Knitting Dragonflies

I had to work on Valentines day, but my husband cooked up some great cobbler! I thought I would share his recipe and send some berry good love to you! Berry Good Cobbler 2 cups fresh blueberries 1 cup fresh blackberries 1 cup fresh raspberries 1 t vanilla 1/2 lemon juiced 1 cup natural sugar 4 T flour 1 T butter 1 3/4 cup white flour + 1/4 whole wheat flour 4 t baking powder 6 T sugar 5 T butter (yes the real thing) 1 1/4 cup milk 2 T sugar several pinches cinnamon Grease an 8 inch square baking dish. Place the berries into the dish and mix with vanilla and lemon juice. Sprinkle with 1 cup of sugar and 4 T flour, toss very lightly. Stir in the T of melted butter. Set aside. In a bowl, stir together the white and whole wheat flour, baking powder, and 6 T sugar. Cut in the 5 T of butter using a fork. Make a well in the center and quickly stir in the milk. Mix until just moistened, The batter should be very thick, like a wet dough. Let this rest fo

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During the grey rainy days of winter here. I have found one of the best activities that chases the blues away is spinning. With not much energy to think about a big project, spinning is a mindless, and rewarding activity. Here is my girlfriend spinning, this is her first try on a wheel. She is a master at the spindle. So it was no surprise that in one day she spun about 4 oz of a mixed batt up. Spinning with her hat made of spindle spun. Before After This came out beautiful!! I’m working on spinning some persimmon roving from Paradise Fibers. I actually got a lace shawl out of the corner of my closet and started on it again. Get your knitting needles out and get going. Technorati Tags: spinning , spin , spinning wheel

Nico Designs After years of being a Behavior Specialist and Special Education Teacher, I sew for sanity. My two babies (ages 3 and 2) make everything in the past seem so ordinary and what lies in front of us as amazing. And chaotic. As for the name of my shop? My Dad is my hero. And he calls me "NICO" for my middle name, Nicole. At Nico Designs we create each item with design, style and functionality in mind. We strive to create products that are eco friendly by utilizing a combination of new, repurposed, recycled or upcycled materials. As we strive to understand our role as stewards of our planet we will adapt our manufacturing to be as lean as possible. This means we use our scraps/remnants in other projects or donate them to keep them from a landfill. She also donates a portion of her sales to help fund childhood cancer research. Proceeds from the sale of select items will go to the Ronald McDonald House in Temple. And 10% of sales from the other items will go

Coraline is a 2009 American stop-motion 3-D horror-fantasy film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in US theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at the Portland International Film Festival. When you realize Coraline is stop motion animation and with that comes a long process for creating each puppet in the film. and beyond that, someone has to outfit them! Would you believe one woman knitted all of Coraline's sweaters and gloves? This is an amazing film, that took many, many true artists to craft this story together. Below are several videos of artisans. Althea Crome the knitter of Coraline’s sweaters and gloves.   Suzanne Moulton head of the hair department   An idea of what it took to make the world of Coraline Technorati Tags: Coraline the movie , knitting coraline's sweaters , Suzanne Moulton

Winter here usually includes a long stretch of sunless, wet, muddy grey days. The predication last night was for ice and then snow. Well I woke up this morning to neither and bright clear skies and sun! Yay! I’m delighted to see it after many dull days without it, but do miss my snow. So I decided to find some homemade remedies! WINTER WONDERLAND PINK SNOWFLAKE COOKIE GIFT SET - $18.00 us Snowflake Goat Milk Handmade Soap $2.70 us Original Photo 5x7 Snowflake in the Window $8.00 us Mini Clipboard and Post it Notes – Snowflakes $8.50 us Snowflake. Silver Plated Locket Necklace $22.00 us Snowflake Dangles Technorati Tags: etsy snowflakes , homemade snowflakes , knit , knitting

Need some help finding patterns? Knitters Review gives us a lift of seven great little knitted items, hats, neck warmers and a cute little mouse. From Knitty Winter of 06 it’s Norberta the Dragon by Kate Kuckro, and her blog SimplyCrafted.com Kate also had her Toasty pocket creatures in Knitty winter 05, cute and quick From Crafts on Toast a super cute Bender pattern! (from Futurama) Who can’t use another HackySack ? This is a knit pattern for them from Sharon at ShazzasPatterns blog. I have crocheted them before but never knitted. From Cosmic pluto knits, here is a shawl pattern that only takes 350 yards / 320 m of fingering weight yarn, (you can use your handspun!) Reversible and fast and beautiful! It is the Milkweed Shawl . Destined to become a classic by anyone that knits it! She also has LOTS of other great patterns! I love this The Thing Pattern , for your comic book or Fantastic Four fan, by Knittycat.vox . Please check her blog out. From ChezPlum a sweet l