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Entries from August 2007

Temporary Start

August 27th, 2007 · 5 Comments

The rules are here.   (Let’s not mention that I have already broken rule #1.  Rules are meant to be broken, right?)
Click here to send me your guess. (Replace the AT and DOT with the appropriate symbols)
It starts with a provisional cast on.  Let’s see that eliminates any shawl that starts with only two or three stitches.

I […]

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A Sixteen Mile Traffic Jam Will Not Deter Me

August 18th, 2007 · 8 Comments

18aug08-007.JPG Stitches 2007 - met new friends, old friends, and even learned a thing or two. Summer Evening pullover is moving along just fine. One shoulder done, one to go.

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It’s Lace, But What Lace Is It?

August 12th, 2007 · 5 Comments

I have been wanting to post about the shawl I am knitting for Dyann.  I am in love with the pattern.  However, we agreed that we would keep our chosen patterns a secret.  This makes for difficult posting. At the very least, non-photographic posting.  Or does it? 
I am proposing a contest. 
The rules:  

Every week I will […]

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Mulligan

August 8th, 2007 · 8 Comments

My sweater has declared a do-over.
I was cruising merrily along the body.  Trying it on as I went and it fit great.  As perfect a fit as my favorite T-shirt.  Coincidentally, that happened to be the muse for the dimensions of this pullover.  Thus, I was in knitting bliss.  
Next came the shoulders.  I was going […]

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Blink

August 1st, 2007 · 6 Comments

August is here.  How does that happen?  Blink. April showers and May flowers.  Blink. Blink.  June flies by.  Blink. July is over.  Blink.  I would try blinking less, but I can’t overcome the automatic response that my eyes insist upon.
I think time speeds up in direct proportion to an increase in the quantity of chaos, […]

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