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    Right now we have 851 heroes waiting for adoption. Even though new Angels join every day, the reinforcements headed to Afghanistan make for a continuous need. You’ve probably already adopted (if you haven’t yet, please do!), so give someone else the opportunity to enjoy the rewards of supporting a hero: Tell a stranger about Soldiers’ Angels today!

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    • Projects

    Sweet Baby Dolls

    Meet some of the cutest little critters this side of the creek! Here is Slobo's picture of Emma and her two ...

    First Weave

    In the previous post I mentioned problems encountered with the first weave on the tabletop loom. Now for the ...

    First of many firsts

    There has been progress on the tabletop loom I built a couple of weeks ago as I prepared the first ...

    Electric Bobbin Winder for Pocket Change

    After spending several hours on Saturday and only getting 5 inches onto the warping board of Aunt Lydia's no. 10 ...

    Heddles to pay….

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    Free Patterns

    Free Ugglets Boot Pattern

    As promised, here is the pattern pdf for the Ugglets Boots. So far, the boys have worn theirs daily and the boots have held up very well. Give them a try – it’s a fun project just in time for Christmas!

    Coffee Klatch

    AVG 9.0 with a Microsoft Sense of Time

    I turned my computer over the weekend to find AVG wants to update to version 9.
    A new added feature is they want to run an optimization scan of my computer. “It will only take a few minutes…”

    So this morning, after, 2 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes, 29 seconds I decide to [...]

    Printing

    Letterpress Love…

    While looking online, for the picture of the sweater pattern I’m knitting from an older issue of Creative Knitting magazine, I ran into another knitster’s blog, Creative Swoon. I love that name! Scrolling the older posts, a picture of typeface caught my eye….. and the video recommended, caught my heart. The [...]

    Sewing How-Tos

    Consew 225 Tabletop

    Here is the table with the main cutouts completed.

    I still will need to cut holes for the hinge pins, thread stand, and light mount when I receive them, but this is how the main cutouts turned out. The template worked. It was a tight fit on the back edge, so I [...]