Category Archives: Knitting

Strider

Posted on 2025-06-23 by Holly

Is an extremely simple, almost mindless scarf pattern from Martina Behm. I have knit two or three of these in the past. Garter stitch, wraps perfectly. What is not to like. This one is knit of 100% bamboo yarn which … Continue reading →

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A knit finish

Posted on 2025-06-13 by Holly

Yes, I do still occasionally knit something. The something in this case is a very basic garter stitch blanket out of something or other fuzzy from from either JoAnns (remember them?) or Michaels. It started with a garter stitch square, … Continue reading →

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Another early Wednesday

Posted on 2025-06-11 by Holly

The good thing about an every three month schedule for my forever is that q3mo is better than q2mo. OTOH, it means that I am up at O’dark-a-clock to to make the drive into SF. Obviously there are much worse … Continue reading →

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Two finishes

Posted on 2025-03-04 by Holly

I finished the cat, as in fully finished. Tomorrow I will deliver it, in a frame complete with a mounting hook.  I will give Noah a couple of days to stick it up, then  take a picture of it in … Continue reading →

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It looks benign

Posted on 2024-02-15 by Holly

This capsule that I get to take once a day for 21 days. Then I get a break for 7 days and then I get to do it again. The plan is X6 at this point. there are a ton … Continue reading →

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Packed

Posted on 2024-01-18 by Holly

The day started with errands and ended with me being ready to head to bed early.  Packing took me all of 10 minutes at least for the clothing portion. As soon as I finish up this note – I will … Continue reading →

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Not too much

Posted on 2024-01-09 by Holly

It was one of those days – I managed to finish a knitted blanket. Ok – lap blanket. I had five skeins of silly yarn and just kept going till I ran out. The yarn originally came from DMC a … Continue reading →

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Perhaps there is a floor

Posted on 2024-01-07 by Holly

in my craft room after all. At least I think I can walk across it now without too many things going crunch or me slipping and falling down. I am still trying to figure out completely what goes where. But … Continue reading →

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A trap for the unwary

Posted on 2024-01-06 by Holly

I managed to put in several hours more of cleaning/sorting/reorganizing the craft room. As a result, walking across the floor right now could be viewed as a bit hazardous as I am partway through sorting several bins. And then, of … Continue reading →

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A little bit better

Posted on 2024-01-02 by Holly

I think I actually got some sleep last night and was able to be up and about today with only the occasional coughing fit. I managed to empty two boxes in the garage of stuff which need to find homes … Continue reading →

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Too fancy for postcards

Posted on 2023-10-29 by Holly

As our youngest appreciates postcards (I sent them to her while she was in the US at University and I was traveling) my payback for taking me to the airport at  ungodly hours is re-establishing the habit of collecting postcards … Continue reading →

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Summer Cat

Posted on 2023-07-16 by Holly

Thinking back to earlier this week – I guess I really don’t notice my eyes. They are just there. My glasses are on/off my face depending on what I am doing and which method seems to get the best result. … Continue reading →

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just a few purrs

Posted on 2023-06-04 by Holly

the couple of hours spent at Avenue Yarns for the Sunday morning open knitting was lovely. I had to re-cast on Strider (a Martina Beam pattern I have already knit a couple of times but falls into the lovely category … Continue reading →

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Treasure Island

Posted on 2023-05-12 by Holly

I have been suckered in again. This time by Owl Forest (http://owlforest.co.uk) whose designers, in addition to a lot of Russian looking patterns, are the guilty parties behind my 85% complete Alice from 2021. And the Vintage Black Sampler now … Continue reading →

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NCL Sun – Day 3 – Spinnaker Lounge

Posted on 2023-04-04 by Holly

Map of the evening. On this ship, the top deck forward lounge is called the Spinnaker Lounge. Not only is it a lovely place to sit and stitch in the morning as there are  not many people, no broadcast of … Continue reading →

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Beside the Sea

Posted on 2021-02-07 by Holly

This weekend the last part on this SAL (stitch-a-long) was released. Normally Patty releases her pattern updates on Friday, but delayed till today. That was fine with me. It is not like I don’t have enough other things to work … Continue reading →

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Portland

Posted on 2020-10-23 by Holly

After staying in Ashland this past night, I drove the rest of the way to Portland. Discovering that the people for whom I was hauling toys from my garage lived in the SW area which turned out to be the … Continue reading →

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Ashland Oregon

Posted on 2020-10-22 by Holly

A friend assures me is a lovely town, well worth a visit in non-Covid times. There is a Shakespeare Festival, historic inns. It might be lovely, it might be industrial, I have no clue. When arriving off I-5 around 1900 … Continue reading →

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Whatever in 2009

Posted on 2020-04-14 by Holly

I looked back at 2009. Eleven years ago. The blog is mostly about the sweater I was knitting at the time – the infamous Phoenix –   and dashing to the train. nothing about Passover, little about work or the … Continue reading →

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Fleet Week

Posted on 2019-10-11 by Holly

is just starting in San Francisco. In the back of my head, I sort of had filed the information away along with all the other local events that are interesting but don’t elicit any personal interest in participation. Then I … Continue reading →

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