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Archive for September, 2007

Must. Knit. Faster.

Posted in Knitting, links on September 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The newsletter is done and I survived my foray into MS Publisher. We now return to our regularly scheduled knitting blog. The secret project I’ve been working on is coming along nicely–I would say I’m about 3/4 of the way through it. I’ve started trying to knit faster because I fear I may run out [...]

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Website Wednesday

Posted in random on September 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Wow. I mean, wow. (Thanks to Boing Boing for the link!)

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Newsday Tuesday 3

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on September 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Stories that caught my attention for 5 minutes this week: Taser dude. MIT chick. Insane world leader. Back to the newsletter!

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Chained

Posted in off topic on September 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »

There is a “no screens after 8 am” rule in my house, mostly to keep the children from watching too much TV, but it also helps keep me from looking at the computer all day. Today (and much of this week) is different. I volunteered to do the church newsletter for our church secretary who [...]

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Recently Acquired…

Posted in stash on September 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »

…at Knitting Nation in Nyack–Tillitomas Rock Star in the Hydrangea colorway. Isn’t it beautiful?

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Shiver Me Timbers!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on September 19, 2007 |

Ahoy, me hearties! Today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, arr! How d’ye plan to celebrate? How about a quiz? What kind of pirate be ye? Here be me results: You are The Cap’n! Some men and women are born great, some achieve greatness and some slit the throats of any scalawag who stands [...]

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Newsday Tuesday 2

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on September 18, 2007 |

OMG, what in the hell is going on with OJ? also,EPA cleans up Anthrax contamination. Retirees give up knitting for wii. Yarn Harlot to appear in Wichita (yes, this is news, apparently!). I especially loved how the bookstore owner was surprised that people from miles away were registering the event. “It was then that I [...]

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I Am Sad

Posted in off topic, tagged on September 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Robert Jordan died yesterday afternoon after long struggle with amyloidosis. His series, The Wheel of Time, consumed many, many hours of my reading time and I am grateful he shared this story with the world. Go in the Light, RJ.

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Sock Progress

Posted in Knitting, Summer of Socks, tagged on September 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »

OK, I know I said I would take a break from sock knitting, but I am seriously weak. I mean, it’s SOCKS. How can you take a break from knitting socks? Especially when there is Yarn Pirate Booty Club yarn in your stash!I cast this sock on, specifically to be my traveling sock. Let me [...]

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Secret Progress and Website Wednesday

Posted in Knitting, tagged , on September 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Here’s the progress I’ve made on the secret project I started the other day. Any more guesses? Finally, in honor of Website Wednesday, here’s a link from Nea. This guy builds Escher replications from Legos. Awesome. PS–> another link: Holly is having a destashing contest. Leave her a comment (don’t forget to mention me) about [...]

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