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Beauty and Healing Balm in Creations
I've been working on a formula for a beauty and healing balm based on ingredients contained in Egyptian Magic. I really like Egyptian Magic, but it's so damned expensive, I can't afford to use i...
I truly hope that those of you who are bored to death with my socks and knitting entries are not reading out of some sense of loyalty. The cool thing about having the Books feature is that you c...
I'm ready for something besides socks. I've been browsing through ravelry and found several things that I might take a stab at next. In the meantime, here are the latest finished socks and the ...
Knitting ~ Crazy Fair Isle Scarf in Creations
I saw this very cool scarf on Pinterest about a year ago ~ I immediately wanted to make one myself, but didn't have a lot of experience with Fair Isle and thought to myself, Self, that's going...
Christmas Knitting in Creations
I was having a frustrating time uploading photos to Prosebox books, but, thanks to Simple Mind and G, and some maneuvering around on Flickr!, I think I've finally got it figured out. Here are a ...
Recipe: Pecan Krackles in Creations
Making cookies that taste like they are made from scratch could not be easier. Hand to God! My son, Michael, started a recipe sharing group on Facebook. Michael is as big a foodie as I am an...
Flash Friday 8/9/13 - If I'm lying, I'm dying. in Prompted Writings
Look, there are rules for everything, even things when they say there are no rules, because the rule then is, "No rules." Men especially love the no rules thing. It gives them the illusion of f...
Flash Friday 8/9/13 - "He's lying." "Guess who just walked in?" in Prompted Writings
Prompt from haredawg drools "He's lying." "Guess who just walked in?" "Guess who just walked in," my sister whispered to me. I'm not much on guessing games, so turning my head to look in the di...
Knitting: Trudgers in Creations
Here's a couple of pair of socks I recently made. I call my homemade socks "Trudgers." The first pair are kinda fancy and made with sock yarn on size US 2 needles. They take a long time to fin...
Knitting: First I was disgruntled, but I'm gruntled again in Creations
Did you know that "gruntled" is actually a word? True story; to be capable of being disgruntled, one must also be capable of being gruntled. To be gruntled means that one is pleased, satisfied,...
No rest for the wicked in Curmudgeonly Progressive
I am sickened, but not shocked by the George Zimmerman verdict. It almost seemed as if the prosecution threw the case. As I listened to closing arguments, I wondered just whose side the prosecu...
Embroidery: Zombies in Creations
My son and his family and I are fans of zombie movies, books, and comics. I decided to find some neat graphics of zombies on the web, traced them on some dish towels and embroidered them for my ...
Toys: Hello Dolly! in Creations
After my grandson was born, I crocheted a "bear" for him. I put bear in quotation marks because it hardly looked like a bear. It looked more like a ... well, I don't know what to call it, but i...
