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    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

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Monthly Archives: February 2015

ashburn shawl

I started this last September intending to have it done for the rest of fall…but predictably finished it now, at the tail end of winter.  Oh well, it’s all ready for next fall now! Details: Ashburn pattern, The Plucky Knitter primo fingering yarn in Rachel, Ross, and Aperitif (which is how it earned its nickname […]

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A little bit of sewing

The biggest thing I did this year was this: I finished all of my nursing school prerequisites with a 4.0 and got a job as a CNA at the birth center of our local hospital.   And also I kept up to date with Project Life, which anyone can tell you is a miracle. (This is […]

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knitting, a review

A little review of the knitting projects I finished since my post last year.  The biggie of the year was a sweater for Ellie: (Plucky primo aran yarn in plie–took three skeins) I also made two Jul pattern hats this year–I absolutely love the pattern: (Fiber Company Acadia yarn in blueberry and Manos del Uruguay […]

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lucky find quilt

Hey look at that!  Exactly one day shy of a year since my last post and here I am again!  It’s been so long I couldn’t even remember the url to log in to write this post. Anyway, the last year has been devoid of blog posts but not of crafting.  Let’s start with this […]

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