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Life Changes

Sometimes life will be upside down and everything will seem uncertain.  The life change that my husband and I are looking into is buying our next home.

 

We are looking for something bigger which would be great for entertaining and something we could stay in for a long, long time. 

 

It is very exciting looking at houses and thinking about the possibilities of where you want to live and what features it will have or not have. 

Then, when you may have found THE ONE it is hard to keep calm ... what if we cannot get this one...  what if it sells to someone else before we even get our chance...  what if, what if, what if.... So many uncertainties.

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We have put an offer on a house and right now it is conditionally sold to us...  Now for the chaos of getting our house sold....  

Will update you later.  :)

Genuine Raccoon

A little while ago I told you about the raccoon scarf pattern I received for Christmas.  It was purchased from BeesKneesKnitting. Please visit the link in case you would like to get your own pattern.  She has lots of really nice patterns for other animals too!

Here is the head while I was working on it.  I found this to be a really nice pattern to work from.

Here is the start of the tail. (sorry for the poor quality photos)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The final reveal is here... the final scarf...

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He was a lot of fun to make.

 

He has a strap on the back so that the tail can be tucked in.

The only tricky part I found was a two colour part (the head and tail) because you don't break the colours you just keep the second colour on the inside. I was not able to work on those parts on the bus since the two balls of yarn would have been awkward... unless I made some friends on the bus and got my new friends to hold the yarn for me... LOL.

 

I had never done this colour running before (that's just what I am calling it). I liked it much better than weaving in lots of ends.

 

I used safety eyes that I got my husband to cut off some of the back of them to make the stem shorter.  I didn't want the back of the safety eyes to poke Sherry when she was wearing the scarf.

Sherry really enjoyed her gift.

She even wore it to a fancy restaurant and told the young man taking her coat to be careful with it.  :)

I've got commitment issues

I am starting a new project but not committing to an outcome.  I have done 5 granny squares so far.  They are pink, soft and they will be used for something in the long-term.  What that something is... I will not commit to anything yet....  Happy hooking.
 

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Since I started to write this post I now have 17 pink squares and one and a half purple squares.  Making the granny squares are going much faster than I thought.  I may have to come up with a plan sooner rather than later on what to do with them.

Finished CAL

On January 15, 2013 I completed my first CAL!  I am so proud of myself and it's done ahead of schedule.

   Yay!  The project was a pair of socks. 

You can read about the start of the CAL here.

The project is now 100% complete and I made socks that I can actually wear. 

I had not worked with yarn this thin before and I had not worked with a hook so small before.. so the finished project is a little more loose than I would like.  I do still have yarn left for another sock.  :)