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Knitting

Branching Out

So this is what I’ve been working on- It’s called Branching Out. It will hopefully be a pretty lace scarf for…er…somebody. Dunno who yet. Maybe Matt’s mom. This one is working out so much better than the nastily boring feather and fan pattern that I gleefully ripped back. On the workfront, classes are going sooooo […]

Finished x2

I am finished times two. First, I am finished with the @#%$ing essays. And second, I am finished with this: That my dear friends is a knitted hat in a pattern called Foliage. This means that I have a Christmas present completed in January! Feel free to hate me. Now I vow to work on […]

Yarn Grief

The super cool yarn that I had on order from Herrshners was indefinately backordered. It was a really great deal from their clearance bin so the hope that it will one day actually arrive is pretty much nil. So sad… But now I can buy the yarn for Linnea’s hat. I bounce back easily from […]

Harry Potter Hats

So the knitting fairy gave out her Christmas presents this year to the family who received Harry Potter hats in the House colors they favored most (or in Matt’s case, the left over House since he refused to pick one). I’m still making my Slytherin hat. Represent! Adrienne requested the Ravenclaw book colors.  Do you […]

Knitter’s Wrist

I have developed knitter’s wrist. It hurts so damn bad. I’ve been trying to get Christmas gifts done, and I am so sick of the Harry Potter hats. Two more to go. I can make it. Also, I need to order the yarn for the second half of Adrienne’s socks. She gave me yarn (Lorna’s […]

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