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Today I took stock, and I clearly have a problem.

That’s seven pairs of socks, unfinished.  And I keep wanting to cast on for new ones.  It seems I’ve also become an unwitting member of the single sock liberation movement.

That’s ok.  But I think maybe it’s time to tie up some loose ends and move on.  […]

Today is dark and deliciously rainy, just the kind of day that makes me want to hole up with my little laptop and type away (this is a good thing — my chapter desperately needs someone to sit and type away on it).  So this will be brief.
Remember how Yarn Harlot wanted to show the […]

straight from the farmer’s market, into my mouth.  I love peas.  I love summer.

Sorry for the long absence.  There have been days of laziness, days of crankiness, and two days in a row where I wrote long posts that the computer subsequently ate.  I will not rewrite those posts today.  I’ll consider them stories for another time.
In the meanwhile, say good bye to this:

Remember T-SALP, which has been […]

After my last post, and before I could give any of you a chance to respond, I immediately ripped out the Lozenge socks and cast on for my second attempt with this yarn — Minty’s Leyburn socks.  It was love at first sight, even with the short row toe (my first).  I knit all weekend […]

I’m spending a lovely week at my parents house, relaxing, writing, and generally killing time before my close (and oldest) friend gets married this weekend. My parents have a beautiful backyard.

It’s a great place to read, type away on Magda, and (of course) knit. And for all that I’ve been saying that I’m […]

Sorry for the absence.  I’ve been dancin’ away in North Carolina.  Right now, I’m holed up in the Charlottesville Panera, freezing to death (why, oh WHY must places in the south over-air-condition?  I even brought a sweater with me and I’m still cold), trying to finish a chunk of this chapter for a self-imposed deadline […]