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Ravelympics – Day Four Update

As of 9:23 this morning, my accounting class is complete. I managed a B for that one, and an A for Statistics. I'm just thanking my lucky stars that they are both over, behind me, and I can move on … Continue reading

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Woodland Shawl

 I started this thing forever and a day ago; I began, decided to go up a needle size, ripped, and started again. The yarn was won in a contest; when I saw it, I knew that I had to do … Continue reading

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February Lady Sweater – Ravelympics 2008

I finally got the Dream in Color Classy photographed: It's a hard color to photograph – deep purples and reds, with black layered in for good measure. I bought six skeins because I am absolutely terrified of running out of … Continue reading

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Tartan Socks

I have FRACKIN' FINISHED SOMETHING:  Self striping socks simply aren't my thing, normally, but thanks to the fantastic dye job of one indie dyer, I can make self striping socks that I actually like. These only took three weeks to … Continue reading

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Knitting Olympics

I'm pretty sure that I've gone insane. In about four weeks, the Knitting Olypmics starts up again, and I'm actually signed up to make a sweater. A SWEATER. I can barely knit a pair of socks in two weeks.  But … Continue reading

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Catching Up

Life: 1  Blog Updates: 0 Sarah's party went really, really well. We bought too much food, which is pretty normal for us (I seem to be in constant fear that we're going to run out of food for some reason, … Continue reading

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Obsession

I tend to buy yarn in spurts. I'll go for months without purchasing or swapping anything, and then one day, I get that random itch (you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about), and three days later the house is buried … Continue reading

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Stash Expansion

We all have our Holy Grail of yarn. For some, it's the elusive Wollmeise; for others, it's the expensive cashmere sweater's worth of stash that they find at a great discount. My particular dream yarn is the Yarntini Self Striping … Continue reading

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