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Archive for February, 2009

Book Review.

Posted in Knitting on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just finished Kate Jacobs ” A Friday Night Knitting Club” and while I enjoyed reading this book, I was also disappointed as it seemed to echo Debbie Macomber’s “A Shop On Blossom Street“.   The plot and the characters all very similar to my all time favorite read, down to the main character having cancer and was wondering if [...]

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Knitting and Socks

Posted in Knitted Socks, Knitting, Socks on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

There’s something extremely satisfying about knitting.  I’ve never really decided if it’s the mindlessness that comes from knitting, the feel and texture of the yarn in your hands, the warmth of the wood needles or simply the pleasure in creating something from your heart.  I found on Wikipedia the definition of knitting as follows:  ”Knitting consists of [...]

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Second Issue of Debbie Bliss Magazine

Posted in Knitting, Socks, Yarn, tagged on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just purchased the second issue of the “Debbie Bliss Knitting Magazine”.  It was wonderful and I love every pattern in there and was pleased to find at least three patterns that are a must to knit, two calling for her new Prima Yarn (Bamboo/Wool) and one using her Rialto DK (Extrafine Merino).  It will be [...]

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Digging in the dirt.

Posted in Knitting, Stuff on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Digging in the dirt is a good thing ~ it’s very therapeutic and gives you a since of accomplishment when you see the end result.  Hubby and I went to Home Depot today with the intent of “just looking” but came home with a White Jasmine, two African Daisies, a black metal trellis and a [...]

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Spring has sprung!

Posted in Knitting on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

cable-comfort-throw I think spring has sprung in my house.  I’ve been extremely motivated to spring clean and make a trip to the local Goodwill will “stuff” that has been accumulated over the past few months.  Today is another beautiful day in Arizona and I have the house opened up ~ yes, it’s warm enough at [...]

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Bees and no Boss!

Posted in Stuff on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It’s been a very interesting week for me and to say the least, I am so glad to have the weekend to recoupe and get my nerves back in shape.  My week started out pretty good with having President’s Day off, but became quite stressful and tiring from that point on.  I work for a [...]

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A Trip to Needler’s Nest

Posted in Knitting, Wool on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I almost forgot about my day at Needler’s Nest on Saturday and about the wonderful pattern I found buried in a dark corner.  I discovered a pattern by local knit designer Yumiko Alexander called Mountain Shades.  I love the simplicity of this design and it would be a perfect sweater to wear for a fall day or [...]

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UK Knitting Magazine Review

Posted in Stuff on February 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I stopped at Barnes and Nobles this morning to get my Chai Tea Latte fix and noticed a brand new knitting magazine on the newstand from the UK .  “The Knitter -Ideas for Creative Knitting“.   What a wonderful issue filled full of beautiful patterns that I simply can’t wait to knit.  If you love cables, [...]

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It’s Been Frogged……

Posted in Socks on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The sock project with the cable cuff started out good but did not end up good.  The sock is “huge” and needless to say I will be ripping it out and trying a different pattern. From the words of Theresa Vinson Stenersen of Knitty.com (Winter 2003) ~ “In Japan, the kajika goes kerokero. In Spain [...]

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My To Do’s

Posted in Harry Potter, Knitting, Stuff, Yarn, tagged on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In between knitting projects and favorite TV shows, I want to read a few books over the next few months.  I have recently purchased a few new ones to my already large book collection and think I’m just addicted to books as I am to knitting.  Hopefully I can at least finish the Friday Night [...]

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