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Black Swan
I really needed this. It’s Black Swan by Tara Shade and it was the thing that took my mind off of a holiday flu/ migraine bummer. Big needles are like my grandmother’s…
Clutch KAL, Week 1
This is week 1 of the Scallop of the Sea Knitalong. Have I said how much I love these colors together yet? (My son set aside Assassin’s Creed long enough…
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Why Do Sewing Needles Scare Me?
Maybe it’s the cut-offs I tried to hem in high school; they ended up shorter in front than in back. Or it may be the lining I sewed into this…
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Recycling a Sweater
Years ago, I read an article about recycling thrift store sweaters by Ashley Martineau. I promptly went out and bought a rubbermaid tub full of thrift store sweaters to unravel.Two…
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Two Accessories in the “Before” Stage
I mentioned that I got stuff in my last post. One of these giveaways was on Katie Canavan’s blog for enough yarn to knit her Scallop of the Sea clutch,…
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Where’s my Stuff?
Remember Melanie Hutsell’s “Where’s my stuff!?” bit on SNL? I don’t blame you if you skipped it, but it takes me back to my first election to ever participate in,…
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Sofa Hack
We needed a couch, one that could withstand growing people who flop rather than sit and a cat’s occasionally claw honing. I kept going back to this and this; only, I knew this…
I’m Just a Knit Machine…
… and I won’t knit for nobody but me.You know, like the song… Love Machine… anyway.. that’s me, lately, working for nobody but me. I am finally making Georgia by…
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Finishing School
Finishing School, by Katie Canavan, was full of finishing techniques, yet, somehow, really fun. And I truly hate finishing. Finishing causes migraines and mood swings. But everything was just clicking along…
Miles to Knit Before I Sleep…
… miles of stockinette, that is, to knit before I sleep. The Roxborough Dolman, from Courtney Kelley, looks like a wardrobe staple. It’s easy, mindless, stockinette that gives you…