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Swatching for Crackerjack Socks
I know, I know! Baseball’s Opening Day is next week, and I’ve promised you a worksheet for Crackerjack Socks. It’s coming, I promise! I’m just still tinkering with it a last little bit. But my plan is...
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Crackerjack Socks :: Free Worksheet
This is not an April fools joke! The free Crackerjack Socks worksheet is available now in my Ravelry store. These are toe-up with an afterthought heel and optional calf-shaping. As we go through the...
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That Time I Made Not-Socks
For someone who doesn’t really consider herself a sock knitter, I realize I’ve posted a lot about socks lately. Yes, it’s true that I knit six pairs of handspun socks basically in a row, and then I...
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A Wee Knit for a Wee Pup
We got a puppy and he is straight-up adorable. This is Louie. (Middle name: CK). He’s a chocolate Havanese, and we’re in love. He’ll be 13 weeks old tomorrow, and he’s already learned how to sit on...
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Knit Two Together: What I Do When I’m Not Knitting (and also, a Book Giveaway)
I learned to knit from the internet. Actually, first I learned to knit from a book. Then I learned to knit well from the internet. The still photos on flat pages hadn’t really shown me how to move my...
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What’s on the needles, what’s off the wheel, and what’s in my puppy’s mouth...
Last time, I promised you Actual Knitting Content, and so you shall have it. I actually had big plans to show you a Major Knit that I am very excited about having finished, but as usual, my technical...
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4 Things You Need to Know About Sand Safety (plus a giveaway)
Well, hello there, reader. Yes, it’s been awhile. Two months have flown by since my last post, and in that time, I’ve traveled thousands of miles, both literally and emotionally, and I just haven’t had...
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All the Spinning, All the Enthusiasm
Thank you, thank you, for your kind comments and your willingness to spread the word about how to prevent sand hole collapses. I’ll leave the comments on that post open until next Wednesday and then...
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for summer :: Paleo Peach-Berry Crisp (it’s vegan, too)
Last night I made this for dessert. Then I had it again for breakfast. I feel like a fruit crisp can swing both ways like that, and there was no one around to contradict me. It was delicious both...
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Again with the Spinning (and a winner – or winners actually)
(And again with the technical difficulties, too – sorry for my delay in posting about the giveaway winner! I tried to post yesterday but failed). We are deep into Tour de Fleece now, and I have been...
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All the Spinning followed by All the Not Spinning
When Tour de Fleece happened last year, I was ALL IN. For three weeks, I spent all my crafting time spinning, and it was glorious. I finished my Tour on the first day of my vacation. First, I spun up a...
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Loss, Grief, and Lack of Knitting
My mom died twelve days ago. It was unexpected, and it happened fast. I got a phone call from my dad at 5:00 in the morning, I got a plane ticket, flew down, got a car, drove down, got to her bedside...
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Loop through Loop upon Loops :: Learning a Little About Grief from My Knitting
Thank you so much for your very kind, very tender words on my last post. Losing my mom (and so unexpectedly) has been the most painful, most disorienting experience I’ve ever gone through, but the kind...
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The Best Part
In your opinion, what is the best part of knitting? Is it the planning – considering patterns, comparing yarn options, making purchases, making a decision? Is it the start? Is it the soothing nature of...
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A Few Things for Friday
1 – I made some yarn. Hello Yarn Extra Fine Merino, “Damp Earth” I like it! It’s not for me, though. It’s Jessica’s prize from the giveaway I held in … July. (Sorry for my delay, Jessica!) She said she...
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Saturday is for Slippers (Shepherd’s Flock Shearling)
At my first Rhinebeck, in 2010, my friend Ann turned me on to the wonders of handmade shearling slippers when she took me to the Shepherd’s Flock booth. I felt a little guilty buying slippers when I...
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Sunday Spinning
Sundays are so full and busy for me, in a good way, but it means they spin away from me so quickly. Today is spinning by especially fast. But I’m helped by the fact that I started the day by doing all...
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At least I can still spin…
It’s a long, stupid story, but the upshot is I messed up my hand and I’m in a splint and a lot of things hurt, including knitting. I’m seeing the orthopedist in the morning, and I hope to know more...
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It’s a Pity Party, and You’re Invited!
It’s broken. I’m pretty bummed out about it. (Broken hamate, wearing a splint 23.5 hours a day for the next four weeks. I’ll write more later.)Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: broken bone, NaBloPoMo
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How I Broke My Hamate (a video entry)
Here’s everything you could possibly want to know about how I broke my hand (and then some). (Also, I obviously need a haircut.) He’s too cute to be mad at.Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: broken...
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