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FO: Autumn Vesper Jays (just in time for Halloween!)

Posted in in progress, knit, non-crafty, recently finished, tagged , , , , on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Prepare to be slammed with somewhere around 4 posts in a row! Yessssssssss!
Me thinks I’ll start with a FO!
“Wahhhhhhhh! No squish!”
Pattern: Jaywalker Socks by Grumperina.
Needles: US 1, 2.5mm.
Yarn: Vesper Superwash (Tartan)
These have been my To-School-And-Back bus project for a while now and I was awfully ready to see them finished. I was extra excited [...]

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Knit: One Day, One Skein, Two Footies

Posted in knit, recently finished on October 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Pattern: Cable Footies by Leigh Radford (from One Skein)
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool (Teal)
Needles: US 7 4.5 mm bamboooo DPNs
It’s getting chilly here (and my windows leak like sieves) and I was feeling a bit under the weather so obviously I needed some cozy socks STAT! And thus Monday became a reading and mindless [...]

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Eye Candy (I don’t normally do this.)

Posted in non-crafty, photos on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t normally participate in Eye Candy Friday… but I just love autumn.

(More.)

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How do we cope with loss?

Posted in knit, tagged , , , on October 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Well, I don’t know about you, but I drink.
When I got home last night, I just couldn’t face the prospect of fixing the Swallowtail quite yet. So busted out the whiskey and settled down to examine the damage. I came to a few conclusions:
1) The hole is not as big as I might [...]

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Nooooooooo!

Posted in knit, tagged , , on October 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »

I came into work today to find a huge-a$% hole in my precious precious Swedish swallowtail shawl! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN??? I think dark forces are at work here. It lives perched gingerly on my desk and never ever goes anywhere without supervision. I am devastated and don’t really know what to do about it. [...]

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Pitcher and Neon, a still life study

Posted in photos on October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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WIP Wednesday+1 Gets Nervous

Posted in crochet, in progress, knit on October 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I am starting to get a bit nervous about my holiday crafting. I know, it’s only October… but as the weeks tick by, I will be swamped with more and more work. And more work means less crafting. And that makes me sad.
I’ve struggling and struggled and managed to make it to the halfway point [...]

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So many items competing for my love.

Posted in knit, recently finished, sew, supplies on October 5, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Not much to say these days as I am in a bit of a “blah” place mentally. This fall is a bit of a place holder for me, work-wise– I’m waiting to go to back to Sweden, waiting for a dissertation topic, waiting to be inspired by my work. Also, this fall is the valley [...]

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