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Category Archives: In Progress
Lazy day
Many, many thanks for all of your kind comments on my last post. I have changed the theme to a particularly gruesome one (so many people I know think about zombies, which I find strange). For some reason it amuses … Continue reading
Negative progress
Remember the open letter? I was working on a sweater for my aunt. Gauge, you suck. And why do we pick a pattern before producing gauge? It would be much, much easier for me to figure out the gauge I … Continue reading
An open letter
Dear Gauge Swatch, I don’t think you understand how this goes. I’m supposed to knit you with various sized needles, hopefully not TOO much smaller than the suggested ones. The pattern’s gauge is the same as the ballband suggested gauge, … Continue reading
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My first laceweight
It’s kind of been a while since my last knitting post, hasn’t it? (Also since my last post period. Yeah.) First I didn’t want to take pictures because that’s getting irritating (I’m tired of thinking I’ll have to explain it … Continue reading
Clearing head space
My parents bought me a MacBook Pro for my graduation, and it’s shiiiiiny. Today I finally spent the four hours it takes to transfer over 50gig of files through the network. And now I’m excited: I have a card reader! … Continue reading
Coping
It’s been a rocky couple of weeks, and I haven’t known how to approach the Internet. Actually, the great thing about the Internet is that I don’t need to approach it. Instead my time has been spent reading poetry and … Continue reading
Ooh, shiny
I love having something I can add a row or two to on in the mornings on Saturday and Sunday when I’m just waking up and trying to decide what I want to do with the day. I seem to … Continue reading
Spring break knitting
I may have forgotten to mention that this week is spring break! I’ve spent lots of time walking, reading, eating, drinking, being with friends. Yesterday a good friend and I had a Lord of the Rings marathon: all three extended … Continue reading
Almost done
I’ve been meaning to post all week, but getting home at 6, 7, or 9pm and not wanting to do anything except listen to music and knit kind of bars the blog posting. Today I was hoping to go shopping … Continue reading