tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44273466007247986662012-01-27T17:40:10.712-08:00... I rush in*Ronnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13178754139908735976noreply@blogger.comBlogger811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427346600724798666.post-85612093669214039082011-01-02T18:08:00.000-08:002011-01-02T18:55:58.183-08:00

Recycling Resolutions that is. I'm pretty sure that last year about this time I resolved to knit more and blog more frequently about it. That went well....In my defense I offer two excuses. 1) I started a second part time job that eats up a lot of my time that I was already using for other stuff. Which means blogging time and knitting time got cut into. 2) Lots of what I was working on after the

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I've been busy with other life aspects lately and just haven't had time to do much knitting. Hence the lack of posting. I have decided I am nicer when I have been able to knit though so from now on, I plan to make finding time to knit more of a priority.Another problem I had was too many projects all scattered about. So this long weekend I finally got myself sorted out. I had an epiphany and

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Good grief! Four months! I wish I had a good excuse but unfortunately I got nothing but lazy to defend myself with. And that's not much of a defense.So... Let's see if I can cover what happened in the meantime: I did do Sock Madness again this year. I made it into the 5th round this time but wasn't one of the first 4 in my group to finish so I didn't make it on from there. So I have the

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... but I'm going for knitting olympics anyway. I have a couple of Ravelympics projects brewing in my mind, and one Knitting Olympics project for the Yarn Harlot's original version and I will not be at all surprised if I don't finish any of them. But... I am going to try, so for the next just over an hour I am going to be desperately trying to find everything I need in order to do my olympic

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To help the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti, Kim McBrien Designs is donating 75% of her proceeds from pattern sales to Doctors without Borders for their Haiti relief effort. You can buy her awesome patterns here on Ravelry. I believe you can do that even without being a Ravelry member but I haven't tried to test that theory.I bought both her cowl patterns and I am going to also go and

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For several weeks now I have on a day here or there popped up my blog and had every intention of writing a post. And then not done it. I don't know if it is that horrible pain in the patootie called "perfectionism" or just plain laziness or what. But its never gonna stop if I don't just blog something.It's not like I haven't anything to blog either, I did in fact make more than one holiday gift

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I finished one of the gift knitting items! Are you excited? I sure am. And I think the FoUI is too because he has successfully bemoaned the cold as he bicycles to work so he's getting them early. Which sort of leaves me short a present. But I think I will print out a photo and wrap that up rather than trying to add yet another item to my already scary list.But look! A FO!And now I am off for four

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So according to the Holiday Knitting Plan by today I was supposed to be done with 1 pair of mittens, at least one sock of a pair of socks, a good half of a vest, and working on the knitting for a stuffed toy.And where am I? I haven't even looked at what I need for yarn for the stuffed toy, I haven't gotten any further than the swatch for the vest, so there's nothing to show for that.I do have

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No offense intended to actual weasels of course. But on Wednesday I had planned to employ some weasel words to imply I got more done than I did since Monday. Only then I fell asleep early that night instead of finishing a blog post. And again on Thursday and then other life issues intervened as they will and so on... So now we're at the point where I need to employ weasel words to cover for why I

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Not.Still no completed knitting to show off. Lots of mucking about in the real life areas since June what with packing for moving back home to California and then unpacking once we got here. Not to mention getting through the first month of school etc. It all just left much too little time for my hobby life. Which is annoying as all get out. And nearly equal amounts of tinking to knitting means

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I hope that will be easier soon. By this time next month I think I will at least know when I will be able to move everything back home. Can't recall if I've mentioned here that we have been spending the last few months mostly in Texas. The FoUI (the Fount of Useless Information - aka my husband) is doing some work for a client of his company there. The carrot that got homebody me out of my house

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Boy, time flies when you're busy. Nothing much to show for it I'm afraid. Most things I have been knitting on over the last two weeks have ended up frogged. Or not appreciably further along. But I'll show them off anyway. I've got nothin' else that I've done.A Very Late Birthday Present:That's not that great a photo but that might be ok, since this pattern is going to need some rejiggering I

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'Cause that's the only way I am ever going to be able to come close to catching up. Or even keeping up were I to get caught up.Since my last post, knitting has just not been going well. That's all there is to it. I didn't manage to make it through the third round of Sock Madness this time. Which is not necessarily bad. But isn't necessarily good either of course. But the attempt meant that other

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Well, by dint of ignoring everything else I was supposed to be doing, including getting back into a proper blogging routine, I managed to make it through both Round 1 and Round 2 of Sock Madness in time to move up. I'm now in the gap just before the start of Round 3 and finally catching up on other things again. Since last year I almost made it through Round 3 I feel a dreadful despairing urge to

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I have been appallingly neglectful of the blog. I do apologize. It's partly that things weren't blog-able for a while there. And partly that moving only some of your stuff is so much more complicated than moving all of it. And partly that I just didn't think I had much to say I guess.Anyway, I did Christmas knitting. Some of which was actually finished in time to give on Christmas but not in time

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Not a lot bloggable in the fiber sphere though. We are now in our rental house in Houston Texas which is driving my DH up a wall because since it is a rental he can't fix any of the many issues with it. He picked it so you'd think he'd have come to terms with it by the time I got here but apparently not. We'll be here through the summer so I think I better get knitting on some shawls for air

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I thought I would test a theory. My apologies if you thought there was a real post. There will be later today (I hope!) but not just yet.

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Like the "Dead Body That Claims It Isn't" in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I'm not dead yet. Indeed, I am feeling much better although possibly I shouldn't say that in order to avoid getting conked on the head in 7 more lines. I am touched that Lynne worried enough to ask though. Thanks Lynne!I have however, been awfully busy with not fun stuff. The busy-making-est of which is getting ready to

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Or is that just me? We got the oddest look from the Canadian customs officer...But first, we have to back up a bit to the domestic vacation. AKA a weekend in Oregon. I went to Black Sheep Gathering for the first time this year. I highly recommend it. I had such fun. I took three classes with Judith MacKenzie McCuin. I love taking classes from Judith but I learned something about taking classes

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I just keep coming back. I've been up to a lot since last posting. Most of it not bloggable until now. Besides, vacationing and knitting for others and panicking about possible moves has taken up so much time lately that by the time I remember I need to do a blog post, it's so late I really need to get sleep more than I need to post a blog entry. Particularly since blog entries created when I am

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So the other day, I'm driving home from dropping the FoUI off where the car was finally done being repaired and I see this young man bicycling with a small pack of, one assumes, his friends. What attracted my notice was that while all of them were buzzing along on the busy busy street sans helmets, he actually owned one. He had it with its straps clipped around the strap of the backpack he was

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There's not enough chocolate in the world to restore my equanimity after discovering that gauge has once again lied to me. The fickle rat-b@stard. When I started the Loopy Ewe swap socks, I checked gauge and chose needles that gave me gauge. I rechecked it after I finished the first set of toe increases and still it was good. I just checked it now (starting the second heel gusset) and it's so far

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I decided earlier in the week that it was past time to sort out some goals for my knitting time in the future. I have projects I want to finish, some I want to start, and some that I want to design. And I spend too much time thrashing about among them all. So, I decided to make myself a list. I do have a Ravelry Queue and a projects page there as well but that doesn't cover everything.

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I'd like to knit on my cardi tonightand turn the heel on my Leaflings tonightI'd like to knit on my cardi tonightand turn the heel on my Leaflings tonightbut I ain't up to my knittin' tonightcause it's too darn hotIt's too darn hotIt's too darn hotWith profound apologies to Cole Porter who I adore, that pretty much sums up the last week in terms of knitting. Our daytime highs have been in the

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Ha bet that got ya wondering. It sure has taken me a long time to recover from this last weekend. Much fun was had.Sat May 3rd I went to the Maker Faire in San Mateo and finally got to hear Stephanie Pearl-McPhee speak. Proof:I think my favorite bit (after the knitters aren't patient people, knitting creates an artificial patience zone around them bit) was when she enacted the "what do they

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The other day the FoUI and I had to run out to the grocery at the last minute because we were out of milk (this is a tragedy of epic proportions around here) we arrived less than a half hour before closing and the parking lot was pretty near empty so we parked in the spot closest to the doors and headed in. When we came out again (with our milk, and naturally some chocolate) there was a car

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Well, I came close but I'm out of the competition now for Sock Madness2. As of the time the 12th place finisher in my division posted their photo I was not quite to here:Missed it by that much!(Please excuse the ugly toes - I usually wear socks well into May so don't need to worry about pedicures. Maybe I should get one... For sure before I do any more partial sock photos.)The FoUI* and I have

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Quick, "just the facts, Ma'am" update:I'm still, still knitting socks. I got the flu from the kid who got it from her piano teacher. I got over the flu just in time.I finished the Reversai in time to make it into Round 3 of Sock Madness.Gave them to my Mom (that's her in the photo - well her feet).Round three is a fantastic sock knit in two strands of laceweight and if/when the pattern becomes

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Round 2's pattern came out yesterday so I've been madly knitting socks while trying not to succumb to the stomach flu that my daughter had last week (over spring break - how unfair is that? poor little Remembrall).It's a clever completely reversible sock so I suspect strongly I'll be making it again in a size that will fit me rather than my mum.Progress only at this point. But my competitive

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I finished my socks for the first round of Sock Madness 2 Sunday night at just before 10pm. And in sign either of the coming destruction or that I really should just concentrate better, I finished in time to move on to the next round in Sock Madness 2 and in the first half of the pack to boot. This puzzles me no end when I think how long it has taken me to knit other socks. But on the other hand

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I can't keep up with my knitting queue already. So why I would do this is clearly something I ought to be working through with a trained professional. But do it I did. I signed up for...Yup, I'm going to be competitively knitting socks. Go ahead and laugh. I'll wait. I know it'll take a while. It does when I think about it too.Got your breath back? Good. So anyway, I'm not quite halfway to ready

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... a huge yarn and fiber haul and several new knitting techniques. This is a pretty pathetic post considering the time since my last one. But I haven't much energy still.I finally got a chance to see in person the Handmaiden/Fleece Artist sweater kits and got an Imogen in pretty colors from the Beehive Wool Shop's booth.And a unique and beautiful shawl pin to close it with (in 2019 when I

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I've got to apologize for being so far behind on my comment replies. I will be working on them this week after a short trip Monday/Tuesday. I've had off and on cold/sinus/lung stuff going on the last month and I've been self-indulgent and choosing working on knitting over replying to everyone's lovely thoughtful comments. I do appreciate them and I will be replying next week.In the mean time,

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Happy Valentines Day!I haven't got much actual content today. The last week or so I've been coughing and feeling under-oxygenated. I'm heading out to the doctor this afternoon to see if he can find out what's wrong (probably bronchitis or something) and more pertinently, from my point of view, fix it. I explain only because I haven't gotten much done fiber-wise since just getting the responsible

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Well, this certainly isn't a good week for brain cells. Well, mine anyway. I hope, dear readers, that yours are doing better.Shea tagged me for the "Power of 7" meme. You'll have to forgive me Shea, I never expected to be tagged for anything and I totally flaked out about it. Here's the setup:1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog,

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Well this is a bit of a pickle isn't it? Fuzzbutt hasn't contacted me, nor has anyone to say that they can point me to him/her. I think in fairness to everyone else, if I don't hear from Fuzzbutt by the end of the week, say Friday at 11:59pm I will let Turtle have first choice and draw a new second winner. Does that seem fair? I have asked the very nice evergreenknits to post something to her

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First choice of prizes goes to fuzzbutt and second choice to turtle (which actually, now that I think about it since there's only two it's not really a choice is it?) Blogger gave me nothin' for getting a-hold of fuzzbutt (a link to a private profile and that's it) so if you're fuzzbutt contact me (see sidebar) and if you know fuzzbutt tell him/her to contact me. Turtle's been told on her blog

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Ok, clearly I've had too much wine at dinner because my first attempt at a title was Bolg-versary Day! Pathetic much? I could at least have said Borg-versary day and amused the FoUI.Anyway, any additional folks who leave comments before 11:59pm Pacific time today will go into the "spreadsheet of yarny goodness" which I will use to pick the winners via a random number generation thingy. Tomorrow.

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A week from tomorrow marks my 1 year blog-versary. To celebrate, I thought I'd do a little contest. Leave a comment between now and 11:59pm on Feb 6th (my blog-versary date) suggesting ways for me to find time to sit and knit, or commiserate with my apparent inability to make as much time to knit as I'd like, or even just say "hi", and I'll enter your name in a little random drawing contest for

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I'm still having some trouble with my left hand. Apparently I can expect it to take weeks to get all the way better. When I look at my Cluaranach, just sitting there not being knit on, I get terribly frustrated. Still, it beats having my jaw wired shut because my chin took the hit instead. So, I'll just deal with the slow healing of the tendons/ligaments/whatever it is in my hand and be grateful

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I've been able to knit a bit and actually type with all ten fingers again. Only, now I've got a horrible sinus infection. So I'm too wiped to do anything but watch dvds of things I've already seen. And even that is a bit of a challenge. I'm hoping to get a bit more knitting in this weekend though.Before I succumbed to the horrible disease I did manage to get another section of swatch done for

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The FoUI has this funny T-Shirt (well, he has lots but I'm talking about a specific one), I'm sure anyone reading this has probably seen someone in the same one. It says "I do all my own stunts" with a stick figure stunt man.I should have been wearing that t-shirt Monday. The dog took off running and pulled me right over in a classic TV face first fall from an upright position (I bet there's a

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I don't know how long I'm going to last at doing this regularly, but hopefully, every Sunday I'll have a post with at least one stitch pattern swatched for socks using variegated colorways. I have so much magpie yarn (multiple color sock yarn) and for months now I've been wishing I had a way to tell what a particular pattern might look like in a variegate yarn. Indeed much of my non-knitting of

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I am almost there.Almost to the tippy-toes!I have 10 rows to go on the longer sock, and I think not more than 20 on the shorter, before I start the toe shaping. So 70 rows total and I'm finished with the FoUI's Christmas present. I might actually manage to make it. Unless I run out of yarn which is a distinct possibility.I'd have been done already I think except that I was confused about when my

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...I'm still working on my true love's (aka the FoUI's) socks. Also the vest for DSIL. Because my family has always tended to run late with things though I may yet meet the last deadline in our own familial space-time continuum. Namely the 12th Day of Christmas. I think it's an inherited trait because my brother was the same way. Actually he is really the one who codified the 12 Days thing.. So

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In knitting anyway. As in, smaller items finish faster than larger items. Who'da thunk it?Today's gift knitting tip of excessive obviousness brought to you by the following:Not one, not two but three Knitty nosewarmers for gifts - two went off to my daughter's school (teacher and principal) thus cementing our reputations as the crazy ones - and one for my long suffering SIL who lives far enough

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Actually there's a whole lot more than one conundrum isn't there? There's the one where you wonder if the prospective recipient is going to like the item. And the one where you wonder if they are going to appreciate it as "I loved you so much I made it myself" instead of "I was too cheap to pay someone else to make it for me". And then the one where you wonder if you're insane for trying to do so

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Well, partly. Really it was my inability to keep from wanting to play with other yarns. Although, I have learned that the big ball winder really doesn't seem to work too well with smaller amounts of yarn. Or else I'm doing something wrong. So I ordered myself a new ball regular plastic Royal ball-winder. It's not here yet or I'd have even more new things on the needles.I did manage to finish yet

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Well, my mum talked to my auntie today and she got the shawl (whew! I don't trust the Post Office) and better yet, apparently she really liked the shawl. I tell you, there's nothing like giving a hand-knit to someone who knits. They really know how to make you want to immediately knit them something else. Only if I knit something else for Auntie (I was thinking a pair of sport weight socks for

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...but, unfortunately, not "Everywhere a FO FO".While I've been conspicuously not blogging every day during NaBloPoMo (I haven't been writing every day of NaNoWriMo either but I am doing it and plan/hope/pray to hit at least the 50,000 word goal before the end of the month), I have since last time actually knit rather a lot. For me anyway. Thanks mostly to interminable chauffeuring mum about and

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Well actually, she broke my ball winder. Frankly I'd have rather she ate my homework. She cracked the handle right off. As it broke right at its base and it's a stressed spot I don't think repairing it is an option. Hubby doesn't either and he's always right when he says unfixable. So, does anyone have any advice to offer on whether or not I can just get one of the big ball ball winders? I've

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I was gonna call this post Progress Report but then I realized there really isn't that much progress to report. So we'll settle for status.I know, I'll show you the chair. You haven't seen the chair in a while. It does show progress since last time you saw it. Some of it even occurred this month.If I'm lucky, in another month, I might have a chair I can sit in.Then there's the simple socks. They

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First of all, thank you, everyone, for your concern about my Mum. It's very sweet of you to worry. She's fine. She always was fine. She's been a bit more time consuming lately is all. She has some toe issues that meant she had to have a procedure done before she can get the toe problem fixed. And that necessitated multiple trips to multiple doctors and a couple of days in the hospital. She wasn't

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My apologies for taking so long to post the winner for my little contest. I've been having to spend a bit more time lately taking care of my Mum so didn't manage to organize myself properly. Since I took so long and I only had three entries I decided to award a couple of additional prizes. I used a random number generator (a dice if you're curious) to distribute the prizes.AlisonH has won the

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Just a quick reminder. If you have donated to the Red Scarf Fund, let me know within the next 2 plus hours and I'll add you into the mix from which I will pull a winner for the skein of Handmaiden SeaSilk and copy of the Victorian Lace Today book prize.Here it is again to refresh your memory and entice you to consider donating if you haven't already.

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Ok, I knew something strange was happening with post dates. Apparently Blogger is using the date a post is initiated rather than published for the date it uses. So much for being clever and working ahead of where the knitting has actually gotten to. I found it motivating a bit too so I will have to find a work around I think.It's the 21st at 9PM now and I have one completed sock for the Summer of

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Well, the Summer of Socks - for which I signed up in a fog of optimism as regards the amount of time available for, and speed of, my knitting - ends Friday. I did finish a pair of socks after the Summer of Socks started. But since I started them in March I don't think they count. So far, I've got one of my Wendy's Sportweight Toe-up Gusset Heel socks through the heel turn and a row or two up the

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The tally since last time is, one finished Red Red Scarf, Serious Stash Enhancement, a foot of a sock, a bit of a cuff of another sock, and lastly, the pattern, yarn, and needle finally decided on for a second shawl for my Auntie in England.First up, the Red Red Scarf (don't forget to donate to the Red Scarf Fund and tell me you did to get entered in my little contest for the lovely Handmaiden

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I left something out of last night's post. Since I was talking about my scarves for the Red Scarf Project I meant to remind anyone reading that if you make a donation to the Red Scarf Fund (there's a paypal button on the right sidebar near the bottom) not only can you tell Norma and she'll enter you in a contest on her blog but you can also tell me and I'll enter you in my own little reward

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Most Tolerant Spouse Of A Yarn Hoarder is... My hubby. Who not only went with me to Ikea, but also when the subject was broached, behaved as though it was perfectly sensible to buy a glass display case to store yarn in, bought said case, and put it together and in place that same night. And spent the next night redoing displaced wall mounted things for me so I could take and post this photo.Yes,

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I have managed to finish my Inside Outs (February's BMFA Rockin' Sock club selection) just in the nick of time. Sort of. My newest RSC sock kit arrived today when I was one row and the bind off away from finishing my second sock. Of course I've still got two other kits that arrived in the mean time that I haven't started but I decided I'll just leapfrog those for now. I finished my second sock

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... or in the case of blogging - interesting, and all that. Since I've had practically nothing to show in the way of knitting I've said nothing. But a month is ridiculous. So in a bit I'll show what little I've got and why it is so little.But first by way of a public service announcement: Norma of Now Norma Knits is doing a contest to help support the OFA (Orphan Foundation of America) and the

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The Good: I got my invitation to Ravelry this weekend. I'm raspberry over there if you want to find me. Fortunately for the state of my marriage I didn't get a chance to log into e-mail and discover this until today. After I finished my huge list of Sunday and Monday chores. If I disappear for a month it'll be because I'm wandering through Ravelry in a happy fog. If you're on the waiting list, do

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I'd probably get a lot more done if I just concentrated on current projects instead of starting others. And reading about still more others. Only I've been reading these blogs and they all have these cool things they are doing and... Yeah, you know what's coming next. I buy another pattern or yarn or both and futz around with them instead of finishing anything currently on the needles. Plus I

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Woosh. I'm not sure how more than a week has passed without me really noticing it. Some knitting has naturally occurred. A little spinning too. Not enough though. Of either. Nothing much to photograph because of that.In not really knitting or spinning or anything related: I did some more work on my chair but forgot to take the camera. Next time maybe. And the studio has now had most of the joint

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Or fun with 2nd graders...My daughter was in 2nd grade this last school year. In 2nd grade in her school they are "very highly encouraged" (I almost tested this description of the attitude about participation, but I handicap my daughter enough by my other oddities so I figured I'd be nice and go along) to enter the science fair. Being an evil mommy (see above), I decided to subvert this

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Finished: The Spring Things Shawl is finished! Woo Hoo!!! See?In that photo it's blocking (duh - they can see that, silly) and clearly I need to work on my blocking technique but in my defense this is my first shawl, my first attempt at blocking anything, and my joints were acting up. I blocked it on some 2' square foam blocks made for exercising on. I got mine at Target. I know Wendy got some

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When one of them has wider stripes, obviously. (Warning: photo heavy post ahead)Anyone out there have a clue why my Feb STR club Inside Out socks are doing this?To recap, I had started with the now shorter sock and it was pooling not striping. When I got the second sock to stripe I checked gauge and learned that the first sock was different. So I ripped it back to the set up row after the toe and

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Among others, I check out Nona's blog nonaKnits pretty much every time I check blogs. I find she's always got something interesting for me to learn. So when she started talking about knitting socks sideways I was fascinated. I followed along and as soon as she announced a pattern I started thinking which yarn I could use.I had a skein of Spunky Eclectic sock club yarn (Strawberry Fields) that I

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That's what it feels like around here right now anyway. I managed to get the sock reknit to a few rows past where I ripped from.Look Ma, no pooling!It seems to have worked. The pooling is no more. Now I have striping. Which was the intention of course, so I'm very happy. Whether or not the stripes actually match the other sock will have to wait for a bit. But striping is good enough, exact

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For a long weekend I got remarkably little accomplished. I started the Knitty French Market Bag in order to have something to knit in yarn big enough to see without extra magnification. I've only gotten this far so it's not really worthy of a photo yet. But I'll go ahead because it does show the pretty yarn. I hope some of that heathering will show in the final felted version.That's a set of

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The last thing I need is another interest to spread my time even thinner. So of course, needle felting caught my eye when it first started appearing. But I kept telling myself I wasn't artistic like that and managed to stay away from it. Until recently.I dunno if I can blame Sheri or not for this one. I think her blog is where I first found out about WoolPets. And once I saw them I was doomed. I

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Between a mild case of startitis, and cases of viruses and such around the place over the last couple of weeks, my knitting production hasn't been enough to be worth taking more pictures. I did manage to get the striping Monsoon sock knitted up to the heel beginning. And today while waiting at the clinic for my husband to get hydrated and then sent home with anti-biotics for his bronchmonia I

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Sunday night I couldn't sleep because I was so worried about my duties Monday as a mommy. OK, let's be honest, mostly I was just terrified that, among other things (like splitting my pants seam or not knowing the answer to a question I was asked), I would find myself wrestling with an uncooperative loom or wheel or spindle and swear in frustration right in front of a classroom full of kids. "Huh"

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The good works is farther down and is done by someone else. Hard work though, is me. Photographic evidence of the non-knitting time-wasting hard work mentioned in the previous post and continuing this week:The chair about half way ripped or un-upholstered or whatever they call it:It's down to just wood, the seat springs, and bottom webbing now. I get to learn how to tie springs next week. I am

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Oooh a question! And one I can answer! Since it might possibly be of benefit to someone someday who stumbles upon this I'm answering here rather than in the comments.Maia asked... Are the needles the same brand? Sometimes there are minor differences between brands, especially if one is a metric equivalent of a US size (or vice versa). Then again, sometimes yarn just does that.All good

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There's been a hiatus in the knitting (and the typing, so therefore the blogging for that matter) because I sliced the tip of one of my fingers instead of the broccoli last week and it was days before I could type or knit again. But now I am back at it. The socks are on temporary hiatus still though since I've started another project which I'm not gonna talk about yet for fear of jinxing my

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Well, I've spent the last week working mostly on socks. The first half of the week was spent trying to get gauge on my Rockin' Sock Club February sock kit socks. I was unsuccessful so I started the toe with the easiest to use needles that gave me close to gauge and figured I'd hope for the best. Only then the toe looked a bit big but I figured I'd do a few rows of foot and then try it on. Only

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So many bloggers seem to be doing "knit from your stash"... And then there's me. I have a stash. I'd even like to knit from it. I just can't get to most of it yet. NB: Learn from my mistake, when your husband/partner tells you everything from your studio/craft room will "only have to be in storage a little while" while he does a remodelling job - don't you believe him/her. So, I have been buying.

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I've been much too busy buying yarns and books and fiber and tools to remember I hadn't posted this yet. I went to Stitches West last weekend and promptly caught a cold so I haven't any pics of the immense haul from that trip to show. Next time.And really, all I've accomplished in the almost last month is stash enhancement. Not just at Stitches. I've started a couple of additional projects and

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If my fiber pursuits have a theme it's "biting off more than I can chew" or possibly "jumping into the deep end while still needing water wings". This can provide merriment for others. And occasionally maybe even encouragement, since I don't always end up being fished out of the pool coughing up chlorinated water.I've been reading knitting and fiber blogs for a couple of months now and decided to

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