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

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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

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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

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