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Hand-Stitched Felt.

So, perhaps you consider yourself to be a jaded crafter. And as far as you know, toymaking doesn’t have a regular place in the crafting repertoire you’ve created for your oh-so-grownup and cynical self. Maybe you even tend to make only what you deem to be useful items like clothing or, on a particularly whimsical

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Cephalopod Slippers.

This latest project grew out of my effort to make good use of my stash of yarn. And so, a skein of too-too-fuschia Cascade 220 has been transformed into a pair of felted slippers. This project also provided me with an opportunity to express my cephalopod love, reawakened during a recent visit

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What’s in Store for the Spring.

Despite my silence these recent cold winter weeks, I have not been completely idle. I will, however, admit to having been distracted by things like holidays and moving to the point that I’ve not finished any of the different projects I currently have at hand. But there are a few almost ready to go, and

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Post Holiday Reveal, Part I: Cozies.

These past few months I have been cranking out hot water bottle cozies both for giving and for keeping at home. Who really needs a hot water bottle, you ask? Well, if you ask that question you’ve never had the joy of slipping into bed on a cold winter night to discover one of these

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