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These 23 free knitting patterns will encourage you to use your newly acquired skills and venture into making items for your home or to wear in addition to additional scarf ideas. Each pattern is perfect for the newbie or advanced beginner who is looking to learn new techniques. Many patterns call for using up a stash of yarn and combining color schemes. Tasseled Garter Stitch Color Block Scarf from Flax and Twine Confetti Scarf from Purl Soho  Chunky Knit Pillow from ​​Smiling Colors Very Easy Knit Baby Booties from Gina Michelle Star Dust Knitted Garter Stitch Scarf from Just Be Crafty Summer Fling Shawl from The Noble Thread Bulky Throw from Hands Occupied Talland Tee Pattern from ​Blacker Yarns Drop Stitch Kimono Pattern from ​​Mama in a Stitch Tweedy-Stripey Pullover from Leslie Weber Double Seed Stitch Blanket from Knitting in the Park Bernat Fat Cat Toy from Yarnspirations Breezy Cardigan Pattern from Lion Brand Knit Vancouver Toque Pattern from Kiku Corner Ionos Infinity Scarf from Meiju K-P Knit Baby Bibs from Red Heart Easy Peasy Socks from Shiny Happy World Baby’s First Football from Knit Picks Easy Knit Baby Blanket from Leelee Knits

Can’t get enough of these fall word search puzzles? Try your hand at Halloween word search puzzles, Thanksgiving word search puzzles, or even make your own fall word search puzzle. These fall word search puzzles are great for kids, recommended for kids in grades 1-3. The fall word search puzzles below are ideal for kids in grades 4-5. Also, read about 31 free math word searches.

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The Parasaurolophus had a bony tubular crest that extended back from the top of its head. Many scientists believed the crest, containing a labyrinth of air cavities and shaped like a trombone, might have been used to produce distinctive sounds. Once a 3-D model of the crest was created, the computer was able to simulate blowing air through it to amplify the tones it was capable of making. As expected, the dinosaur apparently emitted a resonating low-frequency rumbling sound that could change in pitch....

There are a few advantages to building a bunk bed instead of buying one. These free bunk bed plans will save you money and create a much higher quality bed than you could buy at the store. They’ll also be a keepsake for your children and even grandchildren. Building a bunk bed is an easy to moderate woodworking project that will take you a day or two to accomplish. How much it will cost varies greatly, depending on the lumber and materials that you choose to get the job done....

Easter Bunny Floppy Ears Hat from Karapooz Crochet via Ravelry Bunny Rabbit Costume Hat from Darleen Hopkins Lop Eared Easter Bunny Hat by ​Paula Gaumer Tooke​ via Ravelry Some Bunny Hat Crochet Pattern, $5.50, The Hat and I Floppy Ears Bunny Beanie from Stephenie Hickok via Ravelry Darla’s Bunny Hat from Oombawka Design Bunny Hat from Repeat Crafter Me Bunny Bonnet and Booties from Connie Tipsword Buckteeth Bunny Baby Beanie by Designs by Mamta

The first official U.S. census (1880) reported a total of 33,426 Alaskans, all but 430 being of aboriginal stock. The Gold Rush of 1898 resulted in a mass influx of more than 30,000 people to the new state. Since then, Alaska has contributed billions of dollars’ worth of products to the U.S. economy. Alaska Day, also known as Alaska’s birthday, is celebrated annually on 18 October in Sitka, Alaska, commemorating the date Alaska joined the United States....

Related Links Profile of the World’s Oceans and Seas Sea Life Sharks The oceans are salty, which makes them unsuitable for drinking. Most of the salt comes from minerals from rocks and soil that have been washed from the land and carried into the oceans by rivers. The minerals are mostly chloride and sodium, which combine to make salt. Most of our table salt comes from the oceans. The salinity, the amount of salt, varies in the oceans....

1. Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California Designed by Minoru Yamasaki, the architect who later designed the Twin Towers in New York City, this bow-shaped hotel opened in Los Angeles in 1966. The Century Plaza Hotel is in excellent condition after undergoing $36 million in renovations. According to the National Trust, the energy represented in the Century Plaza equals 167,000 barrels of oil. Those resources could be totally wasted if this landmark is razed by its new owners, who plan to replace it with two “environmentally sensitive” towers....

It was on this day that astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin, Jr. bounced among lunar craters and Armstrong uttered the oft-quoted line, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” But did you know that the total lunar rock samples from the Apollo missions weighed nearly 900 lbs.? Or that the Apollo spacecraft itself weighed 44 tons and stood nearly 60 ft. high? The famous Apollo 11 landing was only one mission in several decades of space exploration....

For all practical purposes, case does not matter in email addresses. Conventionally all the email addresses are written in small letters but you can write/type them in capital letters as well. If we get into technicalities, theoretically case does matters in email addresses (but practically it does not, as we have already said). For example, practically l[email protected] is same as [email protected] or [email protected]. However, theoretically all these email addresses are not the same....

Since the 1990s, many pieces made of authentic, old Bakelite have been produced by artisans. Some of these are similar in style to older pieces, and they will test as Bakelite. These are usually highly carved pieces, bangle bracelets with dots, and other desirable styles. While these artisans maintain that they did not try to fool collectors with their work, some of these pieces, unfortunately, do get passed off as old Bakelite by re-sellers today....

The first public library in America was opened in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1698. J. J. Audubon’s The Birds of America, published in 1840, is the most valuable book in the world. It sold for $8,802,500 in March 2000—the highest price ever paid for a book. Charles Dickens called the sickly character in A Christmas Carol “Small Sam” and “Puny Pete” before settling on “Tiny Tim.” The youngest female author was Dorothy Straight....

The most common types of modern bridges include: beam, truss, arch, cantilever, cable-stay and suspension. A beam bridge, the simplest type of bridge, is made of long beams of wood, metal or concrete that are supported at each end by piers. In a truss bridge, the beams are arranged in a lattice pattern. Many railroad bridges are truss bridges. Arch bridges feature roads built on top of arch curves. Arch bridges are made of steel, concrete or masonry....

It sounds simple, but Celebrities is a great deal of fun. It’s a game in which players spend much of the time laughing. The published game Time’s Up is based on Celebrities. Players 4 to 12 players, in teams of 2. Celebrities is the most fun with 6 or 8 players. Equipment All that’s needed to play Celebrities are several slips of paper (3x5 index cards are perfect) and pens or pencils for each player....

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25.7 Median age of people in the United States of Mexican origin in 2011. The total Hispanic population had a median age of 27.5, and for the total population it was 37.3 in 2011. Geographic Distribution 12.0 million Total number of the Mexican-origin population in the United States that resided in California in 2011. For Texas, the number was 8.6 million. Veterans 700,000 Number of U.S. military veterans of Mexican origin in 2011....