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Fall is coming. Officially it begins this coming Wednesday. I think I read the Little House books too much when I was a kid, because fall always gives me this urge to just... prepare. Prepare food, make warm things, just get ready to hunker down and weather winter. I have wool hats for each of us in our "emergency preparedness kits" except for Fritz. I think I should actually have two each, because I want to get the car kit packed to have in case we have car trouble. I have one blanket ready, planning on a blanket per person, plus spare hats and mittens, etc etc. Also spare clothes for both kids in case they were to have an accident or something. Been pattern searching because I want to make Jerek slippers. I found a few nice ones, knit and crochet. I would actually like to make a set for each of us. The floor here already feels pretty darn cold when it's chilly in the morning and it's only been down to the 40's since we moved in. I've been thinking abou...

I discovered a website called  www.biscuitsandjam.com . It has this nifty  Random Strip Generator  thingy. :) I'm playing around with it tonight and I feel compelled to save some of the stripe patterns it is coming up with. So here goes! :) Here is the text version of the above pattern: 3 black (  O O O  ), 3 red (  O O O  ), 3 gold (  O O O  ), 3 red (  O O O  ), 3 gold (  O O O  ), 3 black (  O O O  ), 3 red (  O O O  ), 3 gold (  O O O  ), 3 red (  O O O  ), 3 gold (  O O O  ), 3 black (  O O O ), 3 gold (  O O O  ), 3 black (  O O O  ), 3 red (  O O O  ), 3 black (  O O O  ), 3 red (  O O O  ), 3 black (  O O O  ), 3 gold (  O O O  ), 3 red (  O O O  ) Here is the text version of the above pattern: 4 black (  O O O O...