Joyce Makes Arttag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-3541372009-11-08T15:36:26-05:00She Knits. She Felts. She Collages.
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TypePadThe Great Chipmunk Adventuretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce9cd53ef0120a6636fa8970b2009-11-08T15:36:26-05:002009-11-08T15:43:49-05:00joyce vanceThe Judge and I got home from a weekend away, ready for a day of soccer and settling back in. Instead, we got this. Yes, that was a brief glimpse of a chipmunk that Harry, the always perky Maine Coon...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://joycevance.typepad.com/joyce_makes_art/2009/11/the-great-chipmunk-adventure.htmlSweetpea Progresstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce9cd53ef0120a6a6f494970c2009-11-03T23:42:10-05:002009-11-03T23:42:10-05:00joyce vanceThis is my progress on Sweetpea. The back is complete, up to the armholes shaping. What a quick knit! I like the barely spun, bulky yarn. It's soft and pretty. I'm a little bit nervous about the short row shoulders-I...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://joycevance.typepad.com/joyce_makes_art/2009/11/sweetpea-progress.htmlA Little Holiday Craftingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce9cd53ef0120a64d2e8e970b2009-11-02T22:29:57-05:002009-11-02T22:29:57-05:00joyce vanceEllie has an absolute requirement that the cornucopia comes out the day after Halloween. There was a year, back when she was in first grade, where it failed to make an appearance. The result was unfortunate, involving a long series...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://joycevance.typepad.com/joyce_makes_art/2009/11/a-little-holiday-crafting.htmlClapotis, Clapotistag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce9cd53ef0120a6770699970c2009-10-26T06:32:58-04:002009-10-26T06:32:58-04:00joyce vanceIt's been done for a week now, and I've had the best intentions of getting good pictures for you. Instead I got this, at 3:45 in the morning with no one around to help. It's a new art form--bad flash...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://joycevance.typepad.com/joyce_makes_art/2009/10/clapotis-clapotis.htmlOne Downtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce9cd53ef0120a5afad04970b2009-09-30T23:12:43-04:002009-09-30T23:12:43-04:00joyce vanceI've finished the first of the unfinished shrugs. This is Ellie's Miho Shrug. I finished it while I was waiting for her ballet class to end and surprised her with it on the way out. It's knit from wonderful soft...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://joycevance.typepad.com/joyce_makes_art/2009/09/one-down.htmlWhat Eleanor Roosevelt Saidtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce9cd53ef0120a59dd04b970b2009-09-26T16:46:12-04:002009-09-26T16:46:12-04:00joyce vanceThere is an Eleanor Roosevelt quote on a magnet in a store I like to go to. It says "do something that scares you every day." Good words to live by. I have mentioned in the past that I have...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://joycevance.typepad.com/joyce_makes_art/2009/09/what-eleanor-roosevelt-said.htmlKnuckstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce9cd53ef0120a5abfe57970c2009-09-07T22:34:26-04:002009-09-07T22:34:26-04:00joyce vanceKnucks is a pattern written by a wonderful knitter, Pamela Grossman, for fingerless mittens. I remember when the pattern was first published, because my dear friend Elizabeth Thompson knitted and embellished a pair for the write up. [Elizabeth once knit...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://joycevance.typepad.com/joyce_makes_art/2009/09/knucks.htmlA Sort of Back to School Posttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce9cd53ef0120a5a74f9c970c2009-09-06T16:34:26-04:002009-09-06T16:34:26-04:00joyce vanceAll four of our children, as of yesterday, are back to school. This involved an unusual dance of "you go here and I'll be there," which involved repeated flights to Connecticut (it would be too easy if all schools started...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://joycevance.typepad.com/joyce_makes_art/2009/09/a-sort-of-back-to-school-post.htmlThe Linen Clapotis Takes Shapetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce9cd53ef0115714417c8970c2009-07-26T18:00:02-04:002009-07-26T18:00:02-04:00joyce vanceAfter talking a brief break from my Linen Clapotis to knit a hat earlier this week, I went back to it yesterday. The yarn is my own, Elliebelly Flaxen, and I'm really delighted with the silk/linen blend, which makes for...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>http://joycevance.typepad.com/joyce_makes_art/2009/07/the-linen-clapotis-takes-shape.htmlOllie gets an (unintentional) hattag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341ce9cd53ef01157225b165970b2009-07-22T19:24:51-04:002009-07-22T19:24:51-04:00joyce vanceI picked up some Spud and Chloe super bulky merino-cotton yesterday, and interruped the linen clapotis to knit it into their boyfriend hat today. The color work was a first for me and I didn't know to let the strands...<div class="feedflare">
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