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Another of Mandy's Candy Bag, this time made with the new Sugar'n Cream self striping ww cotton - Violet stripes. I have separated each color change with a Garter ridge, and made the same bottom as my other little bags, which I remind are not going to hold candy but guest soaps or other little gifts for my family, friends and swapees.
The contest ends on September 3rd.
My almost five year-old just amazed me yesterday when I saw him doing the word search on the little book Susan sent for him. He found all the words on the page without mistaking any!
I didn't know he could do that... He doesn't know how to read yet, but he obviously has a photographic memory. I am so proud of him!
Also...
... and he sure is counting! 
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Explanation? Click on the photo. 
I know, this should have been done months ago, but holding and cuddling Baby Tricotine every morning while she was drinking her milk from the "bon lolo" (French cute name for bottle) was so precious to me... 
Probably due to the fact that I waited so long for switching to a cup, she wouldn't even consider changing anything in her breakfast habits when it came to drink milk...
But this weekend, Mister Tricotine - I guess it is easier for a man - did not let her have her way, and it worked!
Not only Baby Tricotine drank her milk in a sippy cup yesterday with her Daddy, but also today with me! Then, I asked her what we should do with the bon-lolos, and she agreed that we should toss them in the recycling box. So she bravely did "all by myself!"
Where did my baby go? I am sure I was more upset than she was... 
These are Sugar'n Cream new colorways, and I got them all!
Some of them twice...
I bet they are going to make great cloths and Candy little gifts Bags...
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While I am trying to control my servings, doing this...
Mister Tricotine got this; Madeleines!
One of my favorites French pastry, especially with tea.
But I was a good girl, and I didn't get any. Not that I didn't want to... 
Then, off to the ice cream store we went, because Mister T decided that he would take a diet-break this weekend. Now, let me say that we have started dieting only six days ago... 
Anyway, here is the Pecan Parfait Mister T was craving for.
I am adding pounds just to look at it...
But, it was not enough... Because there was too much caramel left at the bottom of the cup, and because the pecan nuts were stuck inside and Mister T wanted to eat them, and because Baby Tricotine didn't finish her own ice cream, Mister T infamously and shamelessly poured Baby T's coconut ice cream into his caramel pecan mixture... See the rainbow sprinkles?
Psst! You want to know a secret? I think Mr T fell off the wagon (again), but Hush don't tell him; he doesn't like to hear it...
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How about me, do you ask?
I bravely sticked to my single serving of Soy Crips... Yes, Siree! 
I don't know about you, but when waschlothes are too cute or specials because presented by friends, I never dare using them for washing dishes or wiping my kitchen or bathroom's counter tops. I don't feel like using them in the shower either. For those purposes, I prefer using basic plain cloths that can be wet and stretched and twisted without regret... That is just me.
So, what am I doing with pretty cloths you ask?
Well, I often use them as doilies/pads in the bathroom or the kitchen. That way, I can enjoy them on a daily basis and without damaging them. I didn't make the one on the photo, it was a gift.
I am making some progress on the Gentleman Socks I am knitting for Mister T. This is only sock #1 I am working on though...
I usually make short leg socks for my socks, so I have found working on that 8 inches long leg a bit boring. On the bright side, that gave me time to memorize the pattern.
I like that Trekking ProNatura 1601 colorway. I find it very Autumnish, if I may say myself...
I asked for them, her talented husband made them and I got them the mail from Chappy yesterday; the wonderlicious Lobster Sock Blockers. And guess what? Chappy named them after me! Isn't that sweet?
Those are child size and the latest socks I made for TJ fit perfectly! 
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Look at that one, with Parfum (perfume) written in French on the little heart shaped bottle!
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The Knit-From-Your-Stash-a-Thon is not over yet - only will be on September 30th - but I have started my stash enhancement with sock yarn, because it is notoriously known around the Knitting Community online that it does not count as Stash... Even Mister T believes it now!
Seen at Knitter's Review, I had pre-ordered it to Knitters' Mercantile, and it already came in the mail. Kraemer Sterling Silk & Silver is a luxurious sock yarn, that contains 63 % Superwash Merino, 20% Silk, 15% Nylon and... 2% Silver! 
Yes Sireeee, the real stuff, and I cannot wait to knit it up! 
I am not sure what kind of project I am going to make with it though... Precious socks or a sparkling lacey project, like a shawl?
