Spooky Wednesday

Last night The Baron and I hung out at home with our pumpkins. I cleaned out the pulp and seeds, he did the seed-baking, and we both did some carving.
My pumpkin is, well, let’s just say it is not ideally shaped. It looks like it’s been folded in on itself on one side, [...]

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The end of getting ready

Finally, after multiple swatches and pestering my dad for measurements, yarn shopping and needle purchasing, I think I am ready to cast on for the Tangled Yoke Cardigan.  I takes so long to get ready and organized for a major knit, but the good news is that once the prep is done properly, the knitting [...]

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My first meme . . .

From Miss A . . . if you are moved to respond with your answers please copy me! It’s my blog and I can do what I wanna, so I left out a few questions . . .
1. What time is it
3:33 pm
3. [...]

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My kingdom for . . .

. . . bootie buttons! I’ve never really needed buttons before, and I finished the booties a few minutes ago and had a moment of “oh, right, I need buttons, der . . .”
Lucky for me there is an awesome store on Pico called F&S Fabrics that has an amazing supply of buttons [...]

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I am a knitting machine

No, not a knitting machine like machine-knits, a knitting machine like wow, look at that girl knit!
An update . . .
- Dishtowels: Done, all except the weaving in, washing & blocking, and wrapping up.
- Blue baby booties: Bootie #1 halfway completed (and if work is slow this evening, I will be on bootie #2 before [...]

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Attack of the WIPs

What goes with a quiet evening at home, watching a silent, peaceful tank of fish, better thank knitting?  Nothing.  I’ve gotten increasingly excited about the knitting in the past week . . . between friends and co-workers picking up needles for the first time and yarn shopping (including a KnitPicks order that showed up today!) [...]

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Gone Fishin’

Last night The Baron chided me for not keeping my blog more up-to-date and insisted that today, as penance, I post two entries.  So here goes . . . in honor of The Baron, and inspired by Mochimochi’s juxtaposition of yarn and fish, I give you the latest addition to our home: the living room [...]

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A very knitty weekend

It almost feels like all I did this weekend was knit.  We were a teeny bit social — The Baron and I had dinner with some friends of his on Friday night, and I had the sisters over for Pancake Breakfast on Saturday morning.  Of course, Little Miss Law joined us (being an honorary sister) [...]

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Taking out the anti-compost

I’m a little scared to even think these thoughts, on the boasting-leads-to-trouble philosophy, but domestic troubles in the periphery of my acquaintance have me feeling extra-specially-appreciative of The Baron, especially since I am about to have a birthday and he is being ultra-sweet.  Everyone has their ups and downs, but he is just so understanding of [...]

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New clarity for old yarn

Last night I knitted to my latest audiobook, Possession by A.S. Byatt (which is an old fave) and got to within three repeats of finishing the dishtowel that I’m making for The Baron’s sister in law, who is bringing her new baby for a visit in the next few weeks.  I cannot wait – she [...]

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