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for the girl who loves blue

Posted on October 24th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on for the girl who loves blue

I’ve got somethin’ new on the needles. Somethin’ cute for my blue-lovin’ girl. (More about that coming up soon.)

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a birthday doll for Jez

Posted on September 17th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Zia’s friend Jezreel is turning 3. She lives in Kansas City, and Zia really misses her. We talk about her and her brother Kaleb often. For Jezy’s birthday, we made her this little knitted girl. She has yellow hair, blue eyes, and rosy cheeks just like Jez. Have a very happy birthday, Jezy! We miss […]



a blue horse and other important things

Posted on July 9th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

Here is the little horse I knitted up for Zia. The basic body pattern is one I found online, but I devised my own knitted saddle, bridle, hooves and facial features, since I wasn’t sold on the felt ones. I gave it a bit of a colorful pinata theme, which I think is fitting for a […]



a wee blanket set

Posted on July 5th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on a wee blanket set

Just thought I’d finally post pics of that little blanket I finished way back in May. I finally kissed it goodbye this morning and shipped it out across the country. As much as I love it, I’m a just a little too big for it, so I sent it to someone a wee bit smaller. 🙂 […]

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river day

Posted on June 4th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on river day

There’s nothing quite like a flowing river to ease your mind and make everything feel right. Nothing, that is, unless it’s a river, fly fishing, corn on the cob and knitting all at the same time. I think just maybe our spot in heaven will have all of those. It was a little on the […]

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