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Stylish Knitting Trends We Love

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  What is cheap, easy, and doesn’t require any tools? These simple and fun finger knitting projects! Try your hand at these trendy crafts today. 1. Holiday Wreath You’ll never vacuum another pine needle with this tree-free DIY from Recaptured Charm. Take a foam wreath and some green yarn to create your own version of the classic Christmas decoration. Add painted pinecones and a few glittery branches if you like to complete the look. Check out this  Autumn Stripes Chunky Knit Farmhouse Country Wreath with rustic Frayed Burlap Ribbon.  2. Knitted Gardland When fall rolls around, I’m usually found itching to get out my yarn and make something. Anything! I love the versatility of yarn and the ridiculous amounts of ridiculously awesome projects you can make. That’s right, you can make these garlands by using nothing but yarn and your hands! Let’s do this.  Check out this  Knitted Garland Decoration. 3. Handmade Knitted Necklace These beautiful sling necklace is made of wood beads knitted ov
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15 Amazing Physical And Mental Health Benefits of Kayaking

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  Are you searching for a sport that will enable you to get out of your house more and improve both your physical and mental health? Kayaking can offer you all those, along with tons of enjoyment. You don’t only get to exercise your body, heart, and brain but you also get to explore the beauty of nature and discover new places that you never knew existed. Kayaking offers a lot of benefits that are more than enough to encourage you to go on your first kayaking experience. What is Kayaking? Kayaking is a water sport that involves using a double-bladed oar to paddle a small boat called a kayak. There are many different kayaks – sit-on-top kayaks, recreational kayaks, inflatable kayaks, fishing kayaks, whitewater kayaks, tandem kayaks, and touring kayaks, among others – each one designed for the kind of kayaking activity you’d like to do. Most kayaks can only accommodate one person, but some designs (i.e. tandem kayaks) can hold two or three people and even pets. You may go kayaking in any
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13 Cool Facts if You Are a Hockey Mom

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  Four a.m. wake-up calls? Endlessly schlepping duffel bags? Blankets as outerwear? If any of this rings a bell, you’re probably part of the esteemed — yet strangely under-appreciated — tribe of Canadian hockey moms. Go team! Your unofficial queen, of course, is Kelly McDavid, hockey mom extraordinaire to rising NHL star (and Edmonton Oilers captain, natch) Connor McDavid. We figured if anyone knows hockey mom life, it’s McDavid, and we recently had the chance to chat with her about the ins and outs of hockey mom life, how to handle that notorious hockey bag stink and other rink-centric realities that every true-blue hockey mom will identify with. 1. WEEKEND SLEEP-INS ARE A THING OF THE PAST If you thought you’d get more shut-eye on the weekends after your kids finally got a bit older, think again: hockey moms are regularly up at the crack of dawn, ferrying their stick-wielding offspring to arenas near and far. “Games and practices are typically early, with a practice one morning and a
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Vocabulary List To Compare Genealogy with Ancestry and Family History

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  When you start any new project, there are bound to be terms you just don’t understand or that you use in the wrong context. Words can have a different meaning from one region to another and keeping it all straight can be a challenge. Some words can have many meanings, while other words can be very specific. Related: Top 24 Best Gifts for Genealogists But don’t worry, no one will put you in front of a firing squad if you get mixed up. I still, all these years later, find myself interchanging the terms genealogy, ancestry and family history and often use them to mean the same thing. What is the difference between genealogy and ancestry? When you are thinking over your genealogy or talking to someone else about it, you want to be as clear as possible. Having the correct words can make a world of difference in the answer you receive. The difference between genealogy and ancestry may not be a lot in your thinking, but to someone else it can be a big difference. You want to keep the misund
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15 Interesting Facts About The Ultimate Two-Player Showdown - Fencing!

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  There’s lots to love about the ultimate two-player showdown of fast-paced fencing, but bet you didn't know these fun facts! Related: Top 24 Best Gifts for Fencers One of the famous Olympic sports is fencing. This sport is not easy for those who have not learned it before. There will be two competitors in the game where the contact between both is only conducted through the rapier styled swords. The history of fencing was very old for it included as one of the few sports in the Olympics.  Here are 15 fencing facts you can share with your friends the next time a game is on! 1) Fencing is one of only four sports to have been featured in every modern Olympics. It made its debut in 1896, when the programme consisted of three men’s events. 2) Fencing had a very interesting debut year however, with the competition format complicated by the persistent late arrival of the Greek king, George I. He was such an avid fencing fan he decreed that any match that had taken place before his arriva
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CrossFit Beginner-Friendly Workout

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  When a first-time CrossFitter walks into your box, they may be intimidated by the sport's tough reputation. You can can use these 15 basic CrossFit Wods to ease their way into this ultra-fit lifestyle:" New CrossFitters don't have to dive right into advanced WODs when they're just starting. In fact, they probably shouldn't. Instead, get them revved up with these 15 energizing CrossFit WODs for beginners. Related: TOP 24 BESTSELLING GIFTS FOR CROSSFITTERS 1. 10 to 1 Countdown WOD Do 10 each of kettlebell swings at a moderate weight, followed by 10 dumbbell thrusters (hold a light dumbbell in front of your chest with both hands; squat with dumbbell in place, then stand straight while raising the dumbbell overhead.) Then do 9 of each, then 8, and so on, down to 1 of each. 2. Simple Burpee Workout Do as many burpees as you can in eight minutes. 3. Body Weight WOD Perform 3 rounds of 10 of the following with as much intensity as you can: air squats Sit-ups Push-ups ri
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11 Gorgeous Easy To Care Indoor Plants

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  Need another reason to get growing? Having a plant does more than make you feel like you've got this whole #adulting thing down. One 2015 study in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology found that interacting with indoor plants can can reduce both physiological and psychological stress. Horton has reaped the rewards herself. "When you introduce plants into your life, it has a positive impact on your mental health—I can attest to that myself," she says. "Plants have kind of saved me, in a sense, because they give me the ability to calm my anxiety and refocus my energy into something more productive." Plus, adding some green helps purify the air in your home by filtering out everyday pollutants (more on that in a sec). Related: Top 24 Best Gifts for Gardeners Add these indoor plants to your home, and you'll start experiencing all the healthy benefits ASAP. 1. Snake Plant Don't let the name fool (or more likely, scare the crap out of) you. Marino expla
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