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Stiches West 2010

March 8, 2010 Knitting - General

Pictures of Stitches West 2010.  Tada…… Sadly, these pictures are the only proof that I was at Stitches West 2010.  But I promise you, I was REALLY PHYSICALLY there!! Last week was a crazy week for me.  I had a business trip to California which ‘so happened’ to coincide with the weekend of Stitches in Santa [...]

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Lucy Neatby

September 12, 2009 Purchases

So, at the Men’s Fall Knitting Retreat, someone who is a friend of a friend of some other friend who doesn’t knit who has a friend who does knit, his friend, told my friend who told another friend who told me…… about this wonderful lady named Lucy Neatby. (Ok, the whole friend of a friend [...]

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The Berkeley Stash

December 17, 2007 Books

Hey all, I thought I would get more excitement about the yarn shops in Berkeley. And as I promised the stash acquisition. 2 skeins of ShibuiKnits Socks 10 balls of Elsbeth Lavold Hempathy. I’m not sure what I can make with this? Would 10 balls be enough for a sweater? Maybe a cabled vest. Hmmmm……. [...]

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I caved!!!!

November 9, 2007 Knitting - General

I did it, I finally did it. Never would I have thought that I would get a set of interchangeable needles after my first Boye set, eeccck, but look what came in today. So smooth, so sharp, so deliciously delicate……… so well organized.      

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Busy Bee

November 6, 2007 Knitting - General

Gosh, when it rain, it pours!!!!! All of a sudden, I’m getting an influx of projects to knit. Don’t get me wrong, that’s a great thing! These are all test knits, sample knits and model knits and that’s what I like to do. Cuz as you all already know about me, how often do I [...]

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The 8th Day of 2006

January 8, 2006 Books

It’s the end of the 1st week of 2006. How is my mantra working out? To review: I am going to live my life one day at a time. If things get rough, I’’ll think about things one moment at a time. Every moment and every day, I will strive to do the next right [...]

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Crazy Shopping Spree

November 10, 2005 Books

Wow, it feels like forever since my last post where I sounded like a crazy drama queen all freaking out about the MWK sweater. That’s what I’ve been working on the past couple of days; obsessing, researching, knitting, ripping and reknitting. Fortunately, today, the sky is NOT falling anymore. I’ve managed to sew the shoulder [...]

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The Knitting Experience

October 24, 2005 Purchases

Have you every bought something only because you had a coupon? Well, Michael’s Craft Store occasionally has 40% discount coupons in the Sunday paper and I happen to come across two of them this weekend. Since I don’t really care for craft store yarn (I’m such a yarn snob!!), the limited selection of books there [...]

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