July 2008
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Of knitting mojo lost
Last weekend, I thought I was such a smarty knitter when I “created” my own lace pattern for the cuff of a sock by sort of crossing two patterns that I like. So, using the already-completed 1×1 ribbing section of OYT Bamboo, I began knitting my little lacy cuff. And all went well through Friday… Continue reading
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Purls and curls
Ahhhh, Saturday! Joy! I’ve really done not much but knit today. I was up at six (dog and I both needed to respond to the call of nature, so to speak), goofed around on the ‘puter till seven, and went back to sleep with an awful headache. Got back up around nine, when our friends… Continue reading
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2008 – A fiber odyssey
And so, as my fascination with knitting continues, and as the Horcux socks proceed (and not very well, I might add), I am embarking on a second odyssey for this year. I have curly hair. Naturally curly hair. I have almost always really loved my curls, never been much for the straightening routine. This is… Continue reading
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Of (knitted) Horcruxes and Horsepower
Well…I finally settled on a yarn and a pattern for my next pair of hand-knitted socks, after several fiascos. I’m currently about 3.5-4″ into the cuff piece of a Horcrux sock, from a pattern available only to members of the Six Socks Knit-A-Long Yahoo! group. I joined that group, at least in part, to obtain… Continue reading
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Socks and more socks
So – I finished the lacy socks and they are Beee-u-tiful, if I do say so myself. I will get the pictures up, I promise, but I can’t do that while using my work-provided laptop to post, so I need to get a few minutes on a computer that is actually under my ownership. LOL! … Continue reading
About Me
I’m just an almost-senior citizen, an IT project manager, a mom to two males who have improbably grown to adulthood, a wife of 34 years, and a politics junkie who loves to knit and watch old TV shows and movies.