Gocco printers for sale at Paper Source! at West Coast Crafty.

DIY printable fabric labels at Craft.

Straight sided triangular cosmetic bag tutorial at Craftster.

Neat, furoshiki bag at Swiss Miss.

Hike: Wallace Falls, at Seattlest.

Good hikes around Seattle, at Ask Metafilter.

I love Index, Washington, and it makes me sad to hear that somebody might cut down the view.

The Frock Shop redid it's website and now they are selling lovely things online! Also, it looks like they are having a sidewalk sale on nice days this week.

In the comments for my first post about the sweater Emily reminded me that I should check the gauge on my swatch after I had washed it. This makes a tremendous amount of sense. She also reminded me that when choosing which size to knit on a sweater pattern you should take your own measurement and add an amount of ease, in this case I'm going with 2 inches, which also makes a tremendous amount of sense. Thank you Emily, your advice saved me from a few embarrassing post-sweater conversations that would probably have included the phrase "you didn't ___?" spoken in one of those amused/outraged Everybody Knows That tone of voice. If a tone of voice could roll it's eyes this would be that tone. I hear this tone a lot.

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