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Sara knitted a turkey hat last year for her little guy, when he was just a wee newborn. Okay, we can figure that the stress of the season and childbirth and all…

“I may have been slightly unhinged at that point,” she says.

Granted.

So this year, did she knit little Isaac a sleek toque or a jaunty newboy cap?

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Natural Wood Knitting Needles

by domestika on October 16, 2008

“One natural product deserves another,” say the folks at Rocky-Brook Fine Woodcrafts, recommending their wooden knitting needles for real wool yarn, although “of course, they work just as well with synthetic fibres.”
My sister (a genius knitter) just sent me the tip on these, and I strongly suspect she was sending a hint for [...]

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Photo: Penny Sanford Porcelains

Home sewing fans know the satisfaction of making their own fashions. Now you can doll up your dog with the leftover fabric remnants, and set out in matching style!
Embellishment is the key word for high-end handmade dog clothes, so download Penny Sanford’s easy free pattern and [...]

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Pretty Pony Pattern

by domestika on April 3, 2008

BabyMoonBoutique’s Sheila Sherman knows that handmade gifts are best… and that you have better things to do with your hard-earned moola than to give it to the post office…
So, instead of ordering up a BabyMoon-made hobby horse by mail, now you can go for the DIY pony pattern at Etsy.
The hobby horse [...]

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Valentine’s Day on the horizon, and hearts are everywhere. Half the display windows of stores downtown look like a teenybopper’s bedroom… which brings us to quilts, doesn’t it? Hearts… Quilts… and this quick clever “Mosaic Hearts” quilt pattern, free at Moonlight Quilts.
It’s all little squares and straight lines, but the final [...]

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