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Home / 2015 / October

Month: October 2015

Posted on October 31, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 7 Comments

TWiP: Such Fall.

This Week in Pictures, Week 44, 2015

I’m pretty sure Autumn was at it’s New Jersey peak this week. I’m soaking in as much of this weather as I can while it’s still here!

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Unintentional dining room makeover

A few hand-me-downs kick-started a change in this room, which has pretty much looked exactly the same since 1997.

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Categories: domesticity, sewing
Tag: dining room
Posted on October 28, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

The more things change…

In seven years I’ve gone from one skein of Red Heart Super Saver yarn and an ugly wristwarmer, to a shelving unit full of fancier fibers and a dozen or more sweaters.

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Category: knitting
Tag: loom knitting
Posted on October 27, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Shop news! Reorganizing and Printing

Flufy's Granny Square Blanket crochet pattern at Polka Dot Cottage

Big changes to the Download Shop are afoot, including a reorganization of the Knit/Crochet section, and the ability to order printed books!

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Categories: crochet, downloadables, knitting
Posted on October 24, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

TWiP: Definitely Fall

This Week in Pictures, Week 43, 2015

Fallen leaves, brilliant golds and reds against the sky, handknit sweaters, hearty soups? Definitely fall.

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Categories: excursions, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, rhinebeck, sheep and wool festival
Posted on October 22, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Rhinebeck Number 4

My rather long-winded version of how I spent my weekend at the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival.

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Categories: excursions, family
Tags: rhinebeck, sheep and wool festival
Posted on October 17, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

TWiP: On the Road Again

This Week in Pictures, Week 42, 2015

It’s that time of year again: Convention Season. During the months of October and November, we spend about half of our weekends traveling to one event or another.

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Categories: excursions, family, this week in pictures
Tags: gaithersburg md, instagram, project 365
Posted on October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 7 Comments

Salvaging the Rustic Buttons

So you have a set of polymer clay buttons that you love, but they’re not thick enough for your purposes. Use this method to build up the thickness of your old buttons (or any flat polymer tile).

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Categories: polymer clay, tutorials
Tags: buttons, polymer clay buttons
Posted on October 12, 2015 by Lisa Clarke — 10 Comments

Rhinebeck! Who’s going?

I will be attempting to buy your love at #rhinebeck #sheepandwool this weekend with a button and a coupon code. Come say hello! #pdcsayhello

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Categories: crochet, excursions, family, knitting
Tags: rhinebeck, sheep and wool festival
Posted on October 10, 2015December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: Colorful and Cozy

This Week in Pictures, Week 41, 2015

It was the week of sneezing and sniffling. I’m a little surprised how colorful my photos were.

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Categories: excursions, family, this week in pictures
Tags: gaithersburg md, instagram, project 365

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                        #PictureFlowers Day 21: I confess I don't care for #PictureFlowers Day 21: I confess I don't care for this prompt. I don't like to make things blurry on purpose, as a rule. But I did it anyway. I set a tiny aperture so I could get a slow shutter speed, and I waited for the wind to blow this lily all over the place. And after that was done, I took another picture, with the lily sharply in focus, and a reasonably shallow depth of field, just like I like it 😆
                        #PictureFlowers Day 20: Today's prompt was meant f #PictureFlowers Day 20: Today's prompt was meant for a sunny day, which I don't have, but I do have this lovely kitchen window light, that renders beautifully on a Polaroid. More accurately, it's the moody shadows that get me. Sadly, the Polaroid was disappointing (how many times has *that* phrase been uttered?), so I used my Canon, and I'm happy with those results. Then, just for kicks, I set up my Kodak for a little #ThroughTheViewfinder fun, which I haven't done since 2010, when it was all the rage on Flickr, and the only reason I even bought this camera 🙂
                        #PictureFlowers Day 19: A honeysuckle couple sits #PictureFlowers Day 19: A honeysuckle couple sits on the hill in their back yard watching the fireworks. That's what it looks like to me, anyway 😄
                        #PictureFlowers Day 18: It took me so long to get #PictureFlowers Day 18: It took me so long to get outside with my camera, all of the bees had gone home for the night. So how about an image illustrating the symbiotic ant/peony relationship instead?
                        #PictureFlowers Day 17: I'm home from my trip, and #PictureFlowers Day 17: I'm home from my trip, and my peonies have started to bloom! The biggest force of nature evidently having an influence on them is gravity 😁
                        #PictureFlowers Day 16: I ignored the prompt becau #PictureFlowers Day 16: I ignored the prompt because these are the only flowers I saw all day, and I couldn't make the angles work 😁
                        #PictureFlowers Day 15: If I were throwing a dinne #PictureFlowers Day 15: If I were throwing a dinner party (and my peonies were not in season, and I couldn't get a bunch of zinnias from a local farm) I would probably be decorating with grocery store gerbera daisies.
                        I think every @wawa should look like this one 🤩 I think every @wawa should look like this one 🤩
                        The morning light is beautiful and the boardwalk i The morning light is beautiful and the boardwalk is nearly empty. My favorite kind of Monday morning 😍
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