Socks
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Socks!
The past 10 days I have been plotting Christmas knitting projects, firming up family Thanksgiving plans, and setting up a haunted house…the annual convergence zone of holidays! However, I did manage to complete and photograph my socks — I am… Continue reading
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Mermaid Socks SNAFU
This is (as predicted!) an actively family-filled summer! I am glad I chose some simple knitting projects as I am definitely in pick-up-and-knit-for-maybe-15-minutes mode. While I do manage some lace-knitting now and then, I am leaning heavily on my garter-ish… Continue reading
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Blogging About Not Blogging
My blog posts have been few & far between this month – the past few weeks being given up to: Recovering & cleaning up from Christmas (there is still a small Christmas tree hanging naked in our family room, but… Continue reading
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Standing Corrected..In Better Fitting Socks
I launder my knit garments with care: Hand wash gently in cold water and lay flat to dry. That is my motto. And our usual recommendation to our knitting students. I have used cold water to wash hand-knit socks… Continue reading
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Two Finished Projects!!
I am delighted to say that my "check off the circle" approach to working through my knitting projects is paying off. I have checked off 18 of 50 steps and have completed 3 projects of 9! I have made significant… Continue reading
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Bronze Medal!
I finished The Bronze Socks! And I am delighted with them. I had begun them as my Winter Olympics challenge project –the idea being to complete the project between the opening of the Opening Ceremony and the closing of the… Continue reading
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Socks: The Other March Madness
100 Years Ago Today: March 29, 1910 Today is “loud sock” day for girls at the high school. Girls came out with noisy hosiery in blue, red, yellow, green, purple and white. No two stockings worn by one girl… Continue reading
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BRONZE!
This is what Bronze looks like! I knit, knit, knit through the Closing Ceremonies. Through the Norwegian national anthem, the Greek national anthem, the Olympic hymn, and the Russian national anthem. I got a little nervous when… Continue reading
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No Excuses
There is no excuse for excuses when I have chosen my own challenge – eyes wide open and quite sober and only slightly bewitched by a lacy leaf design and some wicked brick-and-lavender colored yarn. So, with little hope of… Continue reading
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Of Socks And Cowboy Boots
So, I went shopping for some sensible shoes that would keep my feet dry and I ended up with these bewitching Frye mini cowboy boots…. (Okay, those of you who understand, well, you understand – and those of you… Continue reading
Warty Bobbles 