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Maine Morning Mitts

complete show notes and photos at www.knittingpipeline.com.\ufeff

This show is sponsored by\xa0 my Longaberger Home Business, Quince & Co and Ewe-nique Yarns in Morton IL.

If you are looking to support American goods, then you can start with Quince & Co with their beautiful and reasonably priced wools sourced in the US. Check out Finch, their new fingering weight in colors inspired by nature. www.quinceandco.com

Ewe-nique Yarns is a full-service yarn shop located at The Field Shopping Center in Morton IL. Among the items they carry are a full line of Addi needles, Chiagoo, and Knit Picks. They also stock Malabrigo, Madelinetosh, Frog Tree. Elsabeth Lavold, Debbie Bliss, Claudia Handpainted, Louisa Harding, Rown, Sublime and dozens more. Debbie and Jenny are happy to ship to Pipeliners.

\u201cEarburning\u201d another Raveler is highlighting their Ravelry name so that it links to their profile. The person who is earburned will also get a message in their box that basically says, \u201cPsst, we\u2019re over here saying good things about you\u201d.\xa0

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A BIG THANK you to all the volunteers for test knitting my first to-be published design, Piper\u2019s Journey. Thank you so very much EVERYONE for your support for the design.

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Nature Notes

I haven\u2019t seen any snowy owls but have seen a lot of white plastic bags that pretend to be.

We nearly broke a record for the most days without 1\u201d of snowfall! The record is 330 in 1918.\xa0

Naturalist and writer Edwin Way Teale born Joliet IL 1899

Wandering Through Winterwas first nature book to win a Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction.

\u201cOur minds, as well as our bodies, have need of the out-of-doors. Our spirits, too, need simple things, elemental things, the sun and the wind and the rain, moonlight and starlight, sunrise and mist and mossy forest trails, the perfumes of dawn and the smell of fresh-turned earth and the ancient music of wind among the trees.\u201d
\u2015 Edwin Way Teale

Maine Morning Mitts by Clara Parkes made for Georgia.\xa0 Reprinted from The Knitters Book of Yarn by Clara Parkes.\ufeff

Hitchhiker by Martina Behm is almost done!

Ten Stitch Twist Blanket by Frankie Brown is more fun than ever!

Finished reading on my Nook. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear.

Recommend reading in order. Book 2 is Birds of a Feather.

Currently reading (actual paper book) Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton. Cooking memoir. Raw, honest, well-written. Not for the faint of heart.

Watching Downton Abbey Season 2. Did not disappoint!

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Knitting Classes at The Blend, our local coffee shop and hang-out.

Recycling Sweaters into pillows and other things.

Knitting Pipeline Retreat

March 2-3 (Friday night and all day Sat)

Washington IL 61571

$50 or $40 for Sat only

Registration form available on show blog in the side bar.

Thine Am I by Robert Burns

A Celebration of Robert Burns by Shira Kammen. www.magnatune.com