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Left to Right: Vogue Knitting Quick Knits (over 50 Fast & Easy Styles)-Hardback, Family Album (More Glorious Knits for Children and Adults)-Paperback, and HotKnits (30 Cool, Fun Designs to Knit and Wear)-Paperback by Melissa Leapman
Books going for $10 each or $25 for the whole lot (plus shipping)...

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~just a neckline to go~
Now that I'm reaching the end of my visit to the "land o' stripes", I can start to think about another project. Yep, that will mean more cotton-ease. I think I may have a problem, lol.
Jody asked a bit ago if carrying the yarn up the side creates a heavier seam. Well the answer is yes and and a little no (only a little bit at the beginning). It worked wonderfully where I was able to control the tension of the yarn going up the side allowing me to go just that slipped stitch in to seam and not so well (but still not quite really heavy) where I had to go one stitch in to accommodate my lack of control (pulling a bit too tight). Now I definitely prefer the former, but the later beats the socks off of having to weave in all those ends.
And that leaves me time to think about another sweater. Here's hoping that the next one will involve another yarn...maybe.

~any guesses?~
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I should be sick of stripes...right?

~garnet hill tee's for kids and stripy pair of legging (top left)~
Always a fan of
Garnet Hill, I had to check out a sale that has been running for a while now. I snagged these stripy numbers for mini for 4-8 bucks a piece (more than i usually pay for her tee's, but these survive the test of time like no others and i think they are kind of cute in that not so basic tee way). These tee's are definitively the crème de la crème of tee's as she still wearing some from a sale I purchased about two years ago. They wash brilliantly and have this magnificent way of not loosing there color though I wash min's close in warm (always) and they are washed oh so frequently. And most importantly, they always have a unique detail that sets them apart from the oh so basic tee (excuse overuse of "oh so"...you'd think i was just introduced to that phrase eh?, lol)

~garnet hill tights for girls (and yeah those are some dots thrown in there too just to jazz it up a bit, hee hee~
I mean really, check out the detail on the bottom three....

~garnet hill flutter sleeve tee for kids~
I just love that sleeve detail. Reminded mini of Ting-A-Ling and the fact that she ASKED me to knit another reversing the colors that I have yet to produce (guess i'll be casting on for that soon...i completely forgot about that). But hey, any reason to knit with more cotton-ease and I'm all for it. These were such a deal so I just purchased what they had which were sized 8-12 and cant believe that min fits in the 8's and insisted on wearing a 10 today (that would be the navy flutter sleeve that she just HAD to wear today with her new kicks.
Yeah, in addition to the great tee and then some. I picked her up some new kicks on sale too. When they have a sale, they have a sale. Clothes that she actually grows out of before they wear out is just amazing (and min's a bit of a rough player and poor qualit results in many holes to mend) and these are even nice enough to pass on after that wear...sheer quality considering we go from the floppy (tad to big) style to 3/4 length look for her shirts. I just love how she currently accept my fashion explanations why it really not too small in arms..."it's just a shirt that evolves,love" (that always get me a smile from her), lol. Same with pants...from long trousers to clam diggers...hey pants can evolve too. We're a bit fan of the legging that turn into footless tights for dresses and skirts. It seems she only grows up and not out, so I put a slit on the side bottom of those pants (most already have them and she's good to go, lol).

~gotta love chucks!~
I wear mine ALL the time and if they weren't so beat, I'd show a pick, but I was able to get a few pair for me too as all Chucks were on clearance. Plus I'm sick of being told to "put them down". No way as I've had them since high school. They are geniune vintage to me. I'll still wear them, but I guess not on casual Friday (and yes, I did go there, but was promptly politely advised not to go back, lol).
And just recently a new and fabulous friend and I met up for lunch after she arrived from a trip back home. She was so gracious and brought me back a some precious goodies from Japan. A pom pom maker that I had been dreaming of since I first heard of it was tucked inside the bag!

~knitty treats from Japan (and check out the snazzy case that the notions call home~
I have to share how I met this lovely woman purely by chance. It was a friendship that grew from cotton-ease coupled with Debbie Bliss. More on that later...
Knitting can truly be a seed that grows precious friends. Oh so corny, but oh so true.
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06:18 AM
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