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		<title>This That the Other</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(May already? Sheesh) So the last several months have been very very busy and it looks like it will finally let up mid-June! Then, I&#39;ve booked a trip to San Antonio for my birthday to see my Texas peeps. &#160;Julie &#8230; <a href="http://melissaruth.com/blog/?p=1255">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On Pottermore and HP Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Pottermore is finally out of beta or whatever, and I signed up. I love Harry Potter and so this is fun. I suspect I&#39;m not THAT huge a Harry Potter fan like all those people who went to the &#8230; <a href="http://melissaruth.com/blog/?p=1251">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Knitting Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So in January/February, I knit a Daybreak shawl to wear for Stitches West. (I wound up wearing the Eiki shawl.) This shawl really kind of knit itself &#8211; so awesome! I think because of the striping. I may make another &#8230; <a href="http://melissaruth.com/blog/?p=1246">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>March Earrings Week #5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are with the final day of March Earrings Week! Wow, this week has blown by!* Today I have two final pairs of earrings made with filigree I got at the Gem Faire.&#160; These first earrings feature dyed agate &#8230; <a href="http://melissaruth.com/blog/?p=1235">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>March Earrings Week #4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are on day 4 of Earrings Week, featuring some components from Michael&#39;s Industrial Chic line. Today you get a two-fer! I haven&#39;t purchased much of this line but these twisted links were interesting. I also like their bezeled &#8230; <a href="http://melissaruth.com/blog/?p=1223">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>March Earrings Week #3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 3 of Earrings Week is here!&#160; Now, normally I&#39;m not a very sentimental person and Valentine&#39;s Day ticks me off on a variety of levels that I&#39;m not going to complain about here, but sometimes a girl has to &#8230; <a href="http://melissaruth.com/blog/?p=1221">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>March Earrings Week #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to March Earrings Week!&#160; Today I&#39;m displaying a pair of turquoise earrings on which I used a sort of new technique&#8230; These turquoise (actually dyed howlite) beads are available at Michael&#39;s. I got them on sale for $4 &#8230; <a href="http://melissaruth.com/blog/?p=1218">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>March Earrings Week #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to March Earrings Week, where I showcase some of the stuff I&#39;ve been making lately. A couple of weeks ago my cousin Janelle came over and we both resolved to actually finish some things &#8211; my goal was to &#8230; <a href="http://melissaruth.com/blog/?p=1216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A TALE OF TWO PACKAGES</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alas my friends, I seem to have not posted for over two months! The longest stretch I have not posted since, I believe, I started blogging in 2001.&#160; But never fear, the internets, I should be posting a little more &#8230; <a href="http://melissaruth.com/blog/?p=1190">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Knitting Review 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So! 2011!&#160;Let&#39;s review the notable knitting projects from last year (about 2/3 &#8211; 3/4 less than the year before! oops): The mustard yellow Brandywine shawl! All that garter stitch &#8211; heaven. Also notable for being the first project I ever &#8230; <a href="http://melissaruth.com/blog/?p=1168">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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