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Martina's Easy Scarf

I have been having fun knitting Martina's relatively new pattern called Easy.  It was designed in one skein of Zauberball which has a yardage of approximately 460 yards.  However, I...

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Martina's Easy Scarf

I have been having fun knitting Martina's relatively new pattern called Easy.  It was designed in one skein of Zauberball which has a yardage of approximately 460 yards.  However, I...

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Summer Harvest - Chow-Chow Relish

Ever since I was a little girl, July and August meant putting things up in jars and freezing vegetables from the garden. I come from a family of women who...

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Summer Harvest - Chow-Chow Relish

Ever since I was a little girl, July and August meant putting things up in jars and freezing vegetables from the garden. I come from a family of women who...

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Another K for the DK

First off...Thank You!  Naming things is a constant activity here at Miss Babs, and generally we enjoy the process, have fun with it and make it a game.  Finding a...

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Another K for the DK

First off...Thank You!  Naming things is a constant activity here at Miss Babs, and generally we enjoy the process, have fun with it and make it a game.  Finding a...

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Help! New DK needs a name!

Coming soon from Miss Babs - A new DK yarn that we would like YOU to help us name!  The new yarn is soft, superwash, 100% Merino with 3 smooth...

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Help! New DK needs a name!

Coming soon from Miss Babs - A new DK yarn that we would like YOU to help us name!  The new yarn is soft, superwash, 100% Merino with 3 smooth...

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Twirly Skirt Winner!

Thanks to everyone who commented on yesterday's post! Our randomly selected winner is Suzi H--if you think this might be you, please check your email! We hope you all have...

Twirly Skirt Winner!

Thanks to everyone who commented on yesterday's post! Our randomly selected winner is Suzi H--if you think this might be you, please check your email! We hope you all have...

Babs' Birthday Colorway

Happy Birthday!  Twirly Skirt is evocative of that feeling, as a little girl, of spinning in a circle with arms wide.  We've all had that special skirt, that spun with...

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Babs' Birthday Colorway

Happy Birthday!  Twirly Skirt is evocative of that feeling, as a little girl, of spinning in a circle with arms wide.  We've all had that special skirt, that spun with...

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How to Train Your Holey Shawl

Jen here... I'm always excited when a new knitted sample comes in the mail from one of our talented and speedy knitters!  I love to unwrap the freshly blocked creation,...

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How to Train Your Holey Shawl

Jen here... I'm always excited when a new knitted sample comes in the mail from one of our talented and speedy knitters!  I love to unwrap the freshly blocked creation,...

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Vacation, Workshop Classes, and Asheville Nosta...

It's been a quick week.  But isn't that always the way with a vacation week? When you are dreaming about it weeks before, you think about all the things you...

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Vacation, Workshop Classes, and Asheville Nosta...

It's been a quick week.  But isn't that always the way with a vacation week? When you are dreaming about it weeks before, you think about all the things you...

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May Musings

As always each year seems to fly by faster and faster.  And here we are in May already, it seems like it was just January and February.  I was counting...

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May Musings

As always each year seems to fly by faster and faster.  And here we are in May already, it seems like it was just January and February.  I was counting...

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April Showers...

Bring May Flowers! Our next show is Maryland Sheep and Wool, held the first weekend of May - May 3 and 4 on the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship,...

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April Showers...

Bring May Flowers! Our next show is Maryland Sheep and Wool, held the first weekend of May - May 3 and 4 on the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship,...

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Spring is Here!! and More about 2014

We are barely into the fourth month of the year and it has already been very...busy, crazy, emotional, whelming and overwhelming, and filled with lots of dyeing and readying for...

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Spring is Here!! and More about 2014

We are barely into the fourth month of the year and it has already been very...busy, crazy, emotional, whelming and overwhelming, and filled with lots of dyeing and readying for...

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Heading West

This coming week is all Stitches and all #StitchesWest! We have been able to ship quite a bit of yarn in spite of the fact that Jen H. wasn't there...

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Heading West

This coming week is all Stitches and all #StitchesWest! We have been able to ship quite a bit of yarn in spite of the fact that Jen H. wasn't there...

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Today

This blog post is intensely personal in many ways.  I don't talk much about my personal life because it's, well, personal. And when I expose my personal life, it also...

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Today

This blog post is intensely personal in many ways.  I don't talk much about my personal life because it's, well, personal. And when I expose my personal life, it also...

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To the Podcast, Batman!

Babs and Marly are teaming up for a colorful discussion that will include prizes and of course, Color!  Please join them at Noon tomorrow (EST)January 14.  Marly has been sending...

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To the Podcast, Batman!

Babs and Marly are teaming up for a colorful discussion that will include prizes and of course, Color!  Please join them at Noon tomorrow (EST)January 14.  Marly has been sending...

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My, Oh My...the Year Has Flown By Fast!!

I simply cannot believe that we are here in December and I am thinking about cleaning out and starting fresh. I know, I know I am a bit early with...

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My, Oh My...the Year Has Flown By Fast!!

I simply cannot believe that we are here in December and I am thinking about cleaning out and starting fresh. I know, I know I am a bit early with...

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