

There are some really beautiful differences to living a little out of the city compared with being inner city dwellers. For instance, we are often amazed that we can put our garbage out at night and nothing gets into it … Continue reading

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Ramping Up…

I spent some time in my little office space this weekend organizing a few paid projects I have outstanding and i felt the re-kindling of my crafty urges for personal fun. I’ve been pretty much knitting exclusively since we moved … Continue reading

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Summer

Time is just zipping along in scary little torrents for me. What have we been up to? Well everything and nothing all at the same time. We have done a lot of visiting with friends. Enjoying having good friends and … Continue reading

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Scarlett

That is her name. Scarlett. How fitting because I picture her in room in the south with huge ornate draperies hanging down the floor to ceiling windows on either side of where she sits. Who is she? My new Vanity … Continue reading

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Diagonal Lace Socks

I mentioned these a few times but wanted to post a little progress update. I’m really enjoying these socks. I find the pattern logical enough for me to memorize without looking at the instructions for every row. I can tell … Continue reading

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