Can you keep a secret?

I bought this (the ‘pink’ set) and then this yarn in one of each of these colors to make this groovy blanket.
Squeeeee!
Commence stalking of mail carrier.

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Formulating a plan

Bub’s socks are set to go, pattern, yarn, needles ready. Just a little swatching to do and I’m off and running.
Tig got me these little gems. Aren’t they perty? They go with the nickle plated set I have… but seriously… can one have too many knitting needles? I think not.
I’m also in [...]

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Trimmings

This is my first holiday season as a single person in quite a while. This brings up a whole slew of logistical issues, most having to do with the children and the compilation and division of space and time. I waffled every so briefly on whether or not to get a tree and [...]

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Teaching a good student

Brunch with Memere this morning was busy and yummy and nice. I miss her… I wish she didn’t live so far away, but I’m glad she was home (though not because it was for a funeral, though her sister-in-law who died was really old and in pain and well, everything happens for a reason [...]

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Tag, you’re it

Ms. Baby is notorious for musical chairs during meal times, so I decided we needed some name tags. Part one was the painting we did the other night. Part deux involved, cutting, scoring, writing and gluing. And now we have two sets of these… one for Tig’s house, one for mine.

And last night [...]

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Panic

I can’t find size 10 dpns at any of the stores I’ve been to so far! Unfortunately, due to my living hell job, I can’t peruse the local yarn stores to get a pair before they close up shop for the day. I could technically sneak out during the day, on a normal [...]

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In the making

these (and many more tiny parts) will soon be…

one of these. Can you stand the cuteness? Doll’s eyes… where can I get these locally I wonder?

And Ms. Baby’s sweater, ready for sleeves and seed stitch trim. I love love (LOVE!) this pattern and it knit up nice and quick, no seams [...]

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Alas

Ms. Baby’s sweater is clipping right along. I’d show you pictures, but, you know.
I convinced Ms. Baby to try on the sweater as it is, just a few inches short in length and without sleeves and trim yet. I didn’t have to do much convincing, she was an eager model. A bit [...]

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A decision

Amigurimi and lace work requires a significant amount of concentration (or at least it will for me because reading the patterns is like learning a whole new language). Theretofore, Ms. Baby’s sweater/Solstice gift has been started and will be the To and From Everywhere project because it is a better Knitting in Traffic project. [...]

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Inner conflict

Once upon a time (yesterday) I stumbled across the most perfect baby sweater pattern. Raglan! Free! Chunky! No seams! The ideal sweater for the lazy knitter to make for her Ms. Baby for Solstice. I had the yarn all balled up (a story in itself) [...]

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