There has been knitting

Things have been hectic and quiet around here lately (but not necessarily peaceful — I’ve just become a bit of a recluse these past few weeks), so I’ve been trying to distract myself with knitting. Lots of knitting.
First up, I finished my basic socks!

These were knit with Socks that Rock (Lightweight) in January One. There [...]

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This blog post took me longer to write than any other I’ve ever written, and at this point, I can’t think of a clever title. Move along.

I had lunch with a friend on Sunday (we’d made the date before either of us realized it was the day of The Big Game — oops!) and I realized that morning that I didn’t have anything to knit! I’d just finished my Baby Bobbi Bear and I hadn’t received the yarn for my next project, so [...]

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Knitting with Trepidation

A couple weeks ago I was lamenting to T that my blog was in bad need of an overhaul. (Not that I even blog that much anymore … but maybe if I had a new site I would??) Half-jokingly, T suggested I rename my blog “Knitting with Trepidation.” And I think that pretty much sums [...]

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Where is My Mind?

Soundtrack to today’s post: “Where is My Mind” by The Pixies
I’m one row away from starting the bottom ribbing on my sweater and so I start looking around for my smaller size 5 needles. (I need to go down 2 needle sizes for the ribbing.) But I can’t find them anywhere. They’re not in my [...]

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You do it to yourself, you do

I tried on my stripey raglan sweater at my mom’s house over Christmas, and as I was standing there in front of her full-length mirror (something we lack in our house), the Radiohead song “Just” started going through my head over, and over, and over.
You do it to yourself, you do
And that’s what really hurts
You [...]

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Stripey Raglan Sweater for me!

I FINALLY started my stripey raglan sweater for me. I was a little bummed that my first attempt at knitting a sweater (Busted Root) didn’t fit, but I’m trying to just learn from my mistakes and move on. (Lessons learned? Don’t knit a cotton sweater if you hate cotton sweaters (!!!) and knit to your [...]

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I’d hate to think about what my knitting would look like without the internet

I was speedily knitting up my New Year’s Day socks last night… I had finished the Eye of Partridge Heel the night before and I had just turned the heel when I thought … maybe I should try these on JUST TO MAKE SURE they fit? Because flint knits had just told me she couldn’t [...]

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Happy Socktoberfest!

Happy Socktoberfest!!!
I’m gonna take this opportunity to show off my super cute cute cute cute Monkeys, because even though I didn’t knit them in October, I wore them for the first time yesterday!!!

(I like how this was my “in action” shot - and I was totally lounging on my deck. Nice, eh?)
Here are some more [...]

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Another FBS option

Update to my quest to design a February Baby Sweater for me:
The girls over at ZephyrStyle are now offering a little February Baby Sweater-inspired cardigan called Juliet. (!!!) I showed it to T, and he said it looked like you’d have to weigh about 2 pounds to pull it off (which I don’t, thankyouverymuch), so [...]

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Sometimes in life…

As I recall, this is how Ditka (pronounced Dikka) (former coach of the World Champion ‘85 Chicago Bears, for those of you who don’t know) would start answering tough questions in the locker room. (Or at least that’s how I remember it. I grew up with the ‘85 Bears and watching the Mike [...]

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