Knitting A.D.D.

I might be having a little knitting A.D.D. lately!  Tonight instead of working on or even finishing anything that I have started I cast on for the Koolhaas Hat from Interweave Knits Gifts – Holiday 2007.  I justified my new project with the excuse that I could use circular needles again, which I still don’t feel [...]

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Thanksgiving

Well, I survived Thanksgiving!  At my house that can be counted as an accomplishment in itself!  The infamous (at least in my world) stained glass scarf did not get completed for my uncle.  He instead got a CD of country Christmas favorites.  I am very close and will send it off in the mail to him [...]

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Pressure

Too much to do and too little time is the story of everyone’s life, but it is currently my life and I am not liking it!!  First off….the tea cozy….real cute until I tried to add details.  The pattern called for this complicated bouquet of flowers that I could not for the life of me [...]

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Snow

I woke up this morning to this…..

Yes, that is snow on my deck!  It is still flurrying around in the air, so who knows if we will accumulate any more since I haven’t seen the weather in days.  I know that this will not last (probably not even until lunch), but I suddenly have Christmas [...]

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Instant Gratification

OK, it might not be absolutely instant….but for me to finish a project in approximately 2 hours is unheard of!!  I needed to make a wine cozy for my cousin’s wife for Christmas (which we celebrate at Thanksgiving).  I found an uncomplicated pattern that would guide me along the way.  I bought some Cascade 220 [...]

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Tedious

At the craft show I went to on Saturday, I got these.

My friend’s mother made them, and I cannot even imagine the time that went into them!

It is a paper art/craft called quilling.  I had never heard of it, and had never seen it.  I can tell you any tedium I experience in knitting can [...]

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Saturday Yarn

I have made huge progress on my tea cozy this week, and will hopefully have finished pictures of it tomorrow!  I also went to a craft sale today hosted by one of my friends and her sisters.  It was in one of their houses and ran for 3 days (today being the last day).  These are some [...]

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Tiffany’s

I don’t care who you are…the thought of a blue box from Tiffany’s puts a sparkle in any woman’s eyes!  It’s an American jewelry icon that I was raised thinking of as special.  It wasn’t a status symbol for me, it was just classy….after all Audrey Hepburn (one of the classiest women I can think [...]

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Knitting Night

Well, another successful knitting night has been completed.  Knitting night for me is:  1 good friend, pizza delivery, 1 or 2 cocktails, and nothing but knitting!  We have gotten so we do it at least once every 2 weeks.  We’ve both decided it’s good for our projects, our minds, and our friendship!
Tonight there was progress [...]

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Cleaning…for the repair guy?

How have I spent my afternoon you ask?  I went to the show with friends this afternoon.  I absolutely love going to the movies….so even if the movie is not the best I love the experience.  Today’s (We Own the Night) was a great story, but a little slow at times.  I would have sworn [...]

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