The Knit Kit

I got a tweet this morning about a new product called "The Knit Kit". It contains a small pair of scissors, stitch markers, point protectors, stitch counter, thread cutter, crochet hook and a measuring tape and retails for a mere $20 US. I cry "Highway Robbery!" as I made my own "knit kit" for far less than that more than a year ago, and by pure accident rather than whim! Find out how to make one for yourself.

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A Day Of Small Things

I have my furnace turned off today and all the windows thrown wide open to capture this first gasp of Spring. Mellow tunes seemed to fit the mood, so I loaded up a few Travis albums to play on random shuffle. I've Nova Scotia style baked beans, made with some of the Jacob's Cattle beans I packmuled back from the East Coast last month, simmering in the oven. There's something about the smell of fresh baking in a clean kitchen on a Spring-like day that is so very soul satisfying.

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