Issues with Knitting

Sunday, April 29, 2012

First World Problems

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We're are weighted down with first-world problems around here. I just finished this traditional Icelandic shawl , using authentic Icel...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Road Trip Report

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Thanks for your kind thoughts yesterday. Jim is beginning to see a pattern to his "episodes" of illness. It's rather fascina...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Down, not out

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I've been spinning and knitting, but not blogging because there's been some worrisome health concerns in my family of late. My love...
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Saturday, April 07, 2012

Quick Like a Bunny

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I needed a quick gift for my nephew, who is coming to visit for Easter along with his two sisters. The girls are getting lovely shawls, but ...
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Monday, April 02, 2012

Feeling young

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I've been just gripped by my knitting lately. Spring freed me from the tyranny of winter's sweater knitting and I've been rockin...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

First Time

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I washed some fleece this weekend.  It all started at knit night, when Isa brought it some Shetland fleece she'd got for free. Another...
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Failing Gracefully

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A graceful fail is what you want your software to do. For example, instead of giving me the blue screen of death, when an application on my...
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Monday, March 05, 2012

On the Mend

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This has been the most stubborn, dastardly cold I've had in quite some time. Each time I thought I was feeling better, I would do a bit ...
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Sick, Boom, Bleh

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Not the best week for yours truly. I got sick, yes, with the sore throat and the tender noggin and the sniffly slimey yech. And my 3mm Add...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Something to Strive For

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Its a long weekend in Ontario. Family day is a new holiday for us, so we don't have any traditions for it at our house. This year we de...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Coolio

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Contrary to popular opinion of black being THE best color for a cool hat for boys, my son picked this iridescent yarn by Caper sock yarn cal...
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Sunday, February 05, 2012

Reporting on the backlog

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Hello bloggies! It's been too long. Work has been keeping me at the computer and so in my down time, I stay away from it. But this weeke...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

My Mind is Blown

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Do you know who is teaching in London Ontario this weekend? My local yarn store, Cotton-By-Post, is hosting the Yarn Harlot for the whole ...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Doing Double Time on Sleeve Island

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My Silk Garden pullover has grown into a lovely rectangle of both front and back: I'm now on the sleeves. I've already had to k...
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Sunday, January 08, 2012

Just one more celebration...

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Yesterday was Roc Day , the last of the Christmas season festivities, so my spinning buddy Alica and I headed out to the Little Red Mitten ...
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Thursday, January 05, 2012

Take a break

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Okay, so it's not knitting, but we're all grown ups here. We can apprecate good fiber art when we see it: Crochetdermy .
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Technical writer, wife, mother and dog walker, I am still learning to express my creative side freely. Knitting is the barometer of my life.
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