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Interesting Etsy seller

Here is a great Etsy seller: She has three shops AliciaMae's Shop: Eclectic Design Gifts , she has a variety of trinket boxes, bracelets, wall art, polymer clay items and more. Her second shop is Random Supplies at Etsy she sells her handmade beads here, for any beaders out there that want handmade beads, without the trouble of making them. Her third shop is Alicia Mae Print's beautiful prints from landscapes to cats with some paintings included. I don't know how she has the time to keep it all up. Check her out. This is one of her prints, for details look here . Enjoy shopping!

Knitting updates and Fiber festival trip

Just  some updates Here is how far I have gotten on the Lola Bunny pattern   by Beth Skwarecki. It is fun to knit and fairly quick, I have used the Magic Loop technique as shown on You Tube by KnitWitch Here is my progress on my Sursa shawl from Noro Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton Book Two. I picked a gray for the boarder. I had trouble making a decision, at first I had matched the pink, eeee gods, bad choice, so I decided to go neutral. As you can see Syd was not interested in my dilemma.   I have to make a trip and I found a Fiber Festival that is on my way!!!   Thanks to Knitters Review's calendar! Technorati Tags: Knitter's Review Fiber festival calender 2008 , Hoosier Hills Fiberarts festival , Lola Bunny knitting pattern link , Sursa shawl Technorati Tags: KnitWitch

Handcrafted gifts for a baby explosion

Seems like everyone I know is pregnant. I have made several baby blankets, now I am tired of making those and have switched to stuffed animals. Of course along with the gifts comes attending baby showers. That means, playing the games, drinking that punch (sherbet, pineapple juice and sprite), nuts, mints and cake. After we are all sugar overloaded then it's on to the gifts. It is amazing the response from giving a handcrafted gift. 1) Opens it up and looks, looks again, is this handmade???? 2) Did YOU make this for ME? (OK now I'm the one that knits at work breaks, lunches and tries to slip it in on every occasion that I am idle) 3) Everyone else in the room turns looks, who made that? Points. 4) Then I have a variety of people approach me afterwards.     a) the beginning knitters, (6th grade was the youngest), this group wants to know pattern, yarn, asks me knitting questions.     B) the "I wouldn't have the time or patience to do that" but w