Category Archives: Knitting

A long week

European Geography is not a subject well taught in most American Schools. Nor, honestly are the details all that much of a concern in daily life to those who live to the West of the Atlantic puddle. As a result, … Continue reading

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Teens and Tigers

It was one of those times when you really have to remind yourself that you like your children. Love them? Of course, but liking them? A whole ‘nother world. I must have been totally and completely out of my mind, … Continue reading

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Goodies

What a wonderful thing, four pick up slips in my box today when I careened through the mail room right before their window closed. There was my box from The Woolery containing bobbins and dyes. There was this nice, small … Continue reading

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Tigers on her feet

It was back to work today and very little time for knitting or anything else. I managed to find and return all but two books to the library, which means I am completely out of borrowed audio books for the … Continue reading

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Seeking Sweets

Home They’ve cracked. Totally and completely lost it. Bursting into the house after being outside for over an hour this evening walking the dog, the three teenagers demanded candy. We have none in the house. Nor is there any gum, … Continue reading

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21 Nisan, 6 La’Omer

Knitting The Bavarian Braid striped socks are finished. They are made of a German sock wool, knit on 2,5 mm needles over 60 stitches. The detailing is fairly simple, there is a twisted stitch braid running down each side, just … Continue reading

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Blocked on two fronts

Knitting Progress! I finished up the armholes early this afternoon, then dunked the sweater before patting it out to block it. The original pattern had called for one row of purls around the armhole, then bind off in knit. I … Continue reading

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Ill mannered yarn

Knitting Remember that Chinese Red Vest I mentioned yesterday? I picked it up this morning and started to knit, first completing the fronts, then the back to finish up the mainbody of the vest. And then came time to bind … Continue reading

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Not a cat

Knitting It took about 15 minutes to untangle the three balls of yarn attached to the top of my Chinese Red Vest (from Folk Vests). Having a tendency to like all the pieces to be the same length, I knit … Continue reading

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FO x 3 Baby Sweaters

After attending meetings all morning, followed by the “wonderful” experience of getting my DA Photo updated I was more than willing to stop at the mailroom on the way home. Of the packages, one was for me – some really … Continue reading

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Making Progress

Spinning I have made progress – the Fire Colorway looks like this on the skeiner and in close up: Knitting The last three baby sweaters are close to finished. The half circle just needs to be sewn the rest of … Continue reading

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Chag Sameach

We have a really great vacuum cleaner. It is one of those no bag models; you just empty out the container when it is full. This seems to be all the time when you have a golden retriever in the … Continue reading

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Easy Off? Not hardly

There are spring cleaning rituals and customs in many cultures. I am not sure that as many come with all the stipulations and rules as cleaning for Passover. But we are …… Done. The kitchen is clean, as is the … Continue reading

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So little time, so many crumbs

Knitting Honestly, it really is not a mobius. Of course I have managed to twist the sleeve around a couple of times while knitting back and forth. I find that I have a tendency to change gauge if I add … Continue reading

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Maximus vs. WordPress

Knitting I am still trying to find my copy of Folk Vests. The red vest is partly started as I mentioned in a previous post. Being more than happy to double count a project, I am planning on it being … Continue reading

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Niagara Fell!

Knitting As I was working my way down the leg of this sock, I took a good look at it. And at the needles in my hands. Oops. There was obviously something wrong with the way it looked. I had … Continue reading

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Piled up and bagged

Books and Reading When I looked at the pile of books on my window sill in the bedroom and even more on the floor next to my chair in the living room, I realized that I have become significantly in … Continue reading

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Swapping Out

Home When we bought this house in 2001, there were some items of furniture that had been left from the previous owner. Along with the color scheme, shag carpet, and horrible wallpaper, these obviously dated from the low price end … Continue reading

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Nice Ice

It was snowing this morning when I awoke. There was slush and ice on the roads and the driving conditions were listed as amber for my community. As I stood there looking out the window, I started to wonder why … Continue reading

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Allgäu

You can’t graft sock toes on a train, even one as smooth as the IC from Frankfurt to Salzburg that stops in Heidelberg at 0914. In retrospect, this should have been obvious. The train speeds along at close to 200km/hr … Continue reading

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