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Like a Vacation, but Not at All
Hello from hot, humid Tucson, Arizona! I am currently entrenched in the middle of a week-long intensive–all libraries, all the time. The mountains are what I see when I look out the window at my dorm… Here’s what’s underneath my window. Every day starts at 5:30… Thank goodness I brought my sock… And for some…
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On a Roll
Shoulder-Warmer update: I gave it its first washing, and although a bit of the color bled onto my drying towel, the sweater itself is none the worse. Le amo. Now in focus is a Swallowtail Shawl, the occasion Mum’s birthday. I’m really enjoying the pattern–it’s the same basic body+fancy border as the Icarus. Any of…
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Alive and Knittin’
Wow–I am sorry for the dead silence that has prevailed here for the past three weeks. I have been distracted from all bloggy pursuits by the demise of my freedom. In short (as Mr. Micawber would exclaim) I have begun graduate school. I don’t know whether to be thrilled to dickens that I’ve entered the…
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Brown Paper Packages
Receiving mail is so fun. It would be better if packages still came in brown paper tied up with string, but still. And packages with yarn? The best. Way back in December, I had convinced Mum that a share in the sheep from Grand View farm in Vermont was a good graduation gift. Doubts about…
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What the Dickens!
(I’m not sure why, but Stella finds this a comfortable style of repose) The new season of Masterpiece Theatre is in full swing, and it’s the perfect opportunity to get working on my Top-Down Shoulder Warmer. The “Classic” portion of the season–Tales of Charles Dickens–has just ended, and although I knit my way through both…
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Changing Gears
We in the desert have lucked out with an exceptionally mild spring. Only now is it beginning the transition from gloriously pleasant to hotter than the dickens, which means it’s time to transition into a new phase of knitting projects. My hands were getting sore from all the projects I’d be doing on tiny needles,…
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Leaf Cardigan Reveal
Here it is, at long last. It’s been over a month since Hermanita’s birthday, but first she had to block it, then I needed to remember to ask her to model when there was still some light left. Pattern: Cropped Cardigan with Leaf Ties, by Stephanie Japel (32″ size)Yarn: Cascade Dolce in Lavender Pearl (938?),…
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Happy Easter!
With love from the stuffies, all finished. Ok–all finished as of 8 this morning, when I did eyes for the Mousie on the left. Patterns:Loch Ness Monster, by hansigurumiandMousie, by Ysolda TeagueNessie used some discontinued acrylics from the depths of my stash, and Mousie is Crystal Palace Panda Wool leftover from Mum’s Christmas socks and…
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Guess What’s Here
My O-Wool. I had ordered it several weeks ago, back when I was searching for the project. The weather was changing, and I hit upon the plan of making myself Laura’s Top-Down Shoulder Warmer (apologies for the Ravelers-only link; this pattern has disappeared off her blog’s shop). I was utterly enthused at the idea of…
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Update!
I hate falling behind on blogging. I always feel like then I have to write something sparkling with interest to make up. Unfortunately, nothing that happened over the past three weeks strikes me as sparkling. The closest I can get is offering photos labeled in exclamations points. The Palo Verdes bloomed! My Pinwheel Blanket, aka…
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