The last month has been busy. I finished two pairs of booties for my niece and I will be bringing them to her in less than a week, which I am incredibly excited for. I also finished one of my Christmas present knit projects, but I can’t share it here so that the recipient doesn’t [...]
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Yay! I finally found the cord for my camera in all of my moving mess. Here are some picture updates on all of my projects:
The beginnings of Seascape
Nora’s Blanket starting to look like a blanket
Harry Potter Scarf!!
Everything is getting so big!! (except for the stole, but that’s ok) I feel very accomplished [...]
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The past week has been crazy. Over the weekend I took the train to Chicago for an in-person meeting of my all-women investment club. I was helping to organize and lead the meeting, so it was a bit stressful for me. I had to do a bunch of things for the lead [...]
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So with lots of concentration and slow-going, I have successfully completed about nine rows of lace. I am uber pumped. Isn’t it great how something as seemingly simple as knitting a few rows of lace without messing up can make you feel so good? I’m loving it. I’ve used two lifelines so far, but haven’t [...]
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It may be a mistake to have done so, but I’ve given lace a second chance. I’ve somewhat gotten used to the new needles and their very slick demeanor. I started over with the old yarn and did much better than before. I think I had made too many changes. I [...]
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Ok I got nice, new, slippery needles and I can barely knit with them. They are too good. I can’t believe I spent $16 on needles and I can’t even use them because they are too good. I somehow have a sore right arm from trying to knit seascape on my [...]
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So I’m back in TreeTown working again after the long weekend. Argh. I had a marvelous time with my family on Long Lake. The highlight of the trip was of course the Polka Festival in Cedar, MI. Since we went on the fourth it wasn’t as busy as last year, but [...]
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Ok, so I started this project as part of a War and Peace knitalong. I joined a group on ravelry that is reading War and Peace and knitting something to go along with it. Everyone was trying to theme the project with the book, so they picked Russian or similarly-styled projects or something [...]
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