A Rogue?

Get Me – more yarn!!
Rogue: A variation from the standard varietal type.
I’ve been deviating from my “standard varietal type” (cheap) lately when it comes to buying yarn. I’m actually buying it, for FUTURE projects! Or, in the case of this weekend, because the hubby gave me money for the specific purpose of buying yarn, [...]

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Love That Hubby!

Conversation last night, while watching something about Titan missiles on The History Channel…
Kaity: Where’s Vandenberg?Me: Up near SolvangKaity, Me, and D#2 (in unison): Ahhh, I want to go to Solvang again!Me: They have yarn stores!Hubby: Why don’t you go?Me: It’s only fun if you have money to spendHubby: How much do you want?
The best [...]

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Extra Spicy Wannabe

You know how Knitty rates the difficulty of it’s patterns – Mellow, Tangy, Piquant, and Extra Spicy…. Well, we all remember Ella, she was only Tangy and nearly killed me.
When I told Kaity I was going to make Spring Fling, her exact words were, “Mom, are you kidding- you are NOT piquant.”
Well, maybe I’m growing [...]

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Spring Fling

I don’t know that I’m up for a “spring fling!” I’m pretty sure I’m not up for Spring Break – not that it’s gonna be like “Spring Break Miami” or anything around here…. as it was not-so-politely pointed out to me last night, I make my teenage daughters “live in a bubble” and “don’t let [...]

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Productive Weekend

Some weekends go by, and you wonder where they went. Some weekends go by and you feel like you got nothing done.
This weekend was one of those great weekends where I can’t believe it was only two days
This weekend I: made homemade marshmallows, took pictures of my scarf and blogged, cleaned my house, went to [...]

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Lady E!

Woot Woot!! She’s finished! This sucker is 90″ long!!!
Ok – it’s not your typical Lady E, but I like it. I kind of broke a lot of style rules here… but isn’t knitting about making it your own? I made a scarf instead of a stole, and I didn’t use the typical Noro or yarn [...]

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Yes! We Have A Snowflake!

You can bet there was big excitement in the car this morning, and – yes, Kaity still had to go to school. (this only makes sense to those who tuned in and read yesterday’s post!). And, yes, this is only “cold” by California-wimp standards. Hey- we take what we can get. This is the only [...]

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An Old FO On the Go

Can you tell I have no new knitting content to show you? I keep hauling out old stuff….. well, the entrelac scarf just looks like more of the same scarf – even I’m getting bored at this point. But, I’m on the home stretch. Maybe I’ll finish it tonight. Thursdays is a good TV night. [...]

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Oy

This is only about a foot-and-a-half of the nine feet of hell that await me when I finish this scarf!!! Oy – someone remind me next time to weave my ends in as I go.
“Oh – I’ll just knit in a few random blocks of color!” The random blocks of color from hell… now in [...]

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It Really Is The Thought That Counts!

1. Put on the pink Valentine-y cardi 2. Write heartfelt sentiment on plate3. Line up shot in bathroom mirror4. Suck in gut and take picture5. Realize you have to write backwards on the plate to make this work….
Can we all say it together – DORK!
Oh well. Happy Valentines Day from me to you…. hope yours [...]

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