The mobius scarf for my mother is done. This means I can now concentrate on her socks. I managed to add about an inch to the ribbing for sock #1 last night. The Christmas tree is up and mostly decorated. I say mostly because we had a slight snufu involving crunching of lights on the […]
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I raked 15 bags of leaves this weekend, 13 of which I had to wrangle on a rather blustery Saturday morning. Fortunately, my backyard is rather sheltered, so I only had to work around the worst of the gusts, but I definitely have some issues with Mother Nature deciding it would be fun to have
I’ve completed my sister’s Christmas socks. I really like the colors (it’s called Crazy Woman, which is very apropos for my sister), and I have a decent amount of the yarn left, so I need to see what kind of little thing I might be able to make with the leftovers. I’ve cast on my
I forgot to mention it a couple days ago when I completed them but, I have socks! The second one came out slightly large than the other. (I’m apparently starting to relax out of the beginning knitter’s propensity to knit tightly. Wish that hadn’t happened mid project, but that’s ok.) I also need to find
I have one and 2/3rds pair of socks! Which leads into the fact that my Nanowrimo novel is pretty much dead in the water. I decided to start with this story idea because I’d finally refined it to the point where I figured it was focused enough to pound out. Turns out I’ve focused it
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I just returned from a long weekend in Mass, having attended the seventh annual alternate Thanksgiving celebration held my a group of my college friends. I’m coasting down from an insane sugar high. (The pie-fest was perhaps not well timed, as I have my first physical with a new doctor on Tuesday, and my weight
My weekend started out with a lovely girl’s breakfast out with my mother, followed by a mutually enabling trip to some local craft stores. We checked out a little fabric place on the East End, where I found this great fabric: I’ve recently found out a good friend is pregnant with her second child, and
I think I’m starting to understand the near rabid devotion to sock knitting that I’ve been seeing out and about in my blog/podcast travels. I cast the above on last night, and actually worked on it until my eyes were starting to hurt. It was just so fun I didn’t want to put it down!
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I finished my mobius scarf tonight! It was so wonderfully easy to make, fits perfectly, and is so warm! I admit to a certain disappointment about the color. It’s called moss, and was a little greener in the photos when I ordered it. I don’t dislike this color, but it doesn’t match either of my
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I was in a bit of cleaning mood last night, so decided to take a tour through my UFO drawer and the spillover on the top of the set of drawers holding the UFO drawer. In the grand scheme of things, I’m actually not that bad off, but the pile is still a little sobering.