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NaBloPoMo Day 8: more gift finishing

nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:15:27 -0800

I finally (FINALLY!) finished the mermaid costume I was knitting for a friend's daughter's 5th birthday. It's the Splash pattern from Vickie Howell's book, New Knits on the Block. (Rav link to my project.) The 5-year-old in question loved it and p...

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NaBloPoMo Day 7: giving the gift

nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:54:18 -0800

I visited my friend who is about to start her chemo today and delivered her shawl. (I've also figured out a way to upload photos so you get to see it. For the back I followed the pattern exactly (the Chunky Highland Wool Wrap from Elann.com) --...

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NaBloPoMo Day 6: too many books?

nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:35:44 -0800

I think I may have gone overboard with books for Niels. He seems to be overloaded a bit. He took a book out of his class library and has been reading that. It's from the Guardians of Gahoole series about a group of owls. I haven't read them so tha...

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NaBloPoMo Day 5: finishing socks, scarf, not sweater

nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:41:46 -0800

It turned out that I needed to knit a few more rows before I could bindoff on my socks so I did that last night and didn't end up knitting on my sweater at all. I have a cool new pair of socks though. I love them so far. I am curious to see how th...

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NaBloPoMo Day 4: more books, knitting the wrong thing

nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:48:57 -0800

We got a Scholastic order from school today which included a copy of The Invention of Hugo Cabret. I had been considering buying it and thought it was a bargain in the catalog. I see now that it's 39 cents cheaper on Amazon but this way we earned ...

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NaBloPoMo Day 3: soup ... and knitting

nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:54:21 -0800

I just did something incredible: I made soup in five minutes. Those of you who know me in "real life", as they say, or just on Facebook know that I have a VitaMix blender and I have been known to blend odd mixtures, or at least things other peopl...

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NaBloPoMo Day 2: reading and knitting

nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:51:18 -0800

I have to confess that I don't have much more knitting to post about today. I knit a few rows on my Anhinga sweater with my brief kid-free time today. I will be settling in to do a couple more after I write this post. What's really on my mind tod...

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NaNoSweMo and NaBloPoMo and gift knitting

nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:08:11 -0800

Because I'm crazy, I've decided to participate in NaNoSweMo (National Sweater Knitting Month?) and NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). I am going to try to post on my blog every day in November and I cast on today for Anhinga, by Norah Gaugha...

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holey socks!

nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:08:38 -0700

I left someone out! My holey socks. The name of the pattern is Bosnian Toes and Turkish heels from one of the old issue's of Knitter's that my aunt gave me. I will always call them my holey socks, though. I was ready to post about them last week w...

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bleeding dye, broken hooks and socks

nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:01:07 -0700

Last year I dyed some yarn. This week I tried to use it. I knew I was going to have to wash the item afterwards because the yarn never rinsed clear but I didn't realize just how much I was going to have to wash it. I washed it in the sink with tex...

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