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Author: Amber
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Oh man. Have you seen those so funny “nailed it!” posts on craft fail? With Pinterest I go into every project with a lot of inspiration and quite a bit of expectation too. So when I decided to whip up a couple of easy chocolate covered bananas I thought, no problem! How hard could they be? (source: epicurious) Oh my goodness this was so hilarious. Tuesday and I went about prepping. Her sweetly smashing peanuts and testing sprinkles while I slowly and carefully melted chocolate and butter in my double boiler. And then it all started…
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I have had this fiber on the bobbins for so long! I found a picture of the fiber (at least I think this is it!) from September of 2009, but no pictures of me spinning it up. Luckily I was obsessed with keeping track of my stash in Ravelry at this time so I know it’s 8 ounces of Corridale wool from Sunset Fibers. Maybe this was a gift from Carmen? I can’t remember. But I love the juicy colors. I actually had spun up this fiber, all that I needed to do was ply it.…
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Oh man, I’m addicted to these sweet skirts! I want to make one for myself, but Sciarrino told me she was a bit unsure about that; maybe with more mellow fabrics. Until then I’ll work through every little girl I know, starting with the birthday girls for this month. For a two year old and six year old. They don’t know each other, so I decided to save time and make up two similar ones. I don’t have the girls’ exact measurements so I used this great chart. It’s actually part of a wonderful charity sewing…
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