Monthly Archives: March 2015

#13 – Sunglasses Required

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

I kept the order of colors, Yellow / Green / White / Navy / Teal, consistent throughout this week’s ripple: and alternated between one and two-row wide stripes for all colors but the yellow and green, which are always 3-rows … Continue reading →

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#12 – Still Thirsty

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

Making the yellow scrap ripple, ‘Lemonaide’, was so much fun, I wanted to do a red one. Not having nearly enough red scraps, I included some orange, rose and peach ones, as well as a partial skein of RHSS ‘Cherry … Continue reading →

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Crunchy Blueberries

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

This summer I experimented with dehydrating blueberries. I had read that, because they have a natural “waxy” coating, blueberries need to be cut in half before drying, so I picked out the biggest from the day’s picking and carefully cut … Continue reading →

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Ugly Bananas

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

DH loves the taste of sweet fully ripened banana in his oatmeal. Usually they’re too green for either of us to eat right when we buy them. After a few days they’re just right for me, but still not ripe … Continue reading →

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Ripple #11, From a Kit

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

Maybe you remember this “Ripple Kit” that I assembled when the box of yarn from Sandi of MD arrived last fall. I played around, arranging and rearranging the skeins, trying to decide in what order to put the colors. Eventually … Continue reading →

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Hooping it up at Savers

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

In return for donating a bunch of stuff to Savers, I got a coupon for one 30%-off shopping spree. The night DH and I returned to shop, the store was quiet – nothing like during a half-off sale – with … Continue reading →

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Ripple #10 of 2015

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

Mixing single and double-row variegated stripes again. Although this ripple only has eleven variegated stripes, they are made up of seventeen variegated rows, enough to use up two partial skeins of very similar pink/blue/white yarns, part of this anonymous donation … Continue reading →

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Sweet Treats

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

Last Thursday’s mail brought more yarn to replenish my charity stash. Even if I hadn’t received an e-mail about its impending arrival I would have known the box came from yarn fairy Sandi of MD because of the unique return … Continue reading →

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#9 – Indecision

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

I had a hard time deciding on a striping design for this week’s ripple. As you can see by my scribbled notes, what’s usually a quick rather intuitive process for me just went on. . . and on! Sigh. All … Continue reading →

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