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I signed up for all kinds of projects to attempt to both START and FINISH for this years Ravelympics. When I first heard about the premise behind it, I was just totally thrilled and eager to participate.
As a kid, I was an avid watcher of the Olympics. My favorite categories were, Swimming, [...]

As most knitters might know, there is “The Red Scarf Project”, which is a project of the Orphan Foundation of America. The Red Scarf Project has been mentioned and promoted in many different blogs, I found out personally from the great Scout.
I did some research into the project, and it is [...]

For the Ravelympics I gave myself a goal to learn to spin. Coincidentally, Purlescence Yarns, was also offering a Drop Spinning class as well. I signed up for the class, bought my drop spindle, some spinning books, and I was ready to go.
I had fiber from a few fiber clubs I [...]

Yarnissima Zum Dirndl Kit w/Wollmeise yarn

Originally uploaded by RockyMoreno

I have been stalking Yarnissima for awhile now, just waiting for her latest creation to become available the “Zum Dirndl”, and now I finally have it!
I missed the sign-ups for the test knitting, so I had to watch from the sidelines of the Zum Dirndl [...]

These are depictions of the “Catrinas”. The Catrina was made famous by a zinc etching from “La Calavera de la Catrina” by Jose Guadalupe Posada. To find out more click here.

I joined a “Day of the Dead” swap on Raverly, and I just got my swap partner, Cheryl. She has a blog [...]