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Wicked case of startitis

By Maven | Published: March 29, 2010
The affix -itis means swollen or inflamed.  Its usually accompanied by pain, because things are larger than they should be. That’s why tonsillitis hurts…  Startitis is a common term among knitters to mean that one is having frequent starts to new knitting projects and implies that there are less finishes happening at this time. This is [...]
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Spring Mittens

By Maven | Published: March 16, 2010
Blog: Well, well, well.  Here we are again, yet another project on the go before the sweater has been finished. Blogger: Ya, I… Blog: Ya nothing.  There is a certain expectation here.  Some people are process knitters.  They tune in to see your pictures, or tune in to learn how to do certain knitting techniques.  Others… they [...]
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Wrist Warmers

By Maven | Published: March 8, 2010
I’ve been knitting this sweater.  I got the yarn a long time ago, inspired to make this sweater, but ended up deciding that the neck was too high. So the yarn just sat there.  Finally, I found the Garter Yoke Cardi started well before Brazil. And here I am, stuck at the sleeve. I don’t know [...]
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Halfway questions

By Maven | Published: February 20, 2010
Today is halfway, or at least that is second hand information from the Yarn Harlot’s blog post.  Am I halfway?  Well, I could be.  I could stop here. I could bind off now, and have this be the top of my sock.  I have completed a couple of inches of ribbing and decreased for the upper [...]
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Movieless Monday: The waning crescent

By Maven | Published: January 11, 2010
Well, here is is, 5:08pm on Monday.  I haven’t left the house yet.  I am dressed… but not presentably, nor appropriately for the astonishingly dreary weather we are having.  I am in the  middle of painting all the kitchen cupboards.  I will be starting dinner soon, and then finishing the kitchen and boxing up the [...]
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