Category Archives: knitting

Nothing much, but also kind of everything.

*Rainy weekend mornings+ knitting+When Harry Met Sally make for lovely starts to a fantastic day! I’ve got the scarf almost completed after a long hiatus, and it looks gorgemous.  Now I’m pulling out the yarn I have purchased for my … Continue reading

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Regularly scheduled downtime.

I’ve been busy doing a whole lot of nothing lately. Watching movies. Pilates and Yoga. Knitting. Writing some things. Watching Airline. It’s all been nice. I’ll jump back into blogging momentarily.  I’ve just enjoyed letting other people do the talking … Continue reading

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Burning Love.

I’ve been preparing for our beach trip by spending the weekends basking in the sun by the pool, in an attempt to get a little color before we spend days lazing in the sand.  I don’t want to get burned … Continue reading

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The baking and making of things.

I cannot cook.  I love the idea of cooking; stirring sauces and browning and sauteing things, but actually doing these things almost never works out well for me.  The problem?  I always try to do a little “something extra”, and … Continue reading

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Going the distance.

My scarf is almost complete!!  With everything going as I hope it will, I’m thinking aI should have it finished by the weekend…not that it is cold enough to wear it now, but I will be happy just having it … Continue reading

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Practice makes perfect.

I spent the holiday weekend working on my knitting.  I started a second sample swatch that went ok for a while, but I wasn’t counting rows because I was practicing my stitching technique, and somewhere along the way I added … Continue reading

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I'm in stitches.

After a couple hours of trial and error, I finally figured out how to do the basic knit stitch. It isn’t pretty, and this swatch isn’t anything more than a practice swatch, but I’ve figured out how to do it … Continue reading

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