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Archive for December, 2011

2011: My Knitting Year (As Is Tradition)

Posted in holiday cheer, Knitting, tagged , on December 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »

[ravelry] What a productive year 2011 was! So many hats! I did quite a lot of sewing, too, evidently. Next year I hope to make several pairs of socks, to replace the 3 pairs I have lost so far this year to wear, and I’ve also promised Ezra more than a few tiny toys from [...]

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Top 5 Posts of 2011

Posted in holiday cheer, Meta on December 30, 2011 |

The end of 2011 is fast approaching, which is always cause for a bit of navel gazing around these parts. For today’s post I offer you the Top 5 most visited Knitting, Interrupted posts of the past year. 1. Self Portrait Ski Mask. It’s always fun to see what silliness/creepiness people are knitting up. 2. [...]

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Happy Holidays!

Posted in cute kids, holiday cheer on December 25, 2011 |

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks around here. I’ve been knitting and baking and generally making merry, which culminated today for our winter festival of choice, Christmas. It’s been a pretty great day. I wish you the warmest of the season’s spirit. May joy and peace be upon you and yours today and always.

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Mild Veggie Curry

Posted in food, tagged , , on December 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

A couple of evenings ago, I walked into the kitchen at 6:30 without a single idea for what to make for dinner. All the meat was frozen, I was tired from my long day of kid wrangling, and the sink was full of dirty dishes. I was in no position to cook anything, much less [...]

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Leatherhead

Posted in Knitting, Zombies on December 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »

It’s done, and about damn time, too. This hat would’ve been done a lot sooner if I didn’t have to knit it so many times. I hope my mom likes it. Here’s how I did it: Earflaps (make 2) Cast on 9 slip 1, knit to end slip 1, yo, knit 7, yo, knit 1 [...]

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This Damn Hat is Cursed

Posted in Knitting on December 12, 2011 |

So, the hell that is Christmas gift knitting continues as I try, unsuccessfully, to mash two popular knitting patterns together. The idea is to take the bottom of Thorpe and hook it on to the Unoriginal Hat. I started at the bottom, knitting two little earflaps and a garter stitch hat band and then began [...]

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GAH

Posted in grumble, Knitting on December 7, 2011 |

Bad knitting mojo stinks. I’ve cast on, almost finished, and frogged the same hat five times, and then, for a change of pace, I knit almost the entire outer sole of a felted clog on the wrong size needle. Actually, it was the very needle I was trying to make the hat with. BLAAAAARGH. How [...]

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