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The final SP3 package from my lovely and wonderful (not so) Secret Pal, Alison, arrived the other day, but in the rush of Thanksgiving to-ing and fro-ing I didn’t get a chance to share it with you. Here’s what she …
Month: November 2004
A tight-knit circle of GAWKs
You may be familiar with the Grammar Avengers web ring, and even the GAWKs (Grammar Avengers Who Knit). You may even be a member of that web ring (and we’re glad to have you). However, you probably don’t know how …
Getting in touch with my cultchah
I’m half English by heritage, but even though I look exactly like my 100% English mom, somehow my father’s Russian Jewish background has managed to assert itself and no one ever thinks I look English. (Kind of like the way …
Okay…I must be cool
…because look what Google search this blog is the number one hit for. I’m rather pleased with this search result too. I have to wonder what these people think when they land on a knitting site. If you’re one of …
I love to have options
I wanted to make a pair of hybrid mittens–you know, the kind where the mitten cap flips back to free your fingers for little things like turning keys in locks, swiping metro cards, eating cookies… I wasn’t happy with an …
Screw the deadline. The knitbloggers are gathering.
I ignored all my work (due tomorrow morning so I have quite a day ahead of me today) yesterday and headed over to KnitNY to meet up with the visiting Alison and a number of other fantastic knitbloggers. We had …
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beep beep beep sproingadah sproingadah beep
Okay…bad attempt at imitating a computer game. Especially bad, because the game I’m imitating doesn’t sound like that at all. In fact it sounds like Roman soldiers yelling at each other. Seriously. I think it’s got some really creative name …
“Hide the fruit hats! Mom’s coming!”
While I was slaving away over a hot red pencil all weekend with my freelance work, Sadie and Diego took it upon themselves to knit some of the fruit hats I need to make for new babies. They do impressive …
The rock show rocked
Best thing I could have done, go to see one of my favorite bands with one of my favorite humans (hi Christina!). With a few days of perspective post-election, I’m feeling a bit better. A little more hopeful. Maybe we …