Archive for August, 2005
Monday, August 29th, 2005
Reading & Listening
A few weeks ago, I picked up The Dante ClubBilled as a literary DaVinci Code, it is set in Boston just after the Civil War. Longfellow has begun has translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy, with help from some famous names (James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. to name a few), only to find [...]
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Sunday, August 28th, 2005
“no knitting while navigating”
So said DH as I misread a very poorly worded aside in a travel book and made us go a whole mile out of our way. We covered a neat little slice of new england last week. We started out at Storyland for two days worth of rides and nursery rhymes, followed by [...]
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2005
joke
If you haven’t already, go on over to January 1st’s and tell her a joke. Plan on spending a few minutes catching up, they are great for a giggle.
After being a PC person since the late 1980s, I decided it was time to see how the other 1/3 live - I’m typing this [...]
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Monday, August 15th, 2005
Frenzy
That is what I am going to call this sweater, because I cast on and knit it up in a frenzy last week during the heat wave. I LOVE IT! The body fits perfectly, and I just need to knit up one more sleeve and then set it in. Ready for fall.
Thanks [...]
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2005
Are there Deserted Islands in Alaska?
my men
If I had to be stuck on a desert island with an unlimited supply of only one brand of yarn, it would have to be Schaefer. I know I’ve sung their praises a lot here, so the declaration is hardly headline news, but I’ve been playing with lots of Esperanza and Elaine [...]
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2005
Over the moon
I’m so happy to see someone make one of my patterns! Go tell Colleen how lovely her “On The Moon” bag is!
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Thursday, August 4th, 2005
Eris
I think I found the one. Patience, check, Beauty, check, in my size, check.
Anyone else knitting Eris?
edit …
Doh! I can not get gauge - the yarn is crying for a much larger needle … I’ve bought the pattern though and will be holding onto it tightly till I do find [...]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
Patience
My handspun yarn, worked into a Pi Shawl - an ongoing project
One of the lessons I’ve been trying to learn this past year is patience with myself and my own expectations. Too often, I’m more interested in crossing something off my list than taking the time to make sure it is done well. [...]
