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Entries from December 25th, 2008

Mine!

December 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Spinning, Update

I got a spinning wheel! Yay!

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Yay and boo

December 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Yay #1: Christmas shawl #2 is finished! I’m so glad it’s blocked and wrapped up now. Knitting three of these in one year is enough to burn anyone out, but as I was blocking it, I was taken once again by how totally awesome the pattern is. It’s great. I can’t knit it again for [...]

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Manon is…

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Works in Progress

The bodice is done, hurrah! It’s unblocked, so it’s just basted together for trying-on purposes. It fits, thankfully! I did end up doing bust darts – in the end I decided they were necessary. They are about 2 inches, which seems ample enough…even though the actual differential is about 6 inches. It just doesn’t need [...]

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Yeah…

December 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

The Universe: Hey, Christina…whaaaat’s happening? We need to talk about your socks. Me: The washing instructions, yeah, I know. TU: Yeah – did you get that memo? Me: Yeah: Me: And I understand the instructions- I just forgot the one time. I won’t forget again, so it’s really no big deal: *sighs* This is what [...]

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