tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36229571330228830452024-02-21T03:52:22.735-06:00FayeMakes – blogFayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-69257544861762300872017-12-24T17:13:00.000-06:002017-12-24T17:13:26.355-06:00Merry and ThankfulOnly five blog posts this year are leaving me feeling like I've missed the mark a little. But in reality our family has had a really lovely year. We have so much to be thankful for this year. We are all healthy and gainfully employed. We've enjoyed the community that we live in and we've spent a good amount of time with the people and in the places that we love. <br />
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Our girls are thriving. They are curious and energetic. They're perfecting sisterly bickering and have also displayed an unwavering defense of each other when the opportunity for defense is called for. We've watched their skills advance in reading, swimming, karate and socializing. They are both in school this year for the first time. <br />
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It's been a year too of big commitments to our work, time spent and also effort to learn about new parts of the businesses that we are in. It's been challenging and exhausting and sometimes demanding, but extremely rewarding. I feel so very lucky to even have the opportunity to expand horizons and be surrounded by people for whom I have so much professional respect.<br />
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Our holiday break is off to a lovely start. As I sit here on Christmas eve, it's snowing. And for that I am so thankful. Heaven to me is like the set of the 1942 movie Holiday Inn... snow falling, fireplaces and good company in a warm house. Our presents are wrapped, the meal for tomorrow is prepped and ready to be slid into the oven and two small people are all hopped up on holiday excitement. <br />
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I hope that you and yours have a very merry holiday and that all of our new years are full of the best, and most basic pleasures. Enjoy some warmth and company... all my best.<br />
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<br />Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-81733109534205028582017-09-03T15:24:00.002-05:002017-09-03T15:24:19.620-05:00Brioche Knitting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This June I went back to Squam Lake for my fourth Squam Art Workshop. It was as wonderful as it always is - four full days filled with creativity, friendship, fresh air and that amazing cold, clear New England lake that I love so much. </div>
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This year, I signed up to take a Brioche knitting class from the charming and talented Andrea Mowry. She has become somewhat of a social media superstar in my instagram feed, and her prolific and beautiful designs are something that I've enjoyed watching for some time now. I was thrilled to get the chance to take her class, and excited too to learn a new knitting technique. </div>
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Her class was really, very well organized and she was very well prepared to teach a new technique that isn't necessarily difficult, but does require some new skills in interpreting patterns and "reading" your knitting differently. She brought along a projector that was attached to her iPad and she was able to project an image of her own hands knitting, which was so very helpful for the dozen or so of us that were in the class.</div>
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We swatched and then moved on when we were ready to the Briochealicious shawl pattern. It is a really pretty half moon shaped shawl with three fairly wide bands of brioche stitch. There were so many lovely color combinations. I chose a blue green palette and an off-white/natural color as the "base" because I think I will get a lot of use out of this when the seasons change. </div>
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This was also my first time knitting with Plucky Knitter yarn and I loved it. The twist is good, and the yarn is soft. I have great hopes that this will wear well and become a staple of my winter wardrobe.</div>
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<br />Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-56304212770414021602017-08-27T07:59:00.001-05:002017-08-27T07:59:42.258-05:00Love on Three WheelsWhen I was a little girl, my parents had a kind and thoughtful neighbor who restored a little tricycle for me. His name was Mr. Schoen. It was red and white when he finished and it spent many happy years on our patio and up and down our sidewalk and around and around in the garage with my sister and I. <br />
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My parents put it in storage when we grew too old for it, and pulled it out and brushed it off and sent it off with me to see what I might do to clean it up a year or two ago. It was a well made trike, with solid rubber wheels, all metal construction and only a few bits that needed replacing.<br />
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I started by taking it all apart. I took lots of photos of it's assembly so that I had some hope of putting things back together in the right order... a little photo forensic reference for the back end of the project. <br />
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It was pretty dirty and a little rusty, and I got all the pieces tidied up and then stripped them all of paint with that amazing orange stripper and a little bit of wire brushing here and there. Soon it was down to plain metal and ready for primer. It was a fun job to pick a paint color. I bought two cans of automotive hot rod paint in metallic green and two cans of primer. I picked a bright white gloss for the wheels and handlebar and metallic silver for the fender. <br />
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I was fortunate enough to find some new white plastic handles and a pair of perfectly sized vintage pedals... what luck! Those were the only things that had to be replaced on the whole tricycle.<br />
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We are all so very happy with the finished product. It's sturdy and shiny and is perfect for free wheeling around the basement and yard. And I love that it's second renovation carries forward with it the kindness and care that was shared with me. <br />
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Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-91442800632234835352017-08-21T21:45:00.004-05:002017-08-21T21:45:33.313-05:00Then it was spring...Springtime weather rolled around like it usually does, with some rain and a big greening. My better half and I spent a beautiful long weekend with some good friends in North Carolina at John C. Campbell folk school. It was a fun and relaxing experience for me, and an exciting introduction to a new found hobby for him. I think he's taken to blacksmithing. <br />
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We came home to find flowers blooming and before we knew it easter was upon us and our girls gleefully engaged in more outdoor fun with their cousins. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Motoring along with a wagon load<br />of littles</td></tr>
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The small fry attended her first father daughter dance. And the report after the fact was that she burned up the dance floor with those merry little feet. No wall flower in this house... The thought of it now, months later fills me with teary pride and the bitter sweetness of how independent and confident she is and how fleeting these years are. We're soaking up as much as we can around these parts.<br />
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The spring of 2017 also goes down as the best mushroom hunt of my life. I think I've finally got the knack. I think my dear dad and I scored probably 8 pounds of fresh morels. So fun, and after a good washing, so delicious. Aren't they beautiful?<br />
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On the knitting front, I started the " Find your fade" shawl, written by Andrea Mowry. I had every intention of using up my yarn stash in this project, and I won't ruin the end of the story, but I'll just say that my intentions, although true in the beginning, didn't hold to the end. The end result is better for it. More on that soon...Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-13065243034168423092017-08-07T19:24:00.001-05:002017-08-21T21:22:44.224-05:00First Quarter 2017 Catch UpI've been writing here with so much more regularity than you can tell. I've wrote first about Thanksgiving and Christmas. The nice long and relaxed break we took at the beginning of the new year, and then the preparation for a very special birthday. In my head, these ideas for blog posts float around. Just waiting for me to sit down and put them onto "paper."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amores cake... graham cracker cake,<br />chocolate filling and marshmallow-y frosting</td></tr>
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Things are very good in these parts. Our holidays were filled with wonderful visits from family and friends. Good food. Down time spent at home. Good books. And creativity. Winter was a series of starts and stops. The temperature rose and fells, and there was almost no snow to speak of... and thankfully, just one short lived ice storm (which I may or may not have been trapped on the interstate in). <br />
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There were a few hand made gifts. Socks for both of my parents, and a little trousseau of doll clothes for the dolls that I made the girls a couple years ago. They were wild about them... and have spent several long hours since, playing and changing the outfits of their "Kanga" and "Foxie". They also have grown quite attached to the Wes Anderson movie (based on the Roald Dahl story) The Fantastic Mr. Fox. It really is good, for both kiddos and grown ups. The fox doll, which was an Alicia Paulson pattern bears a strong resemblance to the "puppet" that plays Mr. Fox in the movie.<br />
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I've been spinning and knitting a bit. I turned that handspun Merino Silk into a doubly long cowl. I knit it in a really simple stockinette band so that the color shifts would be clear and distinct. I am very happy with the result. <br />
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I spun up some blue and brown wool that was probably the finest that I had ever managed. And the I tried to turn them into a pair of fingerless mitts. I promptly frogged them because they were gigantic and I didn't love the striping that was going on. But the spinning was really really fun.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Emerald Pools" Roving from Nest Fiber</td></tr>
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And I started over knitting a sweater that I had started (literally) years ago. It's a Rowan wool blend yarn that was too pretty to give up on. I downloaded the Charlie cardigan from the Make.Wear.Love website and was pretty diligent about finishing the project.<br />
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It fits really well, maybe even on the big side. And through the fantastic community that is Revelry, I was able to find enough extra yarn to keep it from being short sleeved. (I'm not so good at calculating yardage, it seems.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweater back in progress</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished Cardigan... fits well.</td></tr>
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I've got so much more to record... between then and now. I've been gone longer than I intended and I'm missing the habit of capturing not only the projects that are always ongoing, but also the little details that fill our days here. So hang with me if you'd like... I am going to take a run at reinstating the blogging habit.Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-19721034851778838712016-11-18T17:06:00.001-06:002016-11-18T17:06:26.975-06:00Decorative Gourd Season...It has taken me nearly three weeks to finish this post – phew. Here we are in November and closing in on Thanksgiving. October went by this year at a frenetic pace, and with some unseasonably warm days. As I began to write this post on November 1st, it was 77-degrees out. It was so nice to be able to wander without wearing multiple layers, or paying a heating bill. On the other hand, Iwas ready to switch to the cold weather wardrobe and enjoy some comfort food. It feels now, three weeks later that the weather is finally changed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Sunrise on an impromptu camping<br />weekend</td></tr>
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The girls and I have been reading up a storm lately. We've just about worn the cover off of <i>Wolfie the Bunny</i>. And we also were lent a copy of a <i>Captain Underpants</i> book. And that was an even bigger hit. And how could it not be... with characters called "Professor Poopypants" and a name conversion guide that designated my girls as Falafel and Oprah Bubblechunks. So funny. They giggled and giggled. We are entering the era when any kind of bodily function association is wildly funny. Beware the Halloween jokes... I won't burden you with them here.<br />
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Halloween was fun. Our inadvertent theme was "spots" this year. We repurposed a jaguar costume for the peanut, and the small fry was a dalmatian. They ran and ran and ran. House to house, telling jokes and ogling the neighborhood Halloween decor. We carved pumpkins that my parents grew from seed and made sugar cookies. It was a successful holiday.<br />
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On the making front, things have been a little slower. I've been spinning a bit, and slowly chipping away on a couple knitting projects. The big excitement is that I'm planning to attempt an Alabama Chanin-style project in a week or so with my dear Jen. We've got several yards of jersey cotton, Natalie Chanin's book, and a load of ambition. We'll see if we emerge with anything wearable... I'll be sure to post back here, even if the end result is a large t-shirt-turned-potholder. Cross your fingers for us.<br />
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Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-6651730230857904262016-10-09T18:18:00.004-05:002016-10-09T18:18:58.273-05:00A Change in the AirFall is here. Halloween decorations are coming out. Costumes are being discussed. School is in full swing. The fast pace of my work in the summer months has slowed. I feel like cooking again. <br />
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This weekend, leaves started falling in earnest from the Ash tree. Sweet gum balls are starting to litter the lawns in the neighborhood. We made an early morning trip to Soulard Market for produce and came home and put together a delicious pot of butternut squash bisque. (Recipe compliments of my friend Jen.) <br />
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I've been spinning more, and knitting some new things, and another batch of wool arrived from Nest. I always feel like saying this is my favorite season... it might be. But I say that every time the weather changes... it's probably better to say that I just like living where the seasons are marked by real changes in the weather.<br />
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The garden is nearly done... one lone eggplant remains because it bears a little eggplant that might grow a bit yet. Raking leaves will soon be upon us, and my parents shared a car load of gourds and squash for our fall decor. <br />
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We drove home in the middle of the week to make sure the girls got to participate in harvest for at least a few hours. I will forever love the smell of fall air filled with corn dust, and dry earth smells with a subtle undertone of diesel fuel. <br />
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I hope that your fall is off to a good start. Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-71149520053590967522016-09-28T21:47:00.002-05:002016-09-28T21:47:07.897-05:00Birthday Adventures and Furniture NostalgiaPeople are getting older around here. And this fledgling girl gets so excited to be a year older... this year was one of transitions. Gone are the crib and the toddler toys, and a new, old big-girl bed and some bigger kid toys have arrived.<br />
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There was a chocolate cake with chocolate mint ganache... we don't fool around with bland cakes. They are so seldom baked around here that I like to make the fun ones for birthdays. This recipe was from the Baked cookbook, of the namesake bakery in Redhook, Brooklyn.<br />
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I had a chance to experiment with fondant molding too. The peanut very specifically and consistently requested that her cake be adorned with a bunny, a turtle and a squirrel. So thanks to a little surfing around pinterest for fondant animal inspiration, I came up with these. They worked quite well, even if the bunny did try to lay down just before the candles were lit.<br />
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And the big gift this year was the big bed. Her sister got the same on this birthday, and she was very excited to have a big bed of her own. I am the fortunate new owner of this charming twin bed from the furniture left behind in my grandparents home. I have the fondest memories of spending nights there as a little girl. Noni loved yellow, and this was the cheerful bedstead in the smallest bedroom upstairs. In the summer you were guaranteed to sleep on crispy clean cotton sheets, probably with a floral pattern. And in the winter it would undoubtedly be flannel... that upstairs was chilly, which made the bed that much more cosy. <div>
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I am so excited to have the opportunity to put this bed to good use in our own home and update it a little for our girl. Lots of love then and now around this well used piece of furniture. <div>
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Earlier this year I made a log cabin quilt for this anticipated birthday. Most all the fabric for this project was remnant material from garment projects or other pieces here and there. And the log cabin pattern is so easy to put together. I'm not much of a quilter... but I really wanted her to have a quilt of her own.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was a good birthday. There was plenty of family, laughter, sugar and love. She got lots of attention and spent the day at full tilt, until the car ride home when she promptly passed out. Oh, to be three again.<br />
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Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-12821054220889129852016-09-27T18:35:00.002-05:002016-09-27T18:35:44.067-05:00HappeningsGood bye sweet summer. I'm always ready to see the end of the heat and anxiously anticipate the cooler weather. And we've been pretty industrious around here since I last wrote... my pictures are better at showing what we've accomplished in the last few weeks, so here goes...<br />
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We tried on last falls sweaters and they still fit, which is great news – but probably won't prevent me from knitting more sweaters for my little people. These are knit in <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/jilldrapermakesstuff" target="_blank">Jill Draper</a>'s super wash wool called Hudson... one of my all time favorites. The patterns are <a href="http://www.versaciknits.com/" target="_blank">Lori Versaci</a>'s patterns which are classic and well written.<br />
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There was a bit of travel, so I knit some socks... the yarn was gifted to me by the dearest girl, Jen. They remind me of the confetti frosting that my sister and I used to covet. The kind with the completely artificial tasting rainbow chips in it... and made your teeth hurt from eating too much of it. (Which we may have discovered after "stealing" a can of it from Mom's pantry and secretly eating it in my sister's closet... sorry Mom.)<br />
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And proof to the earlier point, I finished this very pretty and fine gauge sweater for the small fry. It's lightweight and she loves it and I hope it makes many trips back and forth to school... The yarn is <a href="https://www.craveyarn.com/" target="_blank">Crave Yarn</a> One hand dyed by the lovely Amor, who I had the distinct pleasure of meeting and spending a class with in June at Squam lake. You should look her up, you will not be sorry.<br />
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And the stairs and the banister and spindles finally got sanded and stained, after a mere 18 month delay. We're pretty happy with how they turned out... and even more excited to take that "project" off of the list. Hurray!<br />
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And last but not least, my thoughtful and talented better half build this "house in the house" as the girls call it. It's a play house – ingeniously build over the opening of what was a full closet. And it has become quite the place for entertaining friends, storing dress up clothes and locking your sister out of.<br />
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<br />Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-42174905422776423142016-08-07T09:54:00.002-05:002016-08-07T09:54:38.767-05:00Spin, knit, deliberate.I've been knitting and spinning and working and playing and doing my civic duty for the democracy like crazy this last few days. The civic part of that was jury duty... the work and play part are just the normal keeping on... and the knitting and spinning was employed primarily to offset the weight of being on a jury. Thank goodness for democracy (and wool, to distract my mind in the evenings). <div>
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We're looking forward to fall around here... not to say that we are wishing away summer, but we've tried on and adjusted school uniforms, bought school supplies and new shoes and are gearing up for another season of peewee soccer (or in our case organized socialization of first graders). </div>
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This morning is especially peaceful... coffee, Elton John's "tiny dancer" filling my ears, the girls absorbing the Olympics, my better half off enjoying some visiting friends and me with a few moments to record these projects... I hope your morning is equally lovely.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attempting to create some blocks of color in the singles</td></tr>
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I did get some spinning in last weekend... and am working hard not to overspin the fiber... You'll see what I spun with the May fiber is so very tight, that the wool actually feels like cotton... not ruinous, but not what I was going for...<br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Simple but Effective" cowl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modeled by our tiny dancer...<br />complete with a pirate smile.</td></tr>
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The May fiber was this beautifully dyed Targhee wool... which I spun and chain plied. And then knit it into a cowl which will be a Christmas gift for a dear friend of ours (who has no idea that this blog exists). It will definitely be warm, it's a dense and heavy 8oz of wool all packed into a conservatively sized cowl. (In other words, way over spun.) Modeled by our ever-willing-to-be-photographed girl. I think I included the last picture just so I'll have a record of her hair when time passes... </div>
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And lastly, I took this girl of ours to the local yarn shop and she attached herself to this skein of bright pink wool and announced a need for a new hat... and I was happy to oblige.<br />
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Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-45134687561390917602016-07-27T20:27:00.005-05:002016-07-28T09:13:30.814-05:00I'm sweatingIt's July, and we are having the appropriate weather here in the Midwest. We've been to the pool, we're watering the garden and quietly thinking grateful things about air conditioning. <br />
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We've had a great summer so far. We're miniature vegetable gardeners – growing cucumbers, peppers and herbs for ourselves, and tomatoes for those voracious city squirrels. Our little garden is also producing parsley, basil and sage and thinking about maybe generating an eggplant or two.<br />
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Our creative juices are flowing as well. The small fry has been dabbling with watercolors this summer, and rarely a day goes by where she hasn't drawn something with that box full of colored pencils. She's also trying her hand at knitting. She's asked me to show her, and she'll get the hang of it for a few stitches and then the tension gets weird and she'll let it sit for a couple days and then come back.<br />
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The peanut is a talking machine this summer. She's picking up everyone's phrases... and chatters to herself while busy with the events of her imagination. She's building a new level of trust with Georgie the cat and loves to go to the library.<br />
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I've been working on some knitting and sewing. Slowly, things are getting made. I finished <a href="http://fayemakes.blogspot.com/2016/07/drab-green-for-miles.html" target="_blank">that</a> gigantic shawl, and then set to work on a cardigan for the coming school year. I spun a bit too and I've got some socks in (slow) progress too. <br />
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On the sewing front, I've deconstructed my favorite old silk tank top and am attempting to reconstruct it from some Liberty Tana Lawn. It's coming together well, I think. At least it appears as if it's going to fit, and I'm happy with how it's working so far. Just some finished arm holes and a hem and I'll be in business.<br />
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In the meantime, I hope you stay cool and entertained doing something creative.Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-89994044752866287662016-07-04T10:59:00.004-05:002016-07-04T10:59:43.934-05:00Drab green for miles...I've finally finished up a project that I purchased in the spring of 2015. I saw a beautifully knit sample when I was in Syracuse NY, and decided that it would make a great addition to my winter wardrobe. The yarn – WoolFolk Tynd – is wonderfully soft. And the finished object is interesting and something I think I can easily dress up or down. <br />
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Miles and miles of drab green stockinette later I was ready to crochet 372 miles of vertical lines down this shawl. Okay. Maybe not 372 miles, but it felt like it. I'm not good with the crochet hook... I can't look away, and it feels a little unnatural to me. But I mustered through and I do love the finished piece. <br />
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Now that this is done I plan to focus on some spinning... I've got some beautiful Targhee from Nest fiber that I'm half through. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nest Fibers – May 2016</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Garden Party" Targhee wool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Singles waiting for plying</td></tr>
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And betwixt and between, I'll be working with Crave Yarn One and a new lightweight cardigan for the small fry. <br />
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Have a lovely start to your July.<br />
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Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-15628292599628172662016-06-20T20:49:00.003-05:002016-06-20T20:49:32.259-05:00This is your "fault" Donna...Tonight I finished spinning a polwarth silk blend, and I got some decent yardage out of it. My new friend Donna suggested I knit something from Martina Behm, and I think she's right... so now you all must vote. I know there are at least three of you who read this blog...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2-ply</td></tr>
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I've narrowed it down to these three patterns... <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lintilla" target="_blank">Lintilla</a>, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/magrathea" target="_blank">Magrathea</a> or <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/trillian-2" target="_blank">Trillian</a>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little "barber pole"</td></tr>
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I didn't pick anything too lacy because the yarn has a pretty wide color spectrum, and all that detail tends to get lost in an intricate lace pattern. Here is what I will be working with.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://nestfiberstudio.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">Nest Fiber </a>- April 2016 "Constellation" Polwarth/Silk</td></tr>
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And thanks Donna for the idea. XO<br />
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Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-59653855788373784132016-06-19T18:59:00.000-05:002016-06-19T18:59:20.075-05:00Swept right into summer<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">The heart at Squam</td></tr>
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Here we are in mid-June. So much has been going on behind the scenes. We've attended carnivals and an air show. I've worked on my spinning skills. We took our first ever family camping trip to a beautiful CCC camp in southern Illinois. We've gone hiking. And been gardening and cooking new things. It's good, this time of year. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">First ever airshow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">New recipe - so good, <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2016/06/charred-eggplant-and-walnut-pesto-pasta-salad/" target="_blank">try for yourself</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">My mom's - big as a saucer - clematis<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Our garden at home... coming along<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Hand knit, handspun birthday hat (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fayemakes/marled-hat" target="_blank">ravelry link</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Chickadee cardigan in progress</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Newest fiber project - Polwarth Silk blend<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Singles in work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">First handspun, hand knit sweater.<br /></td></tr>
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And I went back to Squam Art Workshops for the third time. It was so incredibly wonderful. I returned there with one of the amazing women that I met four years ago at the first one I attended. And we stayed in a cabin with eight other women who were just delightful. I can't write about it without sounding like I'm gushing, and I've already used my best adjectives in the beginning parts of this paragraph... so I'll just say it was just what I needed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">A gift from my roomie, Jen.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Favorite Squam purchase... Crave yarn. It's incredible and<br />so is the proprietor. Seriously, <a href="https://www.craveyarn.com/" target="_blank">go see her</a>!</td></tr>
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I think it might be the contrast that those five days offer me. It is a luxury at this point in my life to have five days to be responsible only for myself – without the pressures of being a parent, spouse, employee or manager. My favorite indulgences were all indulged in... I knit, drank wine, ate food that others prepared, talked and laughed, swam in the wee hours in a brisk and amazing lake, learned a bit about a few new things (book binding and tapestry weaving) and there was yoga and ice cream and luna moths and loons. <br />
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Re-entry to home life was super smooth. I was so happy to get back to my nest and my family. Re-entry to work was a bit difficult... I spent the first day trying to recall what I was doing five days earlier and simultaneously trying to convince myself that it was worth remembering. That lake and those people... they are a powerful force. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evidence of our last 6am swim.<br />Thanks, Donna!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only 50 more weeks before I can return</td></tr>
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Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-29962372755413098932016-05-01T15:21:00.000-05:002016-05-01T15:21:19.249-05:00UFO Socks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Crazy bright neon paired with tonal grey and black knit up a fun pair of "UFO" socks. My dear friend Jen sent me this yarn around Christmas and I was really anxious to see what kind of "fabric" it created... the colors in the skein were so bold and concentrated in skein form. <br />
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As it turns out, it was from <a href="http://www.sunrisefiberco.com/" target="_blank">Sunrise Fiber</a> company with whom I've had no other experience. But this was really nice tightly wound sock yarn, and the color was fast... almost no bleeding when I soaked them. <br />
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They knit up quickly. I started with the toes first so that I didn't create any waste... so they are longish and also have a really tall ribbed cuff. I think I'll be thankful for that when the weather gets chilly again.<br />
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Any my knitwear model was completely unconcerned about the fact that the fit was less than perfect. Love her.<br />
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There is so much that I want to document here. Sometimes I'm stymied by the problem of wrapping the photos and projects into some kind of coherent and thoughtful commentary... maybe I need to take the pressure off and just share more photos. (You might think so too after you read this brief but rambling post...)<br />
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This spring has been just beautiful. We've been spending so much time outside, in our yard, at the Botanical Gardens, at my rural home. And in the evenings, I've been knitting, spinning and sewing. It's been a great balance. <br />
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I listened to a podcast the other day about the declaration of "being busy". And I know I just did that in this space. And it felt cliched. And the podcaster and her interviewee talked about how busy-ness is really just making time for all the things that you want to do. And I liked that idea... it's not that someone doles out a list for me each morning as I stumble out of bed of things to do. These are the activities of the path that I've chosen and our family has chosen... we are lucky that they are all engaging and positive things. <br />
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So, I guess if I'm being more honest and straightforward about all this busy-ness, it's all self created. I get great joy out of our family time, watching the girls in their extracurricular activities and school, carving out time with my better half and also finding professional success at work. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention the hobbies and the activity of trying to chronicle them on this blog.<br />
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That's our busy... and it's self inflicted and good.Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-8212897974727990382016-04-18T21:00:00.001-05:002016-04-18T21:00:25.836-05:00April AlreadyIt's hard to believe that the first quarter of 2016 has already passed. It's been fun, so far. And the weather in these parts is wonderful. I was looking back at my posting history on this blog, and April and May seem to be the time when my ramblings taper off. That fresh air and sunshine beckons and I am less apt to write down what is in the works...<br />
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The taper feels like it might be officially starting, so I'll share a few things that I made for Easter and try to beat my own trend. The last post was the peanut's Easter dress, and this post will be about her sister's. <br />
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I bought a vintage Simplicity sewing pattern (3327) on etsy last year in a size that I knew would be a bit big, but it has this pretty pin tucked bodice with waist shaping, so I was willing to wait. And this year it fit really, really well. <br />
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I failed to take any progress shots of the actual making of the dress. But I can tell you that it went really, really smoothly. The pattern was very straightforward, and simple in the sense that it had no interfacing piecing. The arm and neck holes were finished with binding. The one modification that I did make was to sew the contrasting sash into the dress when I attached the bodice to the skirt.<br />
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The fabric is the really fun part of the story though. Growing up, my dad's god parents were a part of our extended family. You could count on them and their family to come to every Easter and Thanksgiving dinner. And they were always very fun and engaging with my sister and I. His god mother was named Sabina. She was perennially kind, polite and cheerful. And she was so very excited when my husband and I had our first baby, which makes the making of this dress even more fitting.<br />
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Their household was broken up several years ago on their passing, and my mom was thoughtful enough to buy two pieces of material from among the things for sale at the estate auction. The material was probably intended to be a housecoat, and it is a very lightweight, 100% cotton lawn, almost. (I'm terrible at identifying fabrics, but it's definitely a garment weight.) <br />
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Anyway, my mom gave them to me and this is the first that I've used either of them. The small fry loved the pink roses. And we updated it a little by adding some darker contrasting trim at the neck and sleeves. And those sparkly pink buttons up the back, those were all her doing. <br />
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It's nice to see this come together and used by a new generation of little midwestern ladies. And I think Sabina would agree. Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-19613710782161335792016-03-16T20:53:00.000-05:002016-03-16T20:53:06.910-05:00It's the tune...... of these years; like a theme song. I hear myself saying it over and over – <i>we're busy</i>. Busy doing things... lots of time-consuming, back-to-back things. The days are full of the kinds of things that aren't monumental in and of themselves, but these days are better because of these things.<br />
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This last week the <i>busy</i>-ness included making plans for Easter dresses, taking some walks around the neighborhood, hosting a dinner with our cousins, (continued) working on shoe tying, formalizing plans for some spring planting and gardening and learning the chicken dance.<br />
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The easter dresses are half way there. I finished the first. A small box pleated little gem from Simplicity pattern 8940 (60s era?). The fabric is a Happy Home print from <a href="http://www.liveartgalleryfabrics.com/happyHome.html" target="_blank">Sew Caroline</a>. It's crisp and white and the illustrated hearts are graduated in size and concentration from one edge of the 45" width to the other. And the peanut, she loves the dress. She ran around the night it was finished in the dress (and PJ pants and slippers) yelling "surprise" every time she entered the room. <br />
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The second dress will appear here soon. It's special too because the material was something of a generational heirloom... more on that soon.<br />
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The weather has really influenced the time we've spent outside and inspired me to think more about gardening. I've got some plans in mind. We had some giant and overgrown shrubbery removed late last year, and I'm relishing the "clean slate" that I'm starting with and thinking most about blooms... a yellow tree peony maybe, a black iris, pinkish green hydrangea and some lungwort and glossy green european ginger as a ground cover. I have more fun with the planning than anything...<br />
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And it wouldn't be a post without some mention of what is on the needles. I've started Bygge by Olga Buraya-Kefelian in Wool Folk fingering <span style="background-color: white;">weight It's destined to be a fairly simple but interesting graph-paper-in-perspective type of scarf. And I'm very much looking forward to seeing the completed project. More on that soon too... ongoing ravelry details <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fayemakes/bygge" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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Oh, and the chicken dance... we had a great debate about whether it was the chicken or duck dance... we're of differing opinions with the small fry's Kindergarten teacher on that point. But we had a great time teaching the peanut the steps, and all got a good laugh out of an hour or so of polka music.Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-41198400035357910072016-03-07T17:58:00.000-06:002016-03-07T17:58:03.606-06:00March<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The month of March can be so temperamental. But so far, it's been quite nice in these parts. My girls and I left the city behind for a bit this weekend to enjoy a clearer view of the horizon and get some fresh air. It was just what we all needed. <br />
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We wandered. We played. I reminisced. We sat in the sunshine and did nothing at all. I didn't realize that we needed a break, but I think we did. <br />
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The sun was wonderful. The day was bright and windy, but all that sunshine made everything feel clean and fresh and ready for a new year. I think I even went home with rosier cheeks... maybe that was windburn. Either way, it was a glorious day outside.<br />
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I did finish the baby sweater too... just in the knick of time for the baby shower. Which didn't actually occur, because that little girl showed up the morning of. No better introduction to parenthood, than with the little reminder that someone else is now in control. What fun lies ahead... can't wait to meet her.<br />
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Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-85446806390572505122016-02-28T19:55:00.002-06:002016-02-28T19:55:54.272-06:00Losing and GainingMy youngest cousin and his wife will soon be having a baby. And so – predictably – I'm knitting a baby sweater. I did the same for his brother's first baby, and have knit one for the arrival of each of my nieces and nephews, so it's really a familiar practice.<br />
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There is something a little different about this though. This is the first time we're welcoming a new member of our family without the presence of either grandparent. This sweet girl will be the first of her generation to miss the opportunity to be held by our epically kind and baby-loving grandfather or our grandmother who was strong and so proud of her family. And I'm not just a little melancholy about that. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the color palette of<br />Nature Spun wool</td></tr>
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But the silver lining of this family loss is that I feel now that there is a renewed bond between us – the grandkids. I had a lightbulb moment where I realized that we're all old enough to maintain our family bonds independently, and maintain our own relationships, and maybe take some ownership of some new family traditions. And I think that's a good thing. <br />
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So this new girl will be welcomed by all of us. And maybe we can flood her with enough love that she won't sense an absence at all. There's nothing like a sweet new person to remind us of the wonderful cyclicality of life. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anyone want to come over and weave in<br />some ends?</td></tr>
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So I knit on... and can't wait to gift this warm and stripey pullover to some new family.<br />
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The sweater is the Nils pullover designed by the Swedish brand Millamia and the ravelry details are <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fayemakes/nils-stripey-top" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-6703095857802333792016-02-14T16:02:00.001-06:002016-02-17T21:43:57.347-06:00A Snowy Valentine's Day<br>
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We are blissfully "snowed in" here. Not the legitimate kind, where it's impossible to go out, but the kind that is self imposed. We did go a short distance to celebrate a friends birthday for a couple hours, but have returned and quickly picked up where we left off. <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sought after "glowing screen" time</td></tr>
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It's been a hectic week, and this weekend has been great. We've done just enough socializing, only the mandatory weekend prepping for the week ahead, and just hung out in between. These girls, at this moment in time are interested in learning to tie shoes, eating chocolates that were gifted to them, playing with legos and reading books... it's hard to believe how the time is going. It's so cliched – but I ran into someone with the Peanut who said "weren't you just pregnant?". Only about 3 years ago... But then again, wasn't I just a college student? I guess not. I wouldn't change a thing. It's nice to have a few days to soak in a little of these girls while they still think we are okay to hang out with.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's hard to be still</td></tr>
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In between reading "Wild Boars"* and building lego masterpieces, I did manage to finish a long-in-the-making sweater for the peanut. The details are all on ravelry <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/fayemakes/mcdreamy-jumper" target="_blank">here</a>. But I will share and say that this yarn was delightful, light and smooshy. And the pattern is one I had made before... in a much smaller size. And our girl wouldn't take if off after our "photo shoot" so I guess that means she likes it. (Either that, or I need to turn the thermostat up.) </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Progress, months ago.</td></tr>
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Have a Happy Valentine's Day, and enjoy those you love. We'll be here enjoying this dusting of snow and rummaging around the stash to find something new to cast on.<br>
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* If you know a little book enthusiast who is strangely drawn to things that are borderline gross, do check out <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Meet-Wild-Boars-Meg-Rosoff/dp/0312379633/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=511J3rSfoHL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR153%2C160_&refRID=0MS3B25YWGMN182EDG5B" target="_blank">Meet Wild Boars</a></i>. For whatever reason, the girls love it.<br>
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Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-28028581827472276852016-02-08T21:04:00.001-06:002016-02-08T21:04:15.498-06:00Mondays in FebruaryThis winter so far has been kind of a bust. I love this season. I don't mind the cold, can appreciate the stark landscape and – being a bit of a homebody – I welcome the occasion of being snowed in. This winter we haven't had any real snow to speak of. It's been warm-ish. And we had record breaking rainfall in December. And the wind... today it's like the lake effect in downtown Chicago. Brutal. It's the kind of thing that makes me scurry from back door to the garage and then silently curse having to get out of the warm car and make the trek into the office from the salty, windy tundra that is the parking lot. There are tiny snow flurries blowing around out there, but so far, not much is sticking. Fingers crossed that today is our day for some legitimate snow.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fondant experiment. Turned out<br />pretty well.</td></tr>
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To stay warm and cozy, we've been drinking lots of coffee and tea. Throwing birthday parties and making thinks like crazy. We made the small fry a gi cake, for her karate-themed birthday party, and she asked that the party favors be peppermint bark. We made those less Christmas-y by adding a little pink food coloring and sprinkles instead of crushed candy canes. They were delicious. And we've got our handmade birthday thank you notes out the door. This is the first year that she is writing her own notes. They are perfect in all their barely decipherable phonetic spelling. I love them. I was tempted to keep one for myself.<br />
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Valentines day is fast approaching. This is the first year we've be given the chance to make a valentines box for school. And I am so excited! (I'm keeping myself in check though, this is the small fry's project, not mine.) And 24 valentines to make too. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valentine's and the beginnings<br />of the Valentine box.</td></tr>
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I have such fond memories of school Valentine's day parties. My favorite valentine was always from my best friend Kristen, whose Valentine always included one of those cherry vanilla Life Saver swirl lollipops on it. Do you remember those? I haven't seen them in years. Anywho, we'll see what we come up with... we have until Friday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My finished sweater... which fits SO well.</td></tr>
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In other making news, I've finished my sweater, it is blocking now. And I've picked up another half finished project that is coming along nicely. It's a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mcdreamy-jumper" target="_blank">McDreamy jumper</a> in the softest fingering weight single that wanders from green to blue to purple and back again. It's knitting up as a 2T, but I have a strong suspicion that our resident 2T is already too big for it. ho hum. It will make a good gift for some worthy recipient.<br />
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In the meantime, stay warm while dodging from one toasty place to the next.<br />
XO<br />
F-Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-37969219178435221882016-02-05T20:49:00.001-06:002016-02-05T22:10:09.174-06:00Not so much a resolution......more just something to be mindful of. This year, I've been thinking about maybe being a little more intentional about using and enjoying what we have. Not just our things, but our life as it is right now, these girls, these jobs, our family and friends. It's a pretty broad idea, but intentionally so. <br>
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It seems that it is so easy to get caught up with keeping up. And not in the luxury-items way so much for me, but in the "that's beautiful, I should buy the materials for that" kind of way. Or, "why doesn't my home look pristine and as if it's self cleaning"? This year I think I'm going to be a little more mindful of starting projects that are already in the queue, be a bit less of a consumer, and waste less in general. And I'm going to do my best to try and enjoy the fact that a house full of little bodies and active imaginations means that sometimes there are chalk marks on the wall, and the bath water is rarely confined to the tub (among other things).<br>
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With that in mind, I'll share what is in the works at the moment...<br>
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I've got a quilt top nearly finished for the peanut, that is literally all from scraps... most of this was a remnant from a baby garment or some other project. So far the only thing I've purchased is the twin size quilt batting and I still need to get a piece of yardage for the backing. <br>
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The other project, which has been coming along at a really fast pace (for me) is this sweater. I took a custom fit class with Amy Herzog over 18 months ago, and have had this yarn stored in a box for 4-ish years... they were of course not originally intended to be used together, but nevertheless, here they are, with a shared fate. (Good news, I've tried it on without the neck knit, or the blocking done and it's definitely going to fit... alert the media!)<br>
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I'd share the state of disorganization of the bathroom or the total chaos that is the toy closet (that I'm allegedly coming to peace with) but that's probably best left between these walls.<br>
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And next on the docket? I'm not exactly sure. I have a play room to paint, which I have most of the supplies for, and a piece of paper cutting in mind for the office wall, and another plan to make a wall hanging for the peanut's room, and then there is the fact that neither girl has curtains, and the yarn stash, well, that's a whole other blog post. But see... this isn't going to be so hard. There is more than enough to keep me occupied. Have a wonderful weekend friends.<br>
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XO<br>
F-Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-69635037083687438052016-01-31T10:44:00.002-06:002016-01-31T10:44:51.981-06:00Process...<span id="goog_500550333"></span><span id="goog_500550334"></span>From start to finish. Ashland Bay Merino Top in Jade transformed into a pullover vest for the peanut. The vest is called "Neighborly" and was a quick and easy knit. It's turned out to be a very versatile little garment too. Perfect for cool days over a t-shirt and leggings. <br />
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Fayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10116972472653902859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622957133022883045.post-52738968652251864202016-01-27T18:47:00.002-06:002016-01-27T18:47:16.369-06:00On spinning a yarn...While I was in Syracuse with the gathering of creatives that Susan put together, as mentioned in the <a href="http://fayemakes.blogspot.com/2016/01/where-does-time-go.html" target="_blank">prior post</a>, I had a chance to see some spinners in action. I've always been fascinated from a distance with the idea of turning wool into yarn. But I'd been sort of actively resisting investing in a spindle or really any un-spun fiber tools or materials. On our last day in Syracuse, we sat around in the sunshine outside – a big circle of Adironback chairs full of people making things.<br />
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The spinning looked so meditative. Watching those wheels turn was something akin to watching a fire burn in a fireplace... And the fibers that were being spun were just beautiful. I must have come home just bubbling over with descriptions of the process. And the next month on my birthday, my better half surprised me with an Ashford Kiwi.<br />
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I was equal parts excited and terrified. Having never even used a drop spindle, I had the feeling that I was diving head first into the deep end. But it turned out not to terribly difficult to grasp. With the help of the local yarn shop owner, who also spins and an excellent <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/class/foundations-of-spinning/4798" target="_blank">Craftsy class</a> with spinner Amy King, I was off and running. <br />
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My first run through four ounces of Merino was anything but smooth or consistent, but it was fun, and I got a grasp on the process as a whole. And with each successive attempt, my control is getting better. I think I'm prone to over spinning in general. I do love a tightly twisted ply, but even I will admit that some of my output seems to be spun to death. <br />
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So slowly, I'm learning by trial and error. We'll see how things progress and maybe someday if I see another spinner in the flesh who is able to watch what I am actually doing, and I'll learn to improve the process.<br />
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In the meantime, three cheers for new found hobbies and husbands who are patient enough to listen to stories about things that are of interest to only their spouses. You never know when the two might intersect.<br />
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Happy making.<br />
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