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3 seconds of spring

We woke to sun and the street sweeps buzzing about and thought for a moment “SPRING!” but that was soon wiped away with a slap of sleeting snow that the weatherman called graupel, which lead to a quizzical look from Jason and a shared “wtf did the weatherman just say” moment, which then lead to a google search..

Graupel (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁaʊpəl]; English /ˈɡraʊpəl/, also called soft hail or snow pellets)

So ok, yeah, it graupeled (sp?) today and I feel a tad smarter and a smidge more German for new words!

Worn blue jean NINETEEN HUNDRED HOUSE in a graupel storm?

There is definitely not any graupel in this picture.. my little sweet potato all sacked up like a spring present and she’ll be home in about a month!

Spring rabbits ..again caught in a graupel storm!

© AMANDA OCHOCKI + chalklegs miss maggie

(in all honesty Miss Maggie was made quite awhile ago, so technically she was pre-graupel)

Koigu

more Koigu

specifically koigu kpppm, now with added graupel!

March Special

March has always been special, mostly because it’s my birthday month and I am a total present & cake HOG!

© AMANDA OCHOCKI + chalklegs little chalklegs

I’ve been blissfully in love with the boy I met when I was just a girl and we’ve been together longer than we’ve been apart (aww I love you!) We have an unbelievable daughter who is our best parts gathered into one, who bravely left the familiar comfort of the Midwestern landscape, headed East to find what completes her and is becoming more and more absolutely incredible in every way (and I am handling it so much better with each passing day ..happily with much less woe!) I’m in such a fantastic place and want to be even more grand from here out!

Lets begin with a SALE!! 25% off NINETEEN HUNDRED HOUSE & WESTSIDE APARTMENT patterns ..buy neither, either or both!

NOTE: this sale is only set to work in my ravelry shop for the rest of March 2015, at checkout choose buy it now or add to cart, then click “use a coupon code” and enter BIRTHDAY :)

**MAKE SURE YOU SEE THE DISCOUNTED PRICE PRIOR TO PAYING, REFUNDS ARE NOT AN OPTION!**

In other fantastic Marchy things, I’m excited to announce that I’m featured in the March issue/volume 18 of Knitsy Magazine. I always thought my self-descriptive of “I live in a tiny little house, in a tiny little town, my life is calm and quiet ..I am perfectly content being a bore.” was really pretty accurate and that no one would ever be interested in me or my silly junk ..well, thank you so much guys xoxo

into the pink with cat blob

Flash of pink inside, that peeks out just ever so slightly. Worked first (30) of brim in hot pink, including the purl round for the turn, then switched to main body color and worked as written.

Pattern: Midas Hat by Laura Reinbach.