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Knitting up next

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:48:46 -0700

I'll have Drake take some photos this weekend of me and the sweater I finally, finally finished. Darn that looped crochet trim almost had me beat. But I would not surrender. Not to the looped crochet trim! Up next is a shorter, summery project: ...

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Reasons I love Drake...

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:10:13 -0700

There are more reasons, but that's all I have pictures for right now. :-) Photos are from our recent visit to the Orcas House. And, Chris, if you're reading this post, the sweater in the second picture is the one I knitted with your beautif...

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Christmas Hat & Scarf

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:07:54 -0800

I wanted to get a better picture of this before I shipped it off to my mother-in-law, but I was busy making the pom-pom for the hat right before I needed to get everything wrapped up: The pattern is one I've made before, but I decided the hat, ...

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Oceanside Knitter's Retreat vs. Las Vegas Convention

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:00:39 -0800

Right now I'm working on a great project at work: interesting system, super project team. Good news yesterday is that they want to extend the project a month and include some additional research. But my heart sunk when they suggested we do the...

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Secret knitting revealed...

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:38:41 -0800

Yesterday was Drake's birthday! We keep birthdays kind of low key, but we did enjoy a nice evening of Brahms at the symphony. When we got home, I gave him the secret knitting I've been working on for him - a Debbie Bliss Millford. He had admired t...

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Knitting for the war effort

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:40:29 -0700

And odd convergence of information. I'm reading about Britain's role in WWII in Empire. And then I stumbled across "Essentials for the Forces" British knitting patterns, which were distributed during WWII to those at home to encourage knitting...

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Perfect Fall evening @home

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:32:38 -0700

Last night we made a nice dinner, got a fire going, then settled into our respective positions (Drake with the libretto, me with some knitting) to listen to Seattle Opera's live radio broadcast of Iphigenia in Tauris. The production is a big de...

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Knitting with NFL team colors

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:53:51 -0700

I'm not a football fan, but I certainly know some big fans (my brother Paul for one). This week, I came across the uber-handy yarn-color reference for all the NFL teams. The yarn colors are for Cascade 220 100% wool. For example, here are the Sea...

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Yarn-of-the-month July swatches

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:13:55 -0700

My goal with joining the yarn-of-the-month club was to gain some experience knitting with different fibers. Each month I'll receive four different yarns - enough to knit a standard 4" by 4" swatch with each. Below are the swatches from the July sh...

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Rainy weekend

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:08:14 -0700

Looks like a weekend for inside activities. That's OK, I've got lots of little household things to get done. I'd also really like to finish the booties. These are turning out (for me) not to be such a quick knit. The first one I knit in the large...

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