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I have made some minor changes here to the blog.  From time to time I tire of the stitch repeat in the background and put in something new.  The stitch is called, spring stitch, even though you might think it looks like a bobble.  The spring stitch is created in a very different way; check out the video here.  The hyperlinks are now in a more prominent salmon colour and the header bar and date flag colours have also been changed to salmon.  Small differences in hopes of making the enterprise easier to use and read.

My lonely Lendrum
There will also be a more regularized way things are presented.  Wednesdays for at least the next month or so are going to contain my own personal spinning news.  It has been far too long since I sat down and enjoyed my wheel making now a great time to get back up to speed in operating it.


Fridays, again for the near future, will be used to update regarding my personal beading.  Beads seem to continue to find their way into the house, there are lots of inspirational ideas in my head and at least one more Xmas ornament has to be prepared for Sister #1.  (I also have to figure out how to mark the two different ornaments so in the future the ones for Miss M can be separated from the ones made for Sister #1.)

Don't worry there will be plenty of knitting reported on the remaining days of the week.

Today I leave you with this lovely little video of a mama black bear and her caramel (perhaps albino) cub found playing near Whistler, British Columbia in June. Depending on the colour of this cub's nose, white it is a true albino, black it could be what Canada's First Nations refer to as a Spirit Bear.  Enjoy this bundle of cuteness just click here.

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