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I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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Stash Bash

By on November 8, 2012 in Knits and Crochet, Stash Bash

I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash.    

Ok, so I should start out today with a confession and if you read my post from yesterday then you already probably caught me.  Last week, in a moment of weakness I broke my pact and bought yarn.  I didn’t plan it…I mean I have almost made it to a whole year of not buying any more craft stuff before using up my stash.  I did not know I was in danger until it was too late.  During the whole wedding day blur, I lost my hair iron.  I looked and looked for it and it seems to have disappeared into thin air so I went to Tuesday Morning knowing that they might have a half way decent one that I would not go broke buying.  

Did you know that Tuesday Morning sells some pretty nice knitting books, supplies and of course yarn.  Before I knew it I had two skeins in my hand.  It was too hard to pass up.  Wool, silk yarn spun in Italy and died in Chile well, thats alot of mileage but I digress.  It just needed to come home with me.  Come on, fess up, you would have done it too.  I am already working it up into a Christmas present for a very special woman that I love but I will not add it here since it is not a stash project.


Today I am sharing this little Felipe vest.  The pattern is free on Rav and super easy to make.  I only need to block it but have actually loved looking at the vest unblocked as it reminds me of a little bubble shirt.
I started this one the day I was in labor and pretty much finished it that day, its such a quick and cute project.  Everytime I look at it, I am reminded of that beautiful day in September where we all huddled together here to bring this new little boy into our family.


So what have you been up to? I love to see what you come up with. I have added the Mr Linky to the bottom of this post for you to link up your Stash Bash projects.

Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a 

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We built that!

By on November 6, 2012 in Family

I had no intention of blogging about this today so I am saving today’s post for tomorrow.

In the past few weeks I have felt very confused about fulfilling my civic duty.  Not sure whether voting for the lesser of two evils is the right thing to do or not.  Today I awoke with the inspiration to go out and weather the lines and vote.  I have been teaching the kids about the process and so voting seemed the right thing to do.

To my surprise, there was no line at all.  I had prepared for a long wait with a baby in the moby wrap by bringing some knitting with me but there was no need.  I was in and out in under 10 minutes, another reason I love living rural.

I have been knitting this cowl while watching the polls and everytime I look at it I think it will remind me of this election.  I found the yarn at Tuesday morning and it is a super soft, artisan made and signed! Peruvian wool yarn.  I confess to breaking my resolution to use only my stash I am sad to say since I almost made it one whole year!

Tonight we will be popping lots of popcorn and using this printout to follow along with this Electoral map printout which will hopefully finish off our study of the voting process unless there is some snafoo and we do not have a president for a while.

I will be back here with a yarny project tomorrow and will also be doing my Stash Bash on Thursday if anyone wants to join in.  I am finally feeling like I can get on and share our little life.  I hope you will all check in on me often.

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