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Yearly Archives: 2012

Welcome 2013

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I’m one of those people who loves making resolutions for the new year. I don’t always keep them, but a new year holds such promise that I can’t help myself. Aslan looks out the window and ponders the new year All this week I’ve been thinking about what I’d like to focus on for 2013   …Continue Reading


50 moments from 2012

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I recently signed up to receive Success for Solopreneur’s Looking Back Looking Forward e-book and thought one of the exercises would make a great blog entry. So many other bloggers are doing “Year in review” posts right now, and this is kind of what this post will be. Katy has you make a list of   …Continue Reading


Happy everything!

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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and everything in between


Thought dump

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It’s been pretty crazy in these parts. The little hat Ezra is wearing in the picture above has been keeping me very busy – I’ve made 27 of them! I actually have one more to finish, then I will be totally done with all my orders. I’m pretty proud of myself. I managed to knock   …Continue Reading


Knitting How-To: Working a Magic Loop

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When I make my wool soakers, I use a technique called “magic loop”. Magic Loop is useful for knitting in the round in really tight spaces, while still using a circular needle. It’s a great option if you don’t have the space for double pointed needles or simply just don’t want to mess with them.   …Continue Reading