Monthly Archives: December 2009
FO’s: Thorpe, and a Cowl.
Hello all! I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! Sorry I’ve been somewhat more absent than usual, but we’ve got lots going on and I’m blogging from a remote location at the moment while on a little family excursion. … Continue reading
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FO: Bella’s Mittens.
At long last, Bella’s Mittens are off the needles. (Our skies are gray again, so decent photos are but a dream.) Knit in Reynolds Lopi, Color 10, on US 8 DPNs. It was torture to knit the cables at that gauge, … Continue reading
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Monday Melange.
I’ve got this and that to share. 1. My Wii Fit age is 67. Sixty-seven. Two years past eligibility for Social Security! Twenty-two years older than my actual age! Well, this 67-year-old can still go out and run 5 miles … Continue reading
Filed under Knitting, Lifebits, What's With That?
What’s Not to Love?
This week’s 10 on Tuesday is Ten Things To Love About the Holidays, or something close to that. If you’ve hung around here for a while, you’ve heard my annual grousing about things I don’t love about the holidays: the … Continue reading
Filed under Everyone is Entitled to My Opinion
Progress.
Gaelic Mist is coming along. Recall that I blocked the cabled portion last spring to see what I was dealing with. I then let it sit over the summer, and finally resumed knitting at the reverse stockinette portion of the … Continue reading
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Random Wednesday.
1. Over the Thanksgiving break, I had a fun literary experience. I read Rebecca for the first time ever (how did that happen?) followed immediately by Daphne, a novel about Daphne du Maurier by Justine Picardie. The latter had been reviewed … Continue reading
