Category: Knitting
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Getting Things Done
Edited to add: I nearly forgot the blocking story on the tank! Scroll down for more Today is a getting things done sort of day. Lots and lots of things. I was going to guilt trip myself about taking the day off until I realized that I have basically spent the entire day on cleaning,…
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Of Course this is Interview Prep
Thank you all for your lovely comments on Mousie’s story! I have been knitting along over here since then, but the blogging has been on the back burner as I prepare for an interview. I really dislike interviews. A lot. So let’s take a brain break and talk about something happy: finished objects. When I…
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Going Gothic
Happy Tuesday, people! I am happy to report that I discovered two of the circular needle pouches that were MIA: one crammed in a corner of the notions shelf (understandable) and another in a pile of papers on my desk (just wrong). I may need to do a stash deep-clean soon: in addition to the…
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Don’t Take Away my Librarian License
Librarians are supposed to be these masters of organization, steel traps through which no amount of chaos shall pass. They create order out of the mess of human communication. As a librarian, I love order: most of what librarians spend their days doing is organizing, and that appeals to me immensely. Not only do I…
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Novel Concept
Happy Wednesday, mon peeps. The hat flew off the needles, but although I carefully packed it next to my camera with my sadly unblogged Greenies sweater, the trifecta of daylight, knitwear, and photographer did not materialize over the weekend. While I wait for the stars align, I will attempt to distract you with random posts…
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WIP Wednesday
Like the start of this shawl, I started the week a little rumpled and out-of-sorts. So Monday’s tidying-up post became Tuesday’s tidying-up post, and now here we are, on Wednesday morning, finally posting. Ever have one of those weeks? I survived the PINK-ness. As I had hoped, the unbridled exuberance of the color was…
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How Much More Pink?
As a general rule, I love color. Pops of red, rich browns, soft grays, soothing blue and a snap of orange: all these colors are lovely. Longtime readers know, of course, that I will drop everything and swim through an alligator tank to get to any shade of green. But the pink is bringing me…
Anti-Quotidian 