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6 janvier 2007

Happy New Year? Until now, that's not it!

What a beginning! Fighting a bad cold for already more than a week, we, as well as 1000 other families, had the bad news yesterday morning that the shop where my hubby is working will close shortly. Only 3 weeks ago they were hiring! Only last week employees...

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14 janvier 2007

Spring in January

Yep, no snow yet. Temperatures are a bit colder but hey, who am I to complain. I much prefer this to icy roads and snow. I put on my thinking cap this week and might have some changes for 2007. Usually, I am not selling my work but for a few pieces at...

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27 janvier 2007

Cold you say? You can say it again!

The coldest day of the winter! BRRrrrrrrrrrrrrr... Time to stay home and knit. Gladly, this temperature didn't prevent the mailman from coming to deliver some new yarn I ordered from Rochelle at Grand River Yarns. Never had such a FAST service and am...

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11 février 2007

Weaving...

As I said on my last post, I was waiting for a high-warp loom. I got one. Not the one I expected but this little thing is a high-warp loom, called Lotus Loom. It was used mostly to make small wall hangings and pillows. I have leaflets of instructions...

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18 février 2007

A quick project

Sometimes I need just that, a quick project that make me feel like I actually did something of my time. When a whole week goes by and I have nothing to show, I feel useless. The French magazine Idées had the perfect project for me. A dishcloth bag. Useful,...

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28 février 2007

NO, I am not lazy

Just too buzy to do everything I'd like to do. March is the last month of classes so soon, I'll be free to work on my own projects and finally do something worthy. During the past two weeks, I worked on class samples in beadwork; hardanger; paper-piecing;...

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12 mars 2007

I am still around

Working on samples for classes. Still have classes every monday til April 2, then I'll be able to work on my own projects. This is the beginning of a sample for my crazy quilting embellishing class and a netting sample for my beading class. As I had to...

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4 août 2006

At last!

I've been toying with the idea of an English language blog for quite a while. A couple of times, I tried to write in both languages but it wasn't easy for English-speaking bloggers so, after surfing a lot, read blogs with the same interests, here I am....

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10 octobre 2006

Photoless news

In between making bamboo skewer DPN’s and dyeing some wool for my destashing spree, ( More socks to come ) I took some time to answer Lolly’s questionnaire for the Socktoberfest. I’ll try to have pictures on this coming week-end when my daughter will...

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23 avril 2007

A new project: Boutis-along

Even though it's in French, I know some of you can read it. I invite you to participate in our new Boutis-Along. It's the right time to finally try this technique which seem to scare a lot of people. We'll share informations, motivation, pictures and...

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1 novembre 2006

FIRST PLACE

Just a short post to announce that my DD won the first place with her pumpkin. I'll know more tomorrow as she is now celebrating Halloween with a many friends. Happy Halloween

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