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Heidi Scarflet

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS 6 inches x 243/4inches

Tales of the Crochet Widower

I learned to crochet in 2001, relatively late in life, after 40 years of sewing. My husband, then a New York City sanitation worker, brought home a box of hooks that he rescued from life in a landfill. He gave me the box and said, “Can you do something with these?”

Trestle Stole

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Width: 18 inches Length: 67 inches

Pumpkin Spiced Latte Cardi

This versatile cardigan combines comfort and style into a warm, heavy sweater. You’ll love throwing this on as you head out on a cool fall evening or wearing it inside on those cold winter days!

Autumn Attractions Garland

The crisp magic of autumn blankets the ground with an abundance of leaves, pumpkins, and acorns. Display the fall foliage indoors by adding made-to measure garland to your mantel or staircase rail.

White Sand Tee

Create this easy-to-stitch pattern worked from the top down. Featuring a lace yoke and a slightly oversize body, side vents and scoop neck, this laid-back style will look great on any body type.

Monoghan Poncho

Stay cozy and stylish when the temperatures dip this autumn. Fun and fashionable, this clever poncho is reversible, giving you twice the wearing options.

Arcilla Tunic

INTERMEDIATE

Don't Panic!

Jimmy Brown explains how to use the Proco Panic Button to boost your guitar volume through a pa system

Digging at the McDonald Ranch

In June of 2020, the Central Oregon Rock Collectors club went on a field trip to the McDonald Ranch near Ashwood, Oregon. The McDonald Ranch offers petrified wood, angelwing agate, and thundereggs.

MAGNETITE: A NATURAL HISTORY

An Iron Oxide that Changed the World

TETRAHEDRITE-TENNANTITE: Which is Which?

Unassuming, handsome, and confusing minerals

Amber and the Komboloi Tradition

Exploring the Science and Mindfulness Behind the Practice

CHANNELING A MOTHER ROCK

Mineral Constituents of the Chert Complex

Cerro de Trincheras

Trail, Museum & Petroglyphs South of the Border in Sonora, Mexico

Creating A Decorative Feature

BENCHTIPS

STUDYING THE PAST OF Petrified Wood

Trust Plant Anatomy To Be Your Guide When Working In the Present

THE GARNET FAMILY

Spanning the Spectrum of Mineralogy

Ugly Rocks Can Contain Beautiful Treasures

From the outward appearance of certain ironstone or siderite nodules, they might seem to be ugly-looking dirty rocks, but they often hide beautiful treasures inside.

Silver Rush and the Rush on Fakes

The recent panic buying of silver bullion earlier this year has sparked a significant increase in fraudulent or misleading online advertising to lure unsuspecting retail buyers to purchase counterfeit United States silver dollars, according to officials of the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (www.ACEFonline.org). “The Chinese are blowing up the web selling fake silver dollars. We’ve seen suspicious ads posted on many platforms, including Amazon and Facebook,” cautioned Doug Davis, ACEF AntiCounterfeiting director.

Portable Wealth and Hyperinflation in the Age of Repression

Portable Wealth and Hyperinflation in the Age of Repression

PALLADIUM'S GLITTERING FUTURE

American Eagle Palladium Bullion Coins Have Appreciated Nicely

Future of U.S. Coin Authentication

Identifying fakes is an art and a science

COIN COLLECTING AND INVESTING - ULTIMATE CRYSTAL BALL

Trends That Will Shape Your World Through 2041

Change For A Reagan?

NEW COIN DESIGNS ARE COMING

Bullion Demand and Rare Coin Optimism

HIGH VALUE COINS ARE SELLING SMARTLY

1933 SAINT-GAUDENS DOUBLE EAGLE FOR SALE

Will we know the name of the buyer this time?

LABRADORITE A Feldspar Mineral with a Rainbow Inside

Collectors often dig labradorite as a colorful rock, but it is actually a mineral, not a rock. It is one of a half dozen varieties of feldspar divided into two groups that make up the crust of the earth. One group is the potassium feldspars, including microcline. The other group is a plagioclase feldspar, including labradorite.

LEARNING FROM A Legend

VISITS TO LUCKY STRIKE MINE PRODUCE GREAT MEMORIES AND MATERIAL

“ TOUCH THE MOON ” WITHOUT LEAVING EARTH

Discovering Similarites Between Space and the Upper Midwestern U.S.