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Handmade Knit Christmas Gifts

Part of my December's blog absence is due to these beauties right here. I'm pretty sure as of December 24th I kind of hated knitting. I've been non-stop working on these cranberry socks for my dear old mom's Christmas gift.The pattern is called "Child's French Sock" and is from my favorite sock book, Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush. It should be noted that this is currently also Finn's favorite READ MORE
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2 Socks Does NOT = 1 Pair

Well I finished one sock of each of the patterns I was working on. I now am the proud owner of one sock knitted in the pattern "Gentleman's Winter Sock" and the other knitted in the pattern "Child's First Sock In Shell Pattern." These socks will have to become friends because their sock buddies won't be showing up until after the holidays. There's just too much other stuff to get done first. READ MORE
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My sock yarn is here!

Yay me! My sock yarn came in the mail today. I bought this on etsy and will be using it for a secret pair of christmas socks. Shhhh don't tell. Mom, if you're reading this, now would be a good time to close your eyes.This is cool, I bought the yarn from yarnadoodledo on etsy this will be the first time I've bought yarn on etsy. The seller made her yarn label from recycled card catalog labels, pretty READ MORE
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Handmade Finn Gifts

Finn's been receiving some pretty awesome handmade gifts lately and I decided I should probably blog them. His Grandma knitted this up for him in a matter of days. A perfect little dudes sweater. My Friend Caylie gave Finn her old Twins bear and added his name to the back of it. Now Finn will always be a member of the team. READ MORE
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Sock Update Yo.

I just realized I never blogged my first pair of socks. Well here they are! Another goal to check off the old bucket list, I am officially now a knitter of socks.Here's my feet enjoying my new socks.In other sock news, I am currently working on two different pairs. See the truth is, knitting socks can get kind of boring, so I needed to do two different pairs at once in order to make my brain not READ MORE
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