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I Knit This Sweater…from leftover VBS yarn

December 11, 2025December 11, 2025by harpandsong21 Comment on I Knit This Sweater…from leftover VBS yarn
I Knit This Sweater…from leftover VBS yarn

True sweater weather has come early this year! Where I live in Virginia, it is rare for us to get snow before Christmas. So far, we've had two good snow days and another is forecasted tomorrow. We're not even 12 days into December yet! I tend to get cold easily, but sweaters layered over a [...]

Art & Needlework

I Knit This Sweater!

March 29, 2024by harpandsong23 Comments on I Knit This Sweater!
I Knit This Sweater!

Remember this post when I shared about how hard it was for me to start a knitting project? Well, it has come to fruition! This project took me four or five months. Some weeks, I worked on it daily, but also took some longer breaks. I ended up using a pattern from a magazine, Campus [...]

Art & Needlework, Storytelling: Prose and Poetry

Ready, Set,…Wait a Minute

October 27, 2023by harpandsong23 Comments on Ready, Set,…Wait a Minute
Ready, Set,…Wait a Minute

I am great at finishing things, not always so great at starting things. I know a lot of people have the opposite problem, but I'm sure there are others like me. I have perfectionist tendencies, a strong desire for efficiency and productivity. I treat beginning a project as a commitment to finish it. There are [...]

Art & Needlework

My First Knitting Project

October 13, 2023by harpandsong25 Comments on My First Knitting Project
My First Knitting Project

I started knitting this past winter. Technically, it wasn't the first time. I do have a childhood memory of my grandmother showing me how to knit at her house. I think I was working on a plain scarf that was a light blue color? I did not keep up the habit so this time I [...]

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