Note to self

If you’re going to knit one sock over the course of 10 months, then dither about casting on for the second sock, it would help matters immensely if you were to not misplace the original pattern, causing you to use the wrong pattern for the second sock because the wrong pattern kind of resembles the [...]

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When worlds collide

I was cleaning out one of my pattern binders today and in one of the back pockets I caught a glimpse of the following, in my handwriting: What!? Did I design a heavily cabled Aran sweater for a barrel-chested man out of cobweb-weight wool using size 0000 needles? Did I envision a house cozy for [...]

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Though not without its charms…

… my week has been less than stellar. 1. Migraine. During my second childbirth education class. 2. Less-than-legal midwife at a friend’s birth. Now, I’m not a fan of the Illinois state law that says breech births and twins cannot be delivered at home, but it makes lots of sense to abide by the law, [...]

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They’re going to revoke my knitting license

This is the universe telling me to stop having so much fun, isn’t it? I got the front straps done on the Ballet Cami yesterday (woohoo!) and thought I’d set it aside until today to do the three-needle bind off on both shoulder straps, because Nick and I had plans to go out with friends [...]

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It’s all up in the air

Now that it’s almost the weekend again, how was everyone’s holiday (if you’re American) weekend? I had a great time with family, friends and beer every day of the holiday. And I got to see some guy steal groceries from the Woodman’s in Rockford. Truth! He ran out with a basketful of food right as [...]

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The Universe Slaps Me Down

Just a short post to let the internet know that I can’t write a decent post right now. This week is not going my way in so many different ways that it’s hard to know where to start the story of how I hate it. I’ll give you a list, because as Femiknitter knows, there [...]

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A Miracle of Time Management

This is what it says on my latest KnitPicks order… Order Number: ******Order Date: 3/4/2007Status: ShippedShip Date: 3/8/2007 Note the date of today’s post. Note the ship date. Now, maybe they have a time machine that makes it possible for the future (3/8/2007) to be in the past (“shipped”) and if that’s the case I [...]

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Really, I Cannot Be Trusted

It’s been a while since my last post, and I’ll tell you why. It’s been a while because last week was highly annoying and I couldn’t adequately put my mind to wearing matching socks, much less turning out a semi-coherent (or even quasi-coherent … does that mean the same thing?) post. Work was more demanding [...]

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On the bright side, the carpet is cleaner

Friday afternoon no, not even. It was still the morning. Friday morning I was struck with the urge to do laundry (the Rash of Doom kept me home from work for a few days, and apparently introduced a housework ethic which was certainly not there before). We were, of course, out of laundry detergent so [...]

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Smaller than a breadbox

Guess whose digital camera fits in a wine glass? Yes, that would be mine. I found this out on Saturday night at my first-ever bridal shower. While Nick & I were taking really cute “we’re in love and in a garden” pictures. While I was holding a half-full glass of wine. Sigh. Heather was helping [...]

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