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Remember how I had these 2010 FOs to post?
Thank you all for the comments on my last entry. I’m still coping, trying to move on with life. I am not nearly as eager to smile as I was before the news, but I think there is a combination … Continue reading
Being creative
“Creative people aren’t really happy unless they’re creating, I’ve found,” a wise woman told me recently. I didn’t really count myself as one of those creative people, but after some speculation on Sunday (while knitting button- and armhole bands!), I … Continue reading
Making progress
Today, I: -picked up the stitches for the left buttonband -knit the left buttonband -did a TUBULAR CAST OFF of the buttonband which took FOREVER) -and then picked up the stitches for the right buttonband so I can take up … Continue reading
WIP Thursday #3
Yup, looks like this is going to be a Thursday WIP round-up. I thought about it yesterday, a few times actually, but all at bad times. Brrrrrrr. It’s been raining the storm of the season and the house is chilly. … Continue reading
In Progress
As part of my 2010 knitting resolutions (which I haven’t yet written up here), I thought I should do WIP Wednesday posts. Whoops—Wednesday flew by me yesterday, so it’s time to play catch-up (again, already). So here are the three … Continue reading
Help!
Dear Knitters, I’ve never done this before but I was hoping you’d be willing to help me out. You see, I started knitting a Blustery last night for Vestvember. Most projects seem to be really happy with the pattern, but … Continue reading
I’m not dead!
Just in progress. I just wanted to write really quick that even though there hasn’t been writing or photography, there has been knitting. Right now I’m working on: A second Ishbel shawl Through the Loops! Mystery Socks Swatches for Blustery, … Continue reading
Because Fridays are for baking cookies.
Fridays are for baking cookies. I decided to use a German recipe, found here, so that I could find everything called for. Because brown sugar doesn’t exist here, and is in every English recipe. As well as other things, like … Continue reading
This post is brought to you by my long-lost knitting mojo.
Just as I finally accepted that maybe my knitting mojo was lost, but it wouldn’t be forever, and it’ll all wait for me over the rainbow, it’s okay that I have all this yarn but nothing to do with it… … Continue reading