Category: norahWHY
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Every year I write a New Years post looking back at the previous year and discussing my crafting goals for the coming year. I think I partly do it because ‘everyone else’ is writing about those things on their blogs but since blogging has decreased in popularity so much over the past couple of years,…
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There is a part of me who can not believe that it is 2015 already – where did 2014 go?! I swear I blinked and it was gone. It was a whirlwind year and while it was a very trying year, we celebrated the birth of our second child, our daughter, which means 2014 will…
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Advent and the month of December tend to be a time of quiet reflection for me. I like to look back on the year that is ending and dream about the year that is just about to begin. The days are dark, evenings come quickly and mornings are melancholy. Mini Christmas Stocking Ornament (one day…
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Unfortunately, I don’t have anything particularly interesting to show for myself this week for Work In Progress Wednesday. I seem to be at a standstill with Fading Lines, continuing to knit the never-ending fluormania socks (pictured below) and spinning on a few different projects, none of which are in any state to share since I…
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We have been having some difficulty lately with the littlest Tuna not sleeping very well or for very long. She seems to settle for about 45 minutes to an hour for one, maybe two naps per day. At night, she sleeps for about 4 hours from midnight until sometime around 4am. We went through this…
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Recently, I had the opportunity to try out and review Kollage Yarns’ square knitting needles. In an effort to find some needles that might help with my carpal tunnel in my right wrist, which has been an ongoing problem since I was in university, I thought maybe these would be the answer. Kollage Yarns sent…
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Happy Canada Day! I hope you are all celebrating with your family & friends — and to everyone else, Happy Tuesday :) Today I talk all about my spinning! Oh, and a little knitting. My first “art” yarn, lessons in twist, and a successful spin! A book review and more. No show notes – there…
