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Talk to a Stranger Day

Mar 10th, 2010 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Inspiration

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 [...]



Sweet Baby Dolls

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, knitting

Meet some of the cutest little critters this side of the creek!

Here is Slobo’s picture of Emma and her two babies. She is such a good mommy!

and one of the babies just after nursing…

Nothing like a happy baby!

I am so excited to meet Emma’s owner, Sandra! She and my family [...]



Happy Valentine’s Day

Feb 14th, 2010 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Holidays

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First Weave

Feb 10th, 2010 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Projects

In the previous post I mentioned problems encountered with the first weave on the tabletop loom. Now for the pictures and explanation of the latest changes. I share this not only to track my own projects, but for other newbies…
Just as the business end of a spinning wheel is not the wheel but [...]



Barn Loom Comes Home to Roost

Feb 9th, 2010 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Machines

I believe in one God, Angels, and Saints. I have no doubt that God and one of his sweetest angels, teeny Great-Grandma Lula Belle Ward were watching out for me the past two weeks.
The table-top loom that I’ve been building, while it wove a few inches in an hour, required alot of [...]



First of many firsts

Feb 4th, 2010 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Projects

There has been progress on the tabletop loom I built a couple of weeks ago as I prepared the first warp (mine and it’s). It consists of 6 yards of Aunt Lydia’s #10 cotton thread for hopefully 5 dishtowels with fringed ends.

The warp design comes from a set of dishtowels we bought last year from [...]



Electric Bobbin Winder for Pocket Change

Jan 25th, 2010 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Projects

After spending several hours on Saturday and only getting 5 inches onto the warping board of Aunt Lydia’s no. 10 threads, I decided I had to get round balls from squared balls – What I needed was a bobbin winder.

It only took 45 minutes to convert the balls to tangle-free easy-store bobbins. [...]



Heddles to pay….

Jan 22nd, 2010 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Projects

One of the many butterflies that has swarmed my brain for years is weaving. I’ve always wanted to learn how. For some reason unbeknownst to me, I decided it was time to figure it out. Four weeks later, I have a 24″ counterbalance table loom that fits good on my drafting table.
I [...]



Irene Lentz

Dec 29th, 2009 | By Gidget | Category: Blogroll, Featured Posts

I cannot express how excited I am to see all of the information that Karlyn, Irene’s great niece, has posted on her website. What a beautiful job she has done to pull all of the information together.

Irene is a true inspiration.

Click on the picture to learn more about one of the greatest fashion designer’s [...]



First Project Planned for the New Year

Dec 28th, 2009 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Projects

I’ve discovered lots of great free audio book sites for our mp3 players. In the process, of course, my fingers started the old familiar itch to knit or crochet.
One of the books I downloaded is called “Excercises in Knitting” by Cornelia Mee on the AudioOwl website. From there I followed a link to [...]



The Great Cookie Exchange

Dec 11th, 2009 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Recipes

The Hillbilly Housewife, and some of her elves’s, are hosting a virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange. If you have a family favorite, you may want to ‘gift’ it this Christmas to the virtual world.

I can’t wait to see all of the wonderful recipes and try some out. My tummy is growling already…………..

Here [...]



Free Ugglets Boot Pattern

Nov 22nd, 2009 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Free Patterns

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!



The seeds of Coretta Scott King

Feb 7th, 2006 | By Gidget | Category: Featured Posts, Wishing

I am not sure how many people across the country had the opportunity to see the, as her family called it, home going celebration, for Coretta Scott King today.? My family and I had the chance to watch it for over six hours today.? As most people blog or give other press to the shameful [...]