Archive for January, 2005

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

snow days

Scene - A man (lets call him Masshole #1) is sitting in his apartment, watching the school cancelation list roll across the screen as the snow continues to pile up outside his door. The phone rings, it is his friend Joe in Miami.
Joe: Dude, its like 85 degrees here and sunny. What [...]

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Tuesday, January 18th, 2005

Funk

Katy asked in my comments the other day “What is next on the needles” and the answer is nothing exciting. I’m in a funk. I just redid the front to my purple haze (converting the front from a cardigan to a pull over) and found out the raglan decreases line up perfectly, but [...]

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Thursday, January 13th, 2005

Filler

I finished knitting the back/front of purple haze last night, can’t wait to seam her up and pick up stitches for the neck. I’m going to consult a GSRP book ( 1000 Sweaters) to see about what kind of neck I want. I’m thinking turtle neck, but will have to see what might [...]

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Wednesday, January 5th, 2005

Be Bop and Beautiful

You’re Putting Me On Judy Gibson Handspun yarn from Anne ~ formerly of Vermont.
Socks are everywhere, which I think says more about the practical need for warm and comfy feet than our collective desire to be trendy. It is cold here and I need some warm, house socks. This is [...]

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Tuesday, January 4th, 2005

050104

050104 050104 .. todays date - yymmdd - this is how I label all my files, so I know when I created them upload_050104 would be my database, for instance. (Speaking of databases, did you see the article about the database I built in the Wall Street Journal two days before Christmas? - No, [...]

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