Tag Archives: Podiobooks

falkenberg patterns

are kind of addicting. I tackled Mermaid last fall on the Black Sea Cruise. Solo was up next (if you want to look at her whole line – go here). None of them are all that complicated or difficult, even … Continue reading

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Pressing on

If you are on a self-hosted blog, WordPress just released version 2.6. I had been using one of the test trunks for a while and really like the new short cut feature that puts the categories back where I want … Continue reading

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Head coverings

Leslie has written a great post on head coverings, traditions and the “to snood or not to snood” question. If you are not Jewish, I suspect it would have little relevance to you, except for her excellent research and photo … Continue reading

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Symmetry

On a Monday, I might be able to talk about all the work I had accomplished over the weekend. That is if I had really accomplished anything. My husband apparently survived turning 60 and now just has to get through … Continue reading

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Putting it off

I have been procrastinating. There is only so much that I can accomplish at the office. Much of what currently needs to be done, I must do at home since it involves printing, scanning and emailing. The British Army computer … Continue reading

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Mac Attack

I did it this past weekend. Converted from a PC to a Mac and am having a wonderful time. MacBook-Pro, lots of memory and a decent size hard drive. Screen bigger than what I needed. I would have gone with … Continue reading

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three pattern repeats

I managed three pattern repeats on the Hyacinth today. That is an increase of 60 stitches per row just today and I still have somewhere from 4-6 repeats (each 10 rows long) to go. I still want to find a … Continue reading

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Organic Mowers

Not wishing to wait for the promised sometime next week we will come and mow, I borrowed an organic horse powered lawn mower from another person who lives on post. Truly horse powered. If you can’t see him clearly, perhaps … Continue reading

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Fleece

It has been a long time since I muttered around about spinning. And normally I go no where near fleece, washing fleece or processing from the beginning. But lately, as the price of roving seems to have sky rocketed to … Continue reading

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Shawl Progress

The most exciting part of my work day was finding myself the only one at breakfast in the Mess. Knitting Rapid progress on the Diamond Fantasy Shawl brought me to this point – with only a pattern repeat to go. … Continue reading

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