Archive for October, 2004
Sunday, October 31st, 2004
Confessions of a reluctant blocker
Confession time, while I’ve been knitting like a fiend, I’ve let a lot of my finished items fester in my closet, waiting for a good blocking. “I’ll wait till I get a blocking board.” I told myself, but weekend trips to home depot just ain’t happening as frequently as they once were. [...]
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Saturday, October 23rd, 2004
“Why not us?”
Tonight is the first night of the World Series and even if the Red Sox don’t win, the curse of the bambino is already reversed for this fan. I believe they can win, which has never happened in my years following them. When I was little, I saw a doctor who just happened [...]
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Monday, October 11th, 2004
GSRP a few answers
Yep, round two is still on hold. One of Slip Stitch members was in a horrible car accident and has been unable to move the box along. As soon as that box moves on to one more person on the list and then off to Captain Karin, I’ll wave the flag and round [...]
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Friday, October 8th, 2004
Hiding
I can hear the screams from the other room as my two children take turns having meltdowns. I must trust that DH is handling it, or else there will be three people melting down and I’m just not on the mood.
Go check out Hello Yarn’s amazing new sweater. I’m going to get [...]
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2004
Panic Attacks?
Now that the book is out of my hands and at the publisher and now that I’ve outsourced most of my work for my startup (a good thing, means we are closer to seeing the light of day), I need something else to fixate on. My normal work in project pile is small, I [...]
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Monday, October 4th, 2004
Rippit Rippit
Fall has come up quickly on me, the yard is filling with leaves and my closet is showing the signs of the New England bridge - I’ve still got a few shorts and tee shirts intermingled with long pants and wool. As I was surveying the mess the other day, I spotted Purple Fuzz. [...]
