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So, we put an offer in on a house. We got a counter-offer. We submitted a counter-counter-offer and it was accepted! HUZZAH! We had an inspection, yesterday evening, and I’m about 90% sure we’ll be buying our first home within the next 30 days. How awesome is that?!

Now…I need to pack. We’ve been living in [...]

I Heart Faces Week 16: Collages!

The challenge this week at I ♥ Faces is collages. Who better a collage subject than a four-year old boy? Ohhh the faces he makes! I could fill an album to the brim with photos of his face. He has so many. They range from the handsome to the strange. And I love them all. [...]

365.286: granny square slippers

Pattern: Granny Square Slippers, from the purl bee blog
Yarn: Red Heart Soft
Hook: H-8 (5.00mm)

365.278: celestine pickup

this project (‘celestine’ by Berroco) had been sleeping in a bag for over a year. I only got through 4.5 points (of 12) before I put it down. I’m finishing up the 5th and plan to do at least 1 a day until I finish. Hopefully, by next Wednesday I’ll have a finished toy. We’ll [...]

newborn head model!

So, the Fisher Price Happy Apple is pretty much the size of a newborn head. Andy had a 14″ head (9lbs, 4 oz) and that is the exact circumference of the toy at its largest.This was a test knit for my adjustments to the bonnet with ears. I had to adjust the pattern and needles [...]

brown bear built

Pattern: Bedfellows by Camilla Engman, in The Happy hooker
Yarns: Ella Rae Classoc, Ístex Álafoss Lopi (brown variegated)
Hooks: 5.0mm (H) and 6.5mm (K)
Mods: head- my stitch number went like this:
3, 6, 12, 24, 30, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60, 66, then i switched yarns and did one even row, then i switched hooks and started [...]

Hello world!

I got tired of joomla, so welcome to my new wordpress blog! you can still access all of my old entries by going to http://www.goodknits.com/joomla

I’ll be adding some entries later that are backdated (for example, the pattern for crocheted mary janes), so that the info is still easily available.