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Done!

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Pattern: Helena by Alison Green Will, Knitty Summer 2008 Yarn: Knitpicks CotLin in Kohlrabi I finished the baby sweater, just in time for delivery tomorrow. It's much to large for the wee one now, but I know a thing or two about babies and know that she will grow into it. I did make an error on the last row of the pattern, but by the time I noticed I didn't want to go back that far. I think it turned out very nice. As an added bonus, I used up quite a bit of my stash!

Almost Done!

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I am almost done with this little baby sweater! I've just got the finishing around the edges to do. This is Helena from the Summer 08 Knitty. I'm using Knit Picks CotLin in Kohlrabi. I bought the yarn to make a sweater for me and then decided I would never wear that color. Into the stash it went. This sweater has been somewhat of an adventure, as I started it shortly after I moved in with D and most of my knitting stuff was hiding in boxes somewhere. I managed to find needles, but nothing to tell me what size they were. So, I just started knitting. And I didn't knit a gauge swatch. All seems to be well though, as it is definitely a baby size! It should be done by the end of the week and there will be more pictures to come!

55 of 56

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56 wedding invitations! Ready to be mailed. I got an e-mail yesterday afternoon that our wedding invitations were ready and I could pick them up if I wanted to. I dropped everything (which was a plan to go for a run and then tap class) and D and I drove to Richfield . I spent part of today stuffing envelopes, affixing stamps and mailing labels, and just plain admiring how lovely they are. We walked down to the mail box on the corner and dropped them in tonight Well, 55 of them anyway. The 56 th is going to Denmark and requires some special handling. Martha Stewart would have told me to go to the post office and ask to have them "hand canceled" but I was too excited to get them in the mail. I was quite disappointed when I saw that they won't be picked up until 4:00 tomorrow. With any luck, maybe a few people nearby will get them as early as Friday. Yippee!

Going Crazy at the Craftstravaganza

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The Shepherd's Harvest was a lot of fun, but I've completely forgotten to post about the event I can hardly wait for each year...the St. Paul Crafstravaganza . Ever since I got engaged, I've been waiting patiently for this event and refused to allow anything else to mess with my calendar that day. I knew that I would get many of the gifts for the special people doing special wedding related things for me at this event. No Yankee candle gifts from me! I have nothing against Yankee candles. In fact, my sister gave me a Yankee candle as one of my thank you gifts for one of her showers. I loved it. I post these pictures with some reluctance. I'm fairly certain that most of the people I bought stuff for don't read this blog, but I won't say who gets what. My mom, Gigi and I got up bright and early and headed to the St. Paul Craftstravaganza right when it opened. I got the last free goodie bag and all three of us got a free pound of Peace Coffee. Score! I went

Sheep and Stuff

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My mom, Gigi, the Little Guy, and I all headed to Lake Elmo for the Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival today. Once again, it was a cold, windy day. That did not deter us. My lack of a camera did prevent me from taking any photos of the sheep, llamas, alpacas, and the incredibly cute 3-day old goat. Here's the loot I picked up. My first purchase was this lovely blue yarn. The color just caught my eye and I had to have it. 463 yards of superwash merino/nylon blend. The color is Blueberry Patch and it is from Karen Berglund . I also bought some yummy rhubarb leather from her (think fruit roll-up). So good. I could eat that all day. The next stop was Jennie the Potter . I love her work. I purchased a lovely necklace and some stitch markers. Then I splurged and bought this knitting bowl. The yarn comes through the opening so your ball of yarn stays in one place. It is already being used. Other than some fudge, that's all I bought. Once I added that bowl to