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Month: October 2008

Pumpkin Carving Party

Last night we had a pumpkin carving party and a few families gathered to eat chili and pumpkin bread, and pear apple cake and carve pumpkins. I loved that most of the kids were old enough to carve their own.

Amy O'Neill Houck October 31, 2008November 1, 2008 11 Comments Read more

Roundup of Halloweens Past

Wow–I just realized this is the FOURTH Halloween that I’ve been blogging, so I have a bit of goolish content on the blog that it might be nice to revisit. In 2005, my first year with the blog, I made

Amy O'Neill Houck October 27, 2008October 27, 2008 28 Comments Read more

Selma’s Hermione Tie

Selma decided to be Hermione Granger for Halloween, and we’ve been collecting supplies: my mom sent my brother’s graduation gown which I will alter for her robe, she’s selected a chopstick for a wand, and asked me to knit her

Amy O'Neill Houck October 23, 2008October 24, 2008 43 Comments Read more

Carol’s Mandala

Carol Ventura has a great post today about how she designed the Sunburst Bowl that’s in the current issue of Crochet Today (A must-have issue, by the way, that features top designers and great editors working within the strict constraints

Amy O'Neill Houck October 21, 2008 10 Comments Read more

A Book Club Meal

This afternoon, my book club met at my house. The book for this month was Joe Biden’s Promises to Keep. I don’t usually read autobiographies, but I enjoyed Biden’s and I liked learning more about someone who could eventually be

Amy O'Neill Houck October 19, 2008October 20, 2008 6 Comments Read more

Technique: Thermal Crochet

When Selma was a baby, I took a class at the Yarn Gallery in Seattle–my then neighborhood yarn store–from Morgan Hicks and I learned to make a crocheted scarf that was double-sided. It’s made with two colors of yarn, one

Amy O'Neill Houck October 16, 2008October 17, 2008 6 Comments Read more

Manifest Hope

I’m entranced by this embroidery created by miss_glass on flickr. (via Manhattan Craft Room)

Amy O'Neill Houck October 16, 2008October 14, 2008 6 Comments Read more

Crocheting for your feet

The September issue of Crochet Today magazine came out while I was in the midst of moving, and I didn’t get to see a copy until I was in Hawaii (I found it at Safeway!). I have a pattern for

Amy O'Neill Houck October 15, 2008October 15, 2008 10 Comments Read more

Juxtaposition

Hopping between the two outlying states of Alaska and Hawaii is a great way to experience extremes. James is in Hawaii with the ship for training, and last week, the Kids and I flew down to visit. When I left

Amy O'Neill Houck October 14, 2008October 14, 2008 13 Comments Read more

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