I Surrender

I “surrendered” my car today.  Doesn’t it sound like I have been holding it hostage for the past 2 years??  Nissan used this terminology when informing me of my brake “issue”…I am only repeating it.  I am very sad to see it go.  This was the 4th car that I have personally picked out and [...]

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What’s this??

Hmmmm.  It does not look like a little boy’s striped sweater….nope….definitely not.  I am weak and easily distracted!!  My pretty yarn from Pennsylvania was sitting there staring at me all dejected-like.  So, yes, I HAD to cast on for Cinxia.  It’s cotton…soft…with a lovely sheen…yep, had to cast on!  I don’t care if that twisted [...]

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Successes & Failures

My kid’s sweater has turned into quite a learning process!  I started to knit the front and back together, but didn’t account for the fact that the pattern does not have armholes that are bound off….so deciding where to split the side seams was beyond my skill.  So it was frogged and started over in [...]

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Signs of Spring

My spring bulbs are popping up….

And knitting frogs are appearing…..

I knew I should have thought through knitting the front and back at the same time.  I kind of forgot armholes and as I was frogging back to put them in I realized it was slightly bigger than the child I have in mind anyway, so [...]

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Live as if you’re dying

I watched Tuesdays with Morrie last night.  Sometimes I wonder how different things would be if we all lived as if it was our last day.  I realize some people would be fatalistic and low about it, but I would like to think I would make the most of it.  With that in mind I [...]

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The East Coast Girls are Hip

I am back from my long weekend adventure to the East Coast!  I didn’t get to see the ocean this time, but there was lots of yarn and great company!  Some girls and I got together to do a yarn crawl through Amish Country in Pennsylvania.  We loaded up into the RV and headed out for [...]

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Progress

There has been lots going on around here, and progress has been made on Moira….

The photo color is bad because of the lack of sunlight we have been having, but, yes, the back is done!  I am taking off for a knittin’ weekend with friends and will cast on for the sleeves!

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What Time is it?? It’s Tool Time!

My morning started out looking like this….

Gorgeous, but there was a lot of heavy lifting involved to get my car out of the garage.  5-6″ of wet snow is beautiful, but HEAVY.
By tonight I was on my front step without a coat or gloves (spring weather is just crazy) installing this beauty….

This is my new doorbell.  [...]

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