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Our little family had a rough one this year.  I am pleased to say that despite all of the heartaches and trouble, we are in the Christmas spirit and enjoying the holidays.  We are looking forward to what the God has planned for us in the year to come.  I am thankful for what he has already done for us and how he has changed our lives and how all things glorify Him. So what have I been up to lately?  Coming out of the forest has made a big difference to what I have "felt" up to doing.  I've taken up a "hobby" if you can call it that helping out a friend restore his WC35 ( I think).  It's been a learning experience as to what goes into restoring a historic military vehicle.  I also have learned a lot of its engine parts and how to clean and paint them for installation. I've knitted a partial mitten and then discovered it would be too big to wear and realized the yarn was most of the problem.  I also knitted a purple monkey for a friend who asked...

A while back now, I knit a little karate gi for Happiness Bunny.  Then a bit later I knit him a giant carrot, in the hopes he would like me better.  Which is to say that his persona given to him by my hubby would like me better, since it's not a real bunny. I also sewed some velcro on his hands so he could hold the carrot, instead of just sewing it to his hands and he can't let go of it. It's a neat little trick I learned from Susan B Anderson . I mention this in post, because I think I am knitting better, without a pattern and being more creative with my craft.  This is important to me because, I know there are a lot of knitters out there that rely solely on patterns and while patterns are really cool, there is a bit of freedom to making it up as you go and simply "knowing" how to do it.  In fact there are entire countries that just "know" how to knit and do it without thinking about it.  Like cooking without a recipe.  I haven't mastered t...

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