Category: Knitting
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Revenge of the Summer
In retaliation against my overt enthusiasm for fall, this last week has been summery with a vengeance. Highs in the 90’s, humidity that sneaks up on you and knocks you flat, the threat of massive thunderstorms–only rarely made good. My act of rebellion is knitting on an alpaca blend tunic. The force is strong, and…
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The Last of the Summer Knitting
In a college town, time moves the the coming and going of students and faculty. Everyone is back now. The mornings are cool and the parking is gone. I have had a big stack of unopened fall knitting magazines for weeks, but I hadn’t been able to get my head around this whole fall thing.…
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That’s Better
You know that moment, when you have a dozen pressing tasks to attend to, and suddenly the most minute issue, one that has been lingering at the very bottom of your list for months, suddenly becomes The Most Important Issue To Address? That was me today. I crocheted a loop onto a potholder I knitted…
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Home, Sick
Hello Dear Readers! After a long weekend spent traveling halfway across the country, my world has shrunk to here: I picked up a cold somewhere in San Francisco, and thinking back to all the surfaces I came into contact, I’m really glad that this is all I picked up. It is a dirty, dirty, dirty…
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An Essential Quality in a Knitter
Thank you readers for sharing your suggestions for positive alternatives to all the political nastiness going on out there! Hearing about all your constructive activities was very encouraging. Knitting (and buying yarn) has remained my primary response to stress lately, which was all well and good until I realized I had four projects that had…
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In the Middle
Here we are, knitters, in the middle of the year. This holiday weekend is billed as the epitome of vivacity by cooking and lifestyle magazines, but here in Kansas it has been uniformly dour. Some rain, but mostly just solid, dull clouds and a cool wind. Malthus and I are on the couch, listening to…
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Plugging Away
The Twenty Ten cardigan is getting a time out while I decide what to do about the three-stitch disparity between my gauge and the pattern gauge. In the meantime, I have picked up my Midtown cardigan again. If I can just get past the fronts, I may actually finish it less than a year after…
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Restart
Far back in March, I wound the yarn for a Twenty Ten cardigan and put it with the needles in a bag. I must have been in a confident mood, because I listed that day as my start date. Sometime in April I cast on and put everything back in the bag. Today, I gave…
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Never Too Late for a Hat
Welcome to one cold May, people. I don’t know what the weather’s like where you’re at, but here in Kansas it is gloomy, chilly, and damp. While other crafters are kicking off Me Made May with bright, springy little outfits, I am quite glad to have a hat. This is my Koolhaas hat, only nine…
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Tornado Knitting
Good evening, all. This night’s knitting began with me losing a 10.5 circular needle in a 100-square-foot room, so prepare yourselves. This may be a rambling post. I haven’t talked too much about the weather this year. Spring has, by and large, been lovely. After a mild winter, spring was surprisingly, deliciously cool. Bunches of…
Anti-Quotidian 