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Knitting Blogs
presentation for Nashoba Valley Knitters' Guild

Personal blog: http://knitmoreand.blogspot.com/

Favorite Blogs:
Socktoberfest KAL creator http://lollygirl.com/blog/
Brooklyntweed http://brooklyntweed.blogspot.com/index.html
Grumperina http://www.grumperina.com/knitblog/
Free Patterns http://www.knitty.com/
Wyoming Knitter http://www.unwindknitting.net/
Master Yarn Dyer Blog http://purlywhites.typepad.com/purly_whites/
Brookline Group Blog http://www.knitsmiths.us/
Circumnavigated Cardigan Project http://www.ample-knitters.com/cnc.html

Start your own Blog
Free site: Blogger by Google https://www.blogger.com/start
Check Comparisons: http://www.ojr.org/ojr/images/blog_software_comparison.cfm

Knit Alongs (KAL) Examples
Soctoberfest http://lollygirl.com/blog/2006/09/18/socktoberfest-questions
Zimmermania http://zimmermaniacs.blogspot.com/

Web Rings
New England Knitters http://newenglandknits.wordpress.com/
Knitting Blogs http://knittingring.blogspot.com/

Pictures
Upload Low Res Pictures
Another Picture Venue
Flicker is used for online photo albumshttp://www.flickr.com/groups/socktoberfest/

Podcasts:
Place to search for Podcast News http://www.podcastingnews.com/
CraftSanity Podcast http://www.craftsanity.com/podcast/
Craftcast with Alison Lee http://www.craftcast.com/

Halloween '07

My other domestic skills came into play this week for Halloween. Every year I make a costume for my daughter. This year it was a geisha kimono. It came out very nicely if I do say so myself. Even thought the costume will probably be worn once or twice I always mind the fine details. It takes longer but I prepare a quality-sewing job. I always back stitch at end of seams. I knot the end threads and sew them into a hidden seam. My daughter doesn’t appreciate these things and I wonder sometimes why I bother especially for an outfit that will be worn only a few times. Oh well, at least I enjoy the process.
We had a nice night here in New England for trick-or-treating. My daughter had some of her friends come over. They claimed to be the “Asian” sisters with the Queen Marie Antoinette. It was fun and the girls were very tired once they got home. I must say even I, who am not a great sleeper, slept well last night.