Category: Unfinished Object
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New Favorites
Happy Monday dear readers! I’m still getting out there and exercising, but I managed to mess up my sacrum when I had the baby and two metal water bottles in the frame backpack so this week I am splitting my time between hiking and walking. Let us note, this is the same injury from when…
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Jumpsuits and Monsoons
After weeks of teasing, the monsoon season has finally sent rain to the Valley. Things kicked off with a microburst Saturday night. One minute, there was only the muggy afternoon, the next rain was coming down so hard it sounded like hail. Water splattered first the front windows, then the back as the storm winds…
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So Many Stripes
Thanks everyone for giving me the space to cathart all over the place, as they say on Brooklyn 99. My wardrobe-related angst has subsided for the time being, and my new area of concern is these stripes. They are part of a gift project that I have been over for about a week. You know…
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Big Yarn
Tonight, briefly, a closeup of some very big yarn. Although I am comfortable picking (also called continental) now, for this super bulky yarn I found I got better leverage throwing. What are your strategies for knitting with bulky yarn?
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Unstuck
Well hello again everyone. I think a month may have gone by, but I’m not sure. I didn’t see it pass. November is the month for doing all the things, so let’s see how long I last doing a post a day. Sound like fun? For most of October (which truly was barely here before…
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Similar But Not the Same
Happy Thursday Knitters! Here in Kansas summer and fall are still duking it out in a battle of cool nights, muggy mornings, and afternoon sun, but I’ve begun to wade into my stack of fall magazines and patterns. It’s a bit overwhelming. Fall is the season that most designers live for, and there is so…
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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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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…
Anti-Quotidian 