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This is a plastic piggy bank from my childhood. I don’t remember ever not having him! The hat he is wearing was my mother’s. Every summer we would spend two weeks at the Jersey shore in Cape May. The Jersey beaches require beach tags and she collected them on her hat. My mom was a real beach hound and could sit all day in her beach chair enjoying the sun and sand. I don’t know that I ever saw her actually set foot in the Atlantic!

what do you think,
does she love Suduko or the Pepperidge Farm goldfish?

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section 7 is along the right side
from top to bottom

Today Boar and I will be on an all day charity outing. We will be going on a wine tasting tour of vineyards on Long Island’s North Fork.

Over the weekend, I finished and seamed section 7 of Babette and I also cast on for Lotus Blossom! There was lots of fiber activity. It was so hot and humid that I simply sat inside all day!

I won this guy in an Ebay auction. He sits next to my ‘knitting’ chair, holding some essentials. During the auction, I didn’t realize he is supposed to be a policeman and I was pretty horrified to discover that fact when he arrived. I was raised with a healthy respect for the police and would never dare to refer to them as ‘pigs’ – my parents would have wrung my neck! Anyway, I didn’t begin to feel better about this particular pig until Carrie K. told me that her father is a retired police officer with an extensive pig collection! Pride, Integrity & Guts

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Section six is there running from top to bottom on the right hand side. Section seven started of with a 12 round square, which takes awhile, but I’ve got that one done and a few of the others as well.

The pattern for Lotus Blossom shawl arrived the other day and I want to get that on the needles too. It will make a much more portable project than Babette.

Today I am cashing in on my mother’s day gift. The girls and Boar bought me some massage treatments and a facial at a local spa. In honor of this, I thought it might be a nice gesture to shave. So, I am about to get in the shower, when I notice that my razor isn’t in its usual spot. It turned up in the girls’ bathroom. Why do they take mine, when they have the exact same model?

But the bigger question is ……. how long has it been missing? the very scary answer ……. I have no idea.

sure it’s a pig picture but
check out those adorable girls! awwww

crochet seams

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A few people have asked how I am seaming Babette. I checked around on the internet, but couldn’t find any sites that showed exactly what I was doing. I suppose this is my own little ‘un-vention’. It results in a very flat, almost invisible seam. It is not the sturdiest seam out there, but strong enough for a blanket’s purpose. Especially a blanket that when anyone uses it I will scream out, “Be careful when you use that blanket!” But I was going to do that with or without this seaming method, it’s just who I am.

Mr. Boar took these shots while I was seaming section six last night. He also tried to take some “Ann is so sexy in her grandma nightie” pictures, but I will spare you that spectacle. Mr. Boar is so frisky for a guy who wouldn’t get me ice cream, no?

oink!

purlingswine

@thepugshack

pigs,

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crochet seams