Category Archive for: ‘On the Needles’

• Like I said

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  Like I said I would, I am posting two finished socks…. And what is this? Yes, that is the beginning of the front ribbing sitting atop the finished back pannel of the Big Shawl Collar Sweater (I know, it’s hard to see, but it’s late.) …

  

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• Two Broken Dishes

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  Today, at roughly five hours apart, I broke one of the bowls from my wedding, and my nettie pot. The bowl from my wedding feels significant because it was just after I got off google chat with JT, discussing that it had been just over …

  

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• Progress Report

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  It is Sunday, December 18, 2011. The following is a brief report on Christmas Knitting 2011. Sock one is done. It fits beautifully (on my foot) and the grafting job is impeccable. All ends are sewn in. Sock two has been started (for fear that …

  

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• How (not) to store your felting needles

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  Not like this. No. Because this could happen. And then you have to do this To find this (because goddess forbid you have to explain how that thing got stuck in their child’s body) Nope. We store our needles here. Separate from our balls. *snicker.

  

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• Losing my edge

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  I have recently felt as though I am losing my knitting edge. I’ve been accepting the unacceptable, not ripping back when something bugs me and not seeing the results I’m used to seeing. And so, last night while listening to a conversation that didn’t concern …

  

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