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Happy Fair Isle Friday. The view from the Hobbit House! Wildflowers Cap and Sunflower Mittens, on sale for 30% off through the weekend, no code needed. All my self published patterns are included in the sale!
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It feels so good to step outside for a breath of fresh air, but when I can’t the daffodils do the trick!
What’s your coping trick?
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You can also find Wildflowers Cap in @makingzine No.1/Flora and Sunflower Mittens in MAINEknits ebook by @threadandladle 🌞
#fairislefriday #wildflowerscap #sunflowermittens #NashIslandLightYarn @janistarcroft @fancytigercraft Heirloom

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How’re you all holding up! I’m soothing my nerves with a couple of mindless knitting projects - Hansel Hap by @gudrunjohnston - miles of garter stitch and one of my favorite ways to start a hat ~ with acres of ribbing. 📷 For whatever reason I’m unhappy with every picture of my knitting that I’ve taken lately. I’ve lost my mojo, I can’t seem to find a nice place to shoot with natural light. I’m going to approach this dissatisfaction as a photography workshop. How can I improve? 📷 What new things have you learned in our brave new reality?
Love to you all! Stay Safe! #gandmjkal

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Happy St Patrick’s Day! Motif #136 from my book #200FairIsleMotifs ☘️ Stay safe everyone!!!
#knittersoftheworld

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Olympic Mountains

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I intended to be flooding my IG this weekend with images from the amazing @bazaar_girls retreat in gorgeous Port Townsend Washington. With great regret, I pulled out of my teaching engagement for a steadily increasing number of reasons. Seattle is my hometown, so I arrived early, to spend a couple of days with my family. I stay at my 88 year old mom’s house. I closely followed the news of the developing Covid-19 outbreak.

Wednesday, King County announced: “To contain the impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, state and local health officials on Wednesday released recommendations that people who are over 60, have underlying health conditions or weakened immune systems or who are pregnant should stay home and avoid large gatherings (defined as those of more than 10), and that employers should enable telecommuting where possible.” I’ve had 2 bouts of pneumonia that took me months to recover from and I’m afraid of ever getting it again. I do not want to jeopardize the health of my mom or my 91 year old dad by inadvertently exposing them to the virus.
Additionally, for the safety of retreat participants, I don’t want to spread illness no matter how unlikely.

@vogueknitlive made the difficult to decision to cancel their Seattle show (which I support them in) and after a great deal of consideration I in turn decided the risks were too high to teach at the retreat.
Many local schools and businesses have opted to have their employees work from home including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and just this morning The University of Washington.
I want my students to know how deeply sorry I am. I hope to make it up to them and the organizers by providing something special just for them. I’m dreaming up ideas now.

Stay strong and knit on!

oxo
Mary Jane

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Practicing not touching my face. Practice safety, keep knitting #donttouchyourface

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