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Even if you are not hearing from me very often (internet service is quite a nightmare here!), this doesn't mean I stay with my hands on my belly all day long !!!! I craft every day !!!!! Some days like a crazy, some days more quietly !!!!! In the last two weeks I started a couple of projects with my straight knitting needles ….. I'm following a pattern from one of Fiona Goble's knitting books  SCARVES and COWLS 36 quick and stylish knits  : it's on page 14, the Long striped scarf and I love it !!! I'm using different yarns (  Sirdar Sublime cashmere merino silk dk  ….. discontinued !!!! sorry!) that I bought when still in Indonesia, while the pattern requires other yarns, but still from Sirdar !!! ;oD Another different thing from the original pattern is the size of my needles : I'm working with a 3,5 mm pair, while the pattern suggests 4mm needles! My scarf will be thinner and shorter than the original, but I'm already in love with it … ...

Hello!!!! I invite you all to read  this post , written by  Pip , to enter this great initiative : I've entered even  last year  !!!! It was so nice to knit a couple of softies for the  Mirabel kids  , even because, apart from the cause (important!!!!), I was imagining the face of the kids with they new toys.....I would love to see them, hoping in a wide smile and a so happy heart!!!! ;oD This year I decided to knit something a little bit different, but not new to me! In fact, with my needles I knitted 3  "Wool-he"s  !!!! Wanna see them??? ....a lot of pics will follow, please be patient with me......;oD After knitting them all, you have to choose some buttons for their eyes and noses... ....and remember to trim and weave in the ends....just a few, luckily...!!!! Then, one at a time, you start to join the body parts and give them the right shape... ....the other 2 patiently wait for their turn.... some toy stu...