Great Towering Textiles

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27 February 2008

A knitter stumbles

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I sent an email this evening: This is impossibly silly, but you do have the context, as it was discussed at large at ____________. I gave my...
26 February 2008

Business - Trips and Usual

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Business as Usual: I've been very productive, but not the sort that lends for blog interest. Business Trips: I went to Boston and met up...
20 February 2008

One domestic Saturday

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From a pair of cotton pants summer that were happily worn in grad school, pants that would pass for great pajamas these days, pants in which...
19 February 2008

When is Stash Busting not actually Stash Busting?

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Stash Busting: I started out with a batch of sale yarn (Misti Alpaca Chunky, as it happens), determined to make a sweater out of the exact a...
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18 February 2008

Progress!

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A GIFT! I finished up the baby hat from stash. There is still leftover. It hasn't been put away. I think I can eke out some bootie...
12 February 2008

Having Fun

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I wish I could help with that. I'm not helping the couple of people who've strolled past here have any blog reading fun. Life is mo...
31 January 2008

On Avoiding Identical Socks

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Elfine Socks are done. The cuffs look a little floppy here, but that's really because I haven't bothered to block the socks for pho...
28 January 2008

Ravelry Double Dare

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I have taken on a Ravelry double-dare. Mission Possible and Stash Down 2008. Flashing Stash at Knitty was fun. Entering it on Ravelry was ...
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24 January 2008

It's Simple

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I finished the scarf for my niece, as I mentioned. I've also spent a chunk of time for the past few days facing up to some truths about ...
23 January 2008

Long Story Short

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While I worked on the cold, I finished these: Yesterday I finished the niece scarf. I'm almost finished with the cold.
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22 January 2008

Lost Weekend

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I enjoyed my own peaceable private version of a lost weekend: I had a cold, so I lived in pyjamas most of the weekend. I barely left my d...
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05 January 2008

Holiday Breaks

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On or near the Thanksgiving break I had knit this scarf for myself. Over the December portion of this break I whipped up one for a friend, a...
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21 December 2007

5 Things to Do

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1. I would like to bake something, as that used to be something I did of a holiday. 2. I would like to get the oil changed in the car, as ...
18 December 2007

Small Confessions

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I am sick of grading. I must take breaks to be more fair-minded. I have a crazy case of startitis lurking in the wings. I started nibbling ...

Place holder

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I'd taken these progress photos during my brief stint of daily blog posting. At the time, I actually had a statement to make. Some of i...
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14 December 2007

I might finish the Tuscany

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I might finish that shawl within the week. It's getting close enough to the end of the yarn that I'm obsessing. I can see the end...
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12 December 2007

I shrug at the shrug

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I zipped out a shrug for my niece. Big talk earlier: I did tentative swatching but finally and only started yesterday morning. I'm of...
09 December 2007

Nothing BUT show - OR - Nothing TO show

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Yes, that half month of daily posting was all well and good. Clearly the maxims about needing to do something for 30 days to establish a ha...
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26 November 2007

More Gift Knitting

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From the weekend, progress only: This triangular shaping is not suited to my "how far have I gone and how much have I left to do" ...
25 November 2007

Personal Knitting - Grey Fetching

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Made a pair of these last year and gave them away. Made notes about what I'd do differently for myself. Thought I'd give it a go. ...
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