April 2009

Desperate Times

April 30, 2009

call for desperate measures. Or some such. First, before I get into that, I would like to thank Erin! If you notice, I have a new layout theme and stuffs – Erin did all of that for me. She is also working on getting the podcast up and running again. We loves us some Erin. [...]

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Another Spring, another Fling

April 29, 2009

Last year I was lucky enough to go to The Loopy Ewe‘s Spring Fling – it was a lot of fun – and I went back this year! And had more fun!!! I knit a lot this year and got no pictures of my knitting! I got to hang with Wendy! And work out the [...]

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Woeful Wednesday

April 15, 2009

It is time for another update on the home front. It is Wednesday morning and I am starting day 8 without an antidepressent. I had to slide back on and then space it out a little more. I only have one pill left in the house. I am trying to push through and not take [...]

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It’s here!

April 14, 2009

Today is the much anticipated release of Socks from the Toe Up: Essential Techniques and Patterns from Wendy Knits! I reviewed the book on the blog already, but now I have finished some socks! Wendy is joining us at Charlotte Yarn June 4-6 for several events including book signings and classes! If you are in [...]

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BFF

April 13, 2009

My friend Stephanie didn’t have any hand knit socks – but she did just have a birthday! I bought her a little something for her birthday and offered to remedy her sock problem. I let her pic out the pattern – and then she did a stash dive and come up with the yarn from [...]

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Get LOST

April 12, 2009

So for a long time I have been part of the LOST “fandom”. I don’t really do a lot with it – I post some at The Fuselage, but rarely. I go to LOST Weekend (formerly Destination: LA) and this is the 3rd of 4 years I made it out. This was another fun year! [...]

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Choices…

April 9, 2009

By now, you may have seen the beautiful socks Wendy is knitting on her blog! How can I not knit them??? But what should I knit them out of? I took a little stash dive and came back with these options: Left to Right: Fleece Artist Merino in Pale Pink, Neighborhood Fiber Company Studio Sock [...]

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Socks from the Toe Up

April 1, 2009

Blogger and sock knitter extraordinaire Wendy Johnson has a new book coming out – and this one is all about socks from – what else – the toe up! Wendy and Potter Craft have done a beautiful job with this book. The photography is beautiful. The line drawings in the instructions are clear and well [...]

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