Ride the wild wind

Ride the wild windPush the envelope don’t sit on the fenceRide the windLive life on the razor’s edgeGonna ride the whirlwindIt ain’t dangerous – enough for me
Get your head down baby we’re gonna ride tonightYour angel eyes are shining brightI wanna take your hand – lead you from this placeGonna leave it all behindCheck out [...]

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Saint Agnes – Annis the Black Hag

“Some say that the legend of Agnes sprang from the cult of the Danish goddess Yngona.”
AngrbodaSt. Agnes by Shonnie ScarolaSt. Agnes by Catherine Fournier
One of the biggest insults the Christianity has offered to Paganity is “Christening” the Pagan Gods. Annis, a strong and independent Virgin Goddess was made on the one hand into a hideous [...]

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Knitting Champion of the World?

There was a message in my mail box… Posted on Friday, I just read it.
“Have you got what it takes to be Knitting Champion of the World?Yarnmonkey launches the latest global knitting battle!”More info here: – http://www.yarn-monkey.blogspot.com/ “
It should take a couple of months, March and April. Of course I joined. *sigh* I know, I’m [...]

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Dogs do play with yarn…

Dogs play with yarn. Here’s the photo evidence. He had the yarn THREE TIMES around his neck, and once around back legs, and it was also twisted around a chair on the right of me from where I stood taking the picture. It took me about an hour to clear the mess.Oh, and about the [...]

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When angels sing

There are no soundsAs pure as rainOr soothing as windExcept when angels singAs powder plumesTheir falling cavalcadesOf crystal broomsSweep needles greenAs morning revealsOther bone white limbsOf those gone beforeAnd starry tiaras aboveAre glittering tearsCried for those we lovedAnd autumn’s amber seasOf scarlet crimson scenesAre flowers of the rainbowReflecting the love of GodIn pastel effusionsOf rose [...]

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So many rods in the fire…

I really need to get the socks on the paper, better than just this:
and this is what I am doing… crocheting tulips for no reason what so ever… Isn’t it interesting how the mind works? “Now I’m going to write down a couple of sock patterns, and then it’s done”. An hour later you sit [...]

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12 Days of Yule dishcloths

Now I have posted all the instructions to the 12 dishcloths Partridge in a pear treetwo turtledovesthree French hensfour calling birdsfive golden ringssix geese a-layingseven swans a-swimmingeight maidens milkingnine ladies dancingten lords a-leapingeleven pipers pipingtwelve drummers drumming
Someone said that she’s knitting an afghan with these squares for her favorite aunt as Christmas present [...]

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I need a needle case

I was looking for some ideas, when I stumbled over Shantti designs once again… I love her embroidery cases, bags, purses and what ever. I love her love of embroidery and stumpwork. *sigh* I wish I did something like that…
I want my needle case to be something spectacular, wonderful, beautiful, amazing, lovely… something that [...]

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And then came silence

With purest soul of mineI beg thee come to meEmerald eyes like deepest skyEnveloped in the darkness of your skinWith every breath, every thought I makeJust one touch would fill my empty daysThey say things come to those who waitIf wait I must theb wait I willAnd if lied well then I dieAnd then came [...]

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Knots

I was moderately interested in macrame, because everything I ever saw was made of string, cords and rope and thus pretty rough and coarse and rude and plain.
Then I saw some Margarethe lace. Margarethe lace is named after Margarethe Neumann in Germany in the beginning of 20th century, and they are very nice.(The picture is [...]

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