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Inspiration all Around

Every so often I get inspired to drop everything and make up something new.  As in, really make stuff up.  And you know I always have a few an overabundance of projects in progress.  I didn’t need to start anything … Continue reading

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Revolving

My knitting/crochet mojo seems to have hit a particularly bad stretch of “sporadic activity.”  And “hopping around.”  And “never getting anything done.”  There are no finished works, just a large pile of works in progress (WIP) that never seem to … Continue reading

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The Long (Sleeved) Sprint to the End

Finally, the conclusion of the cabled sweater story!  Get the first three installments here, here, and here. Why is it that knitting the sleeves seems to take absolutely forever?  After all they’re just a fraction of the knitting, compared to … Continue reading

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Armholes, Sleeve Caps, and Cables – Oh my!

Continuing the story of the cabled sweater!  Get the first two installments here and here. Naps continued to be elusive and the medicine head never surfaced, though my nose frustratingly continued to run over. I took up my design materials … Continue reading

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A Cabled Puzzle

The story of the cabled sweater continues!  (Get the first installment here.) No, I didn’t succumb to a nap and I didn’t run out of steam.  Zippy energy remained and I continued to ride the wave for as long as … Continue reading

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Decoding Cables

Shortly after the holidays, I ran across one of the many cold bugs that folks have been passing around for the last month.  I bravely powered through it only to run into another one.  And another.  And another.  None of … Continue reading

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And Just Like That…It’s Done!

I guess that complaining about the sleeves taking forever spurred me on to sit down and actually concentrate on finishing them.  After all, they’re only sleeves.  And plain ones at that! Once that happened…well, they were done.  After one Knit … Continue reading

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January is for Selfish Knitting

After all of the knitting for everyone else is finished, it’s time to knit for myself.  I had only gotten about halfway through my purple Carrie sweater before I needed to put it away in favor of gift knitting.  But … Continue reading

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Holiday Roundup

I know.  We’re several weeks into the new year.  Not me though; I’ve been on vacation!  We welcomed in the new year along with everyone else, but it didn’t really FEEL like the new year yet.  Know what I mean?  … Continue reading

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New Strands

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Y’all know that I’ve got my fingers into a lot of crafty things, and that I’ve been trying new ones lately too.  So it should come as no surprise that I’ve been experimenting with some new items in the Tangled … Continue reading

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