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Archive for November, 2008

Chameleon Changes Form

Posted in knitting, projects, tagged , , , on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »

When I should have been fast asleep in a post-feast haze on Thanksgiving night last Thursday, I was up late watching the Alan Arkin classic The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming and starting a new Ribbed Mini-Scarf. It turned out to be a welcome change of gears from my other projects, and [...]

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A close call.

Posted in knitting, other stuff on November 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I discovered Twist Collective over the weekend and caught wind of Sylvi in the process.  If you don’t know if you know Sylvi yet, and if you like cables and cool looking coats, Sylvi might just fit the bill for you.  I came really close to ordering the yarn and the pattern within hours of [...]

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A Painful Tale of Process Knitting

Posted in knitting, projects, tagged , , , , on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Grand Duchess is progressing about as fast as paint peels.  That means about a row a day.  Let’s see, that would put a finish date at about late 2010, after you factor in taking my current average of about 2 days a week off from it. The good news is that I think I’m [...]

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Birthplace: Tuscany

Posted in knitting, projects, travel, tagged , , on November 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Fresh off the needles: Kusha Kusha Scarf.

Kusha Kusha was cast on during a day trip through Tuscany in late September.  We were on our way to Volterra and it was a beautiful day.  Rolling hills, topped with farm houses flanked by tall cypress trees.  The fields had been harvested, so the dirt lay as a [...]

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Out and About

Posted in Seattle, knitting, other stuff, projects, restaurants on November 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »

(I tried to post this on my phone last Saturday, but for some reason the WordPress app. for my iPhone was acting-up and wouldn’t let me post it after I’d written the whole thing.  These apps. that developers create for iPhone seem to be a bit unstable to varying degrees, and it just makes getting [...]

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Trip Plunder

Posted in knitting, projects, tagged , on November 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’m finally posting some pictures of the knitting stuff I bought during my trip to Europe.
Whew! Of course, not pictured here is the alpaca and mohair yarns bought for Veste Croisée.  After I bought all of that Cento Undici, I thought I’d overdone it, figuring that one skein would have been sufficient for a nice [...]

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