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Griff Goes Glam

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As much as I love the natural color wools,,,
I do sometimes crave a shot of dyed mohair to add some spice.

So I got busy with the carder.

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Here they are in different light.

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Griff’s lightest wool is kind of oatmeal-colored, and makes such a nice base for blending and showing off different colors. Lots of nice crimp, too, so it gives the yarn a lot of body, despite the fairly high mohair content.

It’s like wool candy.
Mmmmmmm.

And here is the Coincidental Cowl and Mitts set that I finished this week-

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Turned out pretty cute I think, but they weren’t really meant to be a set.

A couple of single skeins were just hanging out in my bag, and happened to get together.
It’s all pretty casual.

Doggin’ It

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Saturday we had an errand to run down south, so we turned it into a trip to our favorite dogpark!

Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA has an awesome off-leash area. It’s something like 40 acres and has trails, open grassy space and water features.

It was a beautiful day, and we all had a great time. (I think I like going to the park as much as the pups do!)

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We walked, and met all kinds of cool dogs and their people,

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Went and got some lunch, then

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Yep, we came back and walked some more!
The second time, Sadie and Skye both took the plunge and did a little paddling-

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Hey hey! Who’s a happy girl?

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Good Dog Day.

New Favorite Hat

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A quick and satisfying little knit (from the bottom skein in the pile from 3 posts ago)-

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and a perfect fit!

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Thanks to a little afterthought earband.

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Which makes it snug and secure.

I can tell we are going to have lots of good times, me and my new favorite hat-

Winter is right around the corner, and it’s already gettin’ kinda nippy.

Next up, some toasty and hopefully hard-wearing mitts!

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