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    Stitching along

    The garter stitch blanket is done. Ridiculously easy and mindless, which is exactly what I’ve needed these last few weeks and months. I’ve moved on to a cabled cardigan for the Little Mr, and made some decent progress on it yesterday. It might, in fact, get done before the end…

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    All is calm

    A peacefully napping baby, a mellow (and temporarily clean) living room, and knitting by holiday lights as the dawn arises. The calm before the holiday storm. (Knitting is just a basic double-stranded garter stitch blanket, using up some acrylic I’ve had hanging around for a while. It’s not the prettiest…

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    Getting festive

    We’re getting festive this weekend. And yes, I know, Thanksgiving isn’t over with yet. True story: I don’t care. Thanksgiving, to me, always feels oddly timed for a harvest meal. Canadians have it right, I think. At least for us Ohioans where the harvest season tends to be done by…

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    Recharging

    The weekend took its toll on me, and yesterday and today has been all about recharging. I found myself today wondering if I’m being the adult (and mom) I want to be. The answer was, resoundingly, no. I’m not doing the things I want to do and being the person…

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    Cabin in the woods, round 4.

    4th annual knitting weekend. Chugged away on the baby’s holiday stocking, started (and promptly screwed up) a new sweater for myself – I’m just going with it, anyway – and even dyed some lovely sock yarn (with food coloring/Kool-Aid, of course – I took a cue from Chalk Legs and used…

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    Fast as I can

    Knitting time is precious these days. There’s too many projects I want to knit (and more than enough yarn to keep me occupied for a few years at least), and not enough time. I have, normally, had a goal of 1 knit sweater a year for myself. I usually start…