Tag: making
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Sometime in April.
I believe spring has sprung. The weather is warming up, we spring cleaned the bedrooms, and a delightfully spring-y colored pair of socks has fallen off of my needles. These are my April rainbow socks, pair #4 in my rainbow box o’sox. The yarn is from Kntitterly Things, from the 2017 Rainbow of the Month…
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Progress.
Over the last week – week and a half, I have done a few things. One was to go to Columbus for work. It’s a great city to visit for a work trip, by the way. I had a great time. But before that, last weekend after finishing my half moon oracle shawl, I worked…
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Half Moon Oracle
Let’s have a wee story. Last year, on the eve of Maryland Sheep & Wool, I went to a pop-up shop at The Knot House. There, I met the lovely Carol, dyer behind Swift Yarns, and promptly fell in love with her yarn. I picked out a soft pink to make a single skein, lacy…
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The waiting is the hardest part.
Since I’ve been home from our spring break trip, I’ve been itching for my favorite parts of spring and summer. Fresh veggies, farmer’s markets, canning… you get the gist. All the way home, I expected it to be time to get planting and time to hit up the farmer’s markets. Maryland is hot, right? Surely…
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Side Quest: Catch the Buzz
If you play video games, a la Legend of Zelda, you may know that sometimes a little side quest becomes one of your favorite things. Not the original intent of your journey, but something amazing you did along the way. I recently recounted Joshua and I’s spring break trip. The goal was simple, spend quality…
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Spring Break
This past weekend, Joshua and I took a road trip back home to visit with our family for his spring break. Very little actual knitting occurred, but that’s ok. We had the loveliest long weekend. Fair warning, lots of gushing and fun pictures ahead. Kevin and Astra were going to visit some of their family,…
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And then there was one.
I’m not generally a strictly monogamous knitter but I also tend to not have oodles of projects on the needles, either. I tend to have a few projects and some socks at all times. This evening, I find myself with one and only one work-in-progress. This solitude comes after a weekend of furious sock knitting.…
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Cut your losses.
This week has been a study in patience. We had a lovely snowstorm here in Maryland, which meant a fair bit of time working in a house full of kids. In my free time, I started, ripped back, started again, and frogged a sweater. The sweater in question is my Sunset Highway pullover. When last…
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Arbitrary Goals.
I was watching the Stranded Podcast this weekend and the host, Amy, said something that really struck a chord with me. I love setting arbitrary goals for myself! I really love setting arbitrary goals in my making. The kind of goals that feel great to achieve but have no real or major consequences if you…
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Weekend WIP Roundup
It’s been quite a while since we had a proper WIP roundup. I don’t really have very much on the needles at them moment, which is a miracle in and of itself. I’m feeling a bit lazy this fine Sunday afternoon, so let’s just look at some pretty WIPs. First up, my New Year’s Eve…
Knit 1, Make 2 