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    Knitting chaos

      This cleaning/organizing/finishing projects bug seems to be sticking around. Tonight I apparently could not stand to look at my ‘side’ of the couch any longer. The mesh cube was packed full with patterns, yarn, tools, and other random oddments that had been thrown in there when trying to clean…

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    Forgotten projects

    In a rush of energy yesterday, I decided I’d start working on cleaning up my home office/craft room. It’s been quite a disaster these last few months, and I’ve barely been able to do much anyway with the whole first trimester exhaustion thing, and it seemed like a good idea…

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    Not lacking warmth

    First baby knit finished, ends woven and all ready for August! Back in December I took advantage of Webs’ end of year sale and bought myself some Cascade Sierra in 6 colors to make the PurlSoho garter stitch blanket. It’s boring, and that whole first trimester energy void meant this…

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    Vivid

    January. Bitter cold, and we’re stuck indoors more than I’d like. A few weeks ago we had ridiculously cold temperatures that even my fancy snow boots weren’t warm enough for. The poor pup danced around from paw to paw trying to keep them off the ground, it was so cold.…

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    December

      Things are looking merry and bright around our house now that Thanksgiving has come and gone. Thanksgiving itself was a stressful ordeal, as it always is when I host, so I’m thankful to have a whole long weekend to recuperate and settle in for the next holiday. For the…

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    We took to the woods

    Oh, the woods. That smell, fresh and pure and clean. That stillness – hearing squirrels rustling the fallen leaves, and the birds fluttering about, the tree branches moving in the wind – no cars to distract or intrude upon it. The pure and complete darkness that comes at night, with…