Card-again?

Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, and in keeping with what seems to be a trend, I finished Shawl Neck Cardigan, making it my 5th cardigan for 2009, and making it my 10th and final finished object for 2009. The number of finished items is something close to phenomenal for me, considering how little [...]

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Math is not my forte.

With a 2-week hiatus from Shawl Neck Cardigan to work on Randall Herringbone Scarf for my husband for Christmas, I’ve resumed work on it and the end is truly within grasp.  If only I can get a window of just a couple of hours, Shawl Neck would be done.  Maybe tonight, maybe not.  The scary [...]

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Inching along.

I think the speed with which Vine Lace Cardigan progressed must have inspired me, because as soon as that was done I hopped right back onto Shawl Neck Cardigan, a project that at times has seemed as if it would never end.  It’s amazing to me that given the interesting twists and turns that Vine [...]

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I’ve been busy….

When all else fails, start another project…. Vine Lace Cardigan (from Sweaterbabe.com) in Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky, Sable colorway. Originally, I used my $30 Knit Picks gift certificate from Christmas for this project, and ordered Cadena in Thyme colorway for it.  To my dismay, Cadena was all in hanks instead of the skeins Wool [...]

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It’s downhill from here…

Now past the half-way point for Shawl Neck Cardigan I am pleased that I have gotten this far along. Honestly, I thought I was going to frog it as I did much earlier on back in January. I haven’t been enjoying the process here, not at all. I get kind of turned-off by projects that [...]

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Whew! Back to school.

I popped into French Bakery in Kirkland today for a quick bite to eat and a marocchino (an espresso drink), which Ms. Adventure’s in Italy so aptly called “Heaven in a Cup”. My son YM started preschool this week, and although I’ll miss him, it is a relief to me that he will be someplace [...]

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Fairest One Of All

Or, at least in my home she is. We’ve been back from South Korea for two and a half weeks now and we’ve hit the ground running with an almost-5-year old and a 13-month old in the house. Life is both good and hectic for us these days. Our son YM has discovered that anticipating [...]

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We’re off to Korea!

Monday, we got the call of all calls that every adoptive parent waits for:  we were told we could go to Korea to get MR.  It seemed the waiting had become so never-ending that we’d kind of gone numb, and just as when we adopted YM four years ago, the call came at a time [...]

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Tangled up in blue cables.

I was all set to post about starting Yellow Harvest Mittens (Ravelry link) from Vogue Knitting Fall 2008 while watching the presidential inauguration, and then the week got away from me, and now we have on hand, literally, one finished mitten. I’m using my stashed Manos del Uruguay in Cornflower, so I decided to call [...]

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