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Lazy weekend

January 9th, 2012 · No Comments · hug all the cats, knitting

I’ll be honest: I thought about blogging through the weekend. I did. I thought about it for about ten seconds. Five seconds were devoted to “you should, you should write every day” and five seconds were spent persuading myself that I should take weekends off because weekends mean something to me now. (Not every week, [...]

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The first knits to be completed in 2012

January 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · knitting, projects

Oh, they’re not done yet. But they will be before the year’s out. I solemnly vow this to be. I started a sweater for Dan over Thanksgiving break; got a sleeve done in Chicago, knocked out a huge chunk of the back on Lord of the Rings Day (most of you know this day as [...]

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Oh, hi.

January 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · books, cross stitch, knitting, projects, reviews

First, a big hearty cheers to anyone venturing over here from the Five O’Clock Cocktail blog, where I have a post today. *clink* Second, hi! I’m here. Been letting the blog lie fallow for a little bit in the hopes that it will eventually yield . . . you know, I’m not a farmer. Do [...]

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Sock knitting: I’m back, baby.

May 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · knitting

I had this great plan to write something for this blog every day this month. And now it’s the third of May and I’ve already blown it. It’s like my favorite thing to do in the world is come up with not even remotely grandiose plans that I subconsciously know I won’t carry out just [...]

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