My niece Indie is finishing her first crochet sweater, and I just taught her to weave in her ends… but Arthur is making things a bit difficult! 😂🐶🧶

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Enjoying the sunshine in the Carbo front yard on a beautiful day. ☀️

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Another fit check now that I’m past the armhole split! There’s really not much of a sleeve; you just cast off the shoulder stitches and then cast on a few for the underarm. Now it’s just straight knitting down to the waist… 🧶 #helga @hobbii_yarn #knitting

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A blustery day crafting at the beach… 🏖️

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Art. #artinstituteofchicago

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Thanks to the @theloyalistchicago for an amazing dinner and cocktails to end our short visit to Chicago! ❤️🥃

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What an absolutely wonderful night catching up with my dear friend Andrew Reuland and finally getting to meet Bill Fortune. Suddenly I feel 22 again, reminiscing about Notre Dame misadventures. ❤️☘️

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Chicago Architecture tour on the river. It started out sunny, but within 30 minutes a cold fog rolled in off the lake! 🏙️ 🛳️

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Fit check! Technically I’m meant to be dividing for the cap sleeves here, but I think I’m going to do another inch of depth. 🧶

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Chicago! Why yes, I do choose hotels based on mid-century furniture and rooftop bars. 😉

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19 years ago my cousin Tony and his girlfriend Molly visited us in Sydney while they were doing a semester abroad in Australia. Now we’re all a lot older – and married! – but we still enjoy catching up whenever we’re in Indiana, usually over a craft beer! ❤️

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I’ve been getting in some good knitting time in the last few days. I’m making Helga from @hobbii_yarn, a top-down tee in Dolce Cashmere in a lovely pink/purple gradient. #knitting 🧶

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Shopping and Korean food! 🇰🇷🍚🥢❤️

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Not a place I expected to visit on my vacation, but when one’s niece is playing first base… ⚾️🧢

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A gorgeous and peaceful evening at the Elkhart River. (@joe40joe40 takes a beautiful photo, but he does get alarmingly close to his subjects!) 😳😂

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I ordered these over a year ago and had them sent to Mom’s house (since I couldn’t find them in Germany), and then forgot about them until now! Perfect timing with the @goodomensprime Season 2 trailer coming out… 🪽😈 #goodomens

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Grandma kisses are the best kisses. ❤️

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Feels a bit weird to see an ad with your own face on it! 😂 Looking forward to this AWS event next month…

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Because a boy’s first ever visit to Cracker Barrel needs to be commemorated. 🇺🇸

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It’s been 25+ years since I saw Erica Lee Halsey Binkley, and I ran into her today at the Elkhart County Quilt Fiber Expo! ❤️ We were both in the Lakeland Marching Band, and I remember riding to and from practice in her old truck. Lovely to see you again, Erica!

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A fun outing to the Elkhart County Quilt & Fiber Expo! I did some knitting with Katy from @yarnadventuretruck for #wwkipday, and some of her lovely wool came home with me. Also checked out the exhibits and took some photos of my favorite quilts. There were only a few knitted pieces, but there was a lovely Starmore jacket! I also spent some time checking out a genuine 19th century woven corset and geeking out over historical undergarment manufacturing. 🧶🧵🪡

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Congratulations to my Mom Susan Garberick (from The Quilt Shop) on her 2nd place for Hand Quilted Small Pieced at the Elkhart County Quilt Fiber Expo! ❤️🧵🪡

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