Tag Archives: Fancy That

Marie Curie KAL Prizes

Posted on June 30, 2018 by natalie

Last week I introduced the Marie Curie shawl, the subject of my Tour de France KAL this year. Now it’s time for the prizes! I’ve updated my Ravelry rules/prizes thread with pictures of the prizes that I’ve got/chosen so far, … Continue reading →

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Twist!

Posted on August 28, 2012 by natalie

I had a wonderful time on Sunday at the Twist Fibre Festival. It was a bit of a hike to Saint-André-Avellin, but the weather was beautiful. First thing in the morning (ok, more like 9am) the roads were clear. I … Continue reading →

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We have a winner!

Posted on March 19, 2012 by natalie

I gathered all the limerick contest entrants from the blog comments, the Ravelry group & Twitter and put everyone in a spreadsheet. I used random.org to generate an appropriate winner and the lucky entrant (at the very end!) was Rachelle, … Continue reading →

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Want yarn? Write a limerick!

Posted on March 2, 2012 by natalie

There once was a knitter named Natalie Who in March declared quite battily, “Write about Irish Pride Or The Princess Bride If you want yarn Kim dyed up so nattily.” Perhaps you’re getting the picture now! In my last post … Continue reading →

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Brief updates

Posted on February 21, 2012 by natalie

There are just a few things I wanted to share with you: 1) My friend Yvonne of yvieknits yarn finally has a website of her own for her hand-dyed yarns and she’s selling kits of her yarn, my patterns & … Continue reading →

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I don’t crochet, but…

Posted on December 6, 2011 by natalie

I almost want to crochet. There are a few reasons, but perhaps the most pressing is almost weekly exposure to my friend Anja, who does some lovely work. It also helps that she’s a real sweetie. She teaches crochet at … Continue reading →

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