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Year of Projects: Week 14

     I didn't do a ton of crafting this past week, but I did some.  I finished up the knitting on the second pair of Drops of Spring Mitts.  I still want to wash and block them.
I want to do one more pair with Indiecita, Whales Road and Solis.  I don't think I have enough Whales Road to do both mittens so I may have to buy a new skein.... oh what a terrible prospect.  Ha ha.  I finished these off because I needed the size 6 needles for the swap project.  I'm about halfway done with that project now.  That's all the knitting I've done this week.  
     Today I went through Liara's clothes and sorted out all the too small stuff.  Well, not all of it as some things needed to go through the laundry.  I took three totes of clothes and shoes over to my aunts house today.  She'll be going down to visit her oldest daughter who has two daughters younger than Liara.  They get all her hand me downs.  While I was sorting clothes I also put away the summer stuff.  I need to go through Ronon's clothes and pass some things on of his too.  I just went through his a few months ago, but he's growing faster at this point.  On my way back, I stopped at Walmart and looked at fabric.  I don't usually get fabric at Walmart, but I needed to pick up more yarn for the dishtowel and some shampoo.  To be fair, that particular Walmart has a total crap selection of craft stuff and I knew that going in, but wow.  They had absolutely no halloween fabric at all.  They had a few Jack Skellington prints in the liscenced Disney section and that was all.  So, I'll have to wait til I can get to Joann Fabric to get some halloween prints.  
     It was already dusk when I got back to my house or I would have taken a picture.  The trees have really changed in the last week and on my road especially it was very pretty.  If I remember I'll get a picture tomorrow of our brightest trees.  We have two that have gone very bright red and I think they are and quite pretty.  That's it from me this week.  Neropolis has started back up again and I'll be plugging away at my swap.  
Until later.  Happy crafting!

-Q
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  1. Maureen DOctober 1, 2023 at 10:37 PM

    The mitts are so cute. Perfect for October. I love Hobby Lobby for my crafting and fabrics. Hope you find something you like.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 2, 2023 at 1:45 PM

    Those mitts are adorable. The yarns are too! Where so you get those yarns?

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    1. QuazarOctober 2, 2023 at 7:03 PM

      All three colors are Malabrigo Rios. The Sunset (yellow) I bought through a Ravelry Destash. The Vaa (green) is actually three different skeins. Two I had gotten at one of my local yarn shops, the third I bought from Webs. The Piedras (brown multicolored) is frommthat same local yarn shop.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 3, 2023 at 5:19 PM

    It’s a really effective pattern with the yarn, really pops. A great match of yarn and project.

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  4. LeftycrafterOctober 5, 2023 at 1:58 PM

    Lovely looking mitts. Very autumn looking. Oh, going through kids closets is a chore for sure. SO nice to have someone to pass the clothing down too.

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