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After a virtual storm of paperwork and forms concerning school, an online tour of the virtual campus, and faxing papers back and forth for financial aid over the course of three weeks I have nothing more to do than wait for my books. And wait. And do a little more waiting. I finished another frock [...]

Look at the contentment of a knitter. Here’s Josey waiting for his sister’s birthday party to get underway. In a house full of gameboys, comics, books, and movies that my child chooses knitting. Sweet. And speaking of games. Darling husband decided that I should have a Nintendo DS lite, and Pokémon Pearl to go along [...]

My husband will be offering classes to other husbands of knitters just prior to black Friday. If you would like my husband to train your husband or boyfriend how to successfully shop with the knitter in mind for holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, or “just because” please pre-register your mate as soon as possible. Curriculum will include [...]

This is the garter stitch rectangle I had knit up in the prior post. The felt is formed. And it’s very pink. And extremely soft. Now I suppose because I really liked that yarn and I have to spin more. I know what’s it is destined to be; Lexi said as soon as she saw [...]

We have an older F100 Ford pickup truck. This isn’t a brag point, it’s just the vehicle we drive. If you aren’t familiar with this style of truck, relax, close your eyes and envision a gun rack. Slowly let the truck form itself around the gun rack and a tattered John Deere baseball cap in [...]

The old theme was lovely but starting to grate on my nerves, so I went back to the WP classic and tweaked it. Thus far I’m pretty satisfied that it’s readable. This was probably the fastest overhaul of a blog theme that I’ve ever done, in part because I wanted to keep things simple, and [...]

Lexi seems quite pleased with a shawl of her own. I think this will also make it much easier for her to leave my Icarus alone (although she’s terribly adorable when she tries to wear it, in no small part because it’s so huge on her.) See? I told you she could pull off wearing [...]

Seriously, I finished the shawl. I even blocked it. It’s after 8 o’clock so the intended recipient is unavailable to model it. It’s past her bed time. Although it’s pretty heartening to hear, “That’s my beautiful shawl?” as I pin it to shape on the quilt. I think Lexi likes it. The yarn is handspun [...]

It’s a beautiful day. Absolutely lovely. The sun is out, the weather is warming up and my strawberries are showing new growth and flowers. And the new blueberry bush is showing promising growth as well. The husband is looking very healthy and happy isn’t he? He broke down and bought me some chicks (I knew [...]

On the bright side, being offline gave me plenty of time to start (and finish) a sweater for the girl-child. It’s a gray 4-ply spindle spun merino yarn, 5 stitches per inch. Mostly from the size 30″ child’s raglan pattern from “the knitter’s handy book of sweater patterns” by Ann Budd. I was sort of [...]