What a Life!

In the time between when I used to blog “regularly” and now, I have taken up designing with my knitting. It isn’t that I didn’t have design ideas before. I was known for feeling free to change things here and there, but I still followed the basic structure of the pattern. Now I’ve gained a […]

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Yes, Christmas is over, and we got some really nice gifts. A quick disclaimer: we appreciated all of our gifts, and just because something you gave us isn’t mentioned on this list doesn’t mean we didn’t like it. Steve got a nice Christmas bonus from work, which we used part of to buy him a […]

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I wanted to take a picture of our tree, and of course Ben had to pose in front of the tree…so here is our Christmas tree. It really doesn’t look as bare in real life as it seems to in this picture. Last year when we bought the tree, rather than spending another wad of […]

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Dare I say I am anxious for Christmas to come? I am, and it’s because I am tired of leading a double life. You see, I have public knitting…and private knitting. Yes, the cat’s out of the bag. Well, not really. But, you know. Actually, I have all of my official holiday knitting projects completed. […]

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Last summer I bought the Bucket Hat pattern from Little Turtle Knits and knit myself a hat using Peaches & Cream yarn. Well, there was a small problem when I finished: the hat was too big. Theresa had sized the pattern for cotton yarn that would shrink. Peaches & Cream yarn is pre-shrunk. This was […]

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Well, I completed the Padded Footlet this weekend and began the second one in the pair. Here is Padded Footlet #1 from the side: I’m about half way through the second one, and it is going much better. I haven’t gotten the knitting so tight when knitting the sole, though I can’t say I feel […]

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