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Nancy's Arts, Crafts & Favorites
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Crafts, knitting, inspirations, sewing and gardening are explored here
LATEST ARTICLES ( 510 )
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A Knit Along with Podcaster Paula
One of my favorite podcasters, Paula, who hosts the Knitting Pipeline, is starting a knit a long (KAL) today. I'm in. Here is the Shaelyn pattern that several... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Leafprints Shawlette
After two weeks on the needles (small, very, very small..size 3 circular needles), the pretty blue Leafprints Shawlette by Anne Hanson is completed. YEA! Read more
Posted on 28 September 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Pink Saturday
Beverly hosts Pink Saturday. If you go here, you can see lots of pinks from bloggers who participate.Here is my contribution, a double pink hollyhock:Now that... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Iced Sweater
Here is the very chunky, heavy sweater just finished from the sweater design named ICED by Carol Feller. The pattern is free and can be found here.It took 8... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
A Link for Summer Garden Bounty Use:... Click Here(pictur...
A link for summer garden bounty use:... click here(picture by Susan Chang for Read more
Posted on 15 September 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Artist Bloggers and Urban Sketchers
In looking at artists' works on the internet, I came across Urban Sketchers and some beautiful pictures. You might find some of the artists' work exceptionally... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS, HOME -
New Jobs? At What Cost?
After almost nineteen years in the restaurant business, the last two in which she co-managed a restaurant of 120 employees, our younger daughter was layed off... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Tonight on TV
stolen taken from my brother's blog Read more
Posted on 08 September 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
The Weekend Was Spent with Our Daughter and SIL in York, ...
The weekend was spent with our daughter and SIL in York, SC. Julie is feeling just fine, thank you, and is visited at home three times a week by an RN, and... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Chicken Pablano and All the Fixings
We had a Mexican Sunday lunch that was pretty tasty, IMHO. The husband does most of the cooking, but he cooks only what HE likes. Read more
Posted on 29 August 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
A Sweater to Knit, A Blouse to Sew
Knitty Magazine had a free pattern several years ago called "Iced", a sweater knit up mostly in stockinette stitch. A free downloadable pattern can be found... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
The Beggar's Slippers
Abraham Verghese brought the story of the beggar's slippers to my attention in Cutting for Stone. It is worth a reprise here. (Chapter 29 is the reference... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Hand Molded Hand Soaps: Hands Up!
When I saw these molded hand soaps, I knew they would make excellent gifts. And paired with a hand knitted face cloth, a doubly nice present. Cool? You... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Moody Kerchief - Color to Fit Your Mood
A new knitting project just started is the Moody Kerchief, available on Ravelry. It is a fun one and quick to knit, with a zillion color combinations you can... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Sharing Recipes (on a Laptop?)
(okay, maybe it was a joke they shared)Here is the best scone recipe I found from Amateur Gourmet:Ingredients:2/3 cup heavy (or whipping) cream1 large egg1/4 cu... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
A Little Brag, A Big Confession
The Wilhelmina Shawl from the book What Would Madam Defarge Knit? (Creations Inspired by Classic Characters) is finished. Your can read more when it was posted... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Beauty, Older Women, Courage, Quotes
An arresting photo:A quilt of unknown origin, size unknownthis from just a portion of a poem well worth the entire read found here called The Invitation:I want... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS, CULTURE -
Our Flowers in August
Posted on 02 August 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Drying Herbs & Freezing Pesto
We have herbs. Do we have herbs. Abundant herbs! Never one to waste anything, my husband has been nudging me to dry those aromatic sprigs from heaven. Read more
Posted on 01 August 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS -
Green Gates and The Green Man
In 2008, writing about honeysuckle and hummingbirds, this was a picture of our back garden gate that leads to a larger garden area down wooden stairs. Read more
Posted on 29 July 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS