I have finished it! Behold my husband, properly acowled. He needs a longbow. Original pattern is here: Ranger Cowl. Be aware if you start this pattern that it takes forever. The hood is formed by increasing those ribs and at some point, there is a lot of them. The original pattern uses bulky, this is
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YouTube Videos: Get to the F*ing Monkey
Some days a reasonable cup of tea with a single tea bag is enough. And some days, like today, you open a tin of good Ceylon tea a friend sent you and make the whole tea pot. Today is that day for many reasons. Now I shall rant. As you know, I’ve been working on
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Honesty
I am still going through the yarn suggestion comments. So much pretty. But wanted to share. Me, email to Gordon: Do you think this is pretty? Gordon, email back: No, it looks like it might have been nice yarn that somebody put in a box in the garage and forgot about it. Years later their descendants
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Cheer Me Up with Yarn
So first there was buying of the house. Then there were renovations. Then moving during holidays. Dealing with consequences of incompetent movers. (The box with all of power cords was left behind in the house.) More renovations. Deadline stress. Dealing with more renovations to put the other house on the market. (It is finally going
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Artyarns Club – Thumbs Down
So I decided to treat myself to a “luxury” Artyarns Club. It’s one of those deals, where they send you yarn and pattern every month, and you make cool stuff with it. The club was pricey – $66 – but this is pretty much my only hobby at the moment and I really wanted to
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Writing Questions
We’ve been working very hard, so the blog has been lagging behind. Someone emailed and asked if we did writing questions anymore. We decided to answer 4-5 writing questions – business or the actual writing, doesn’t matter – so ask whatever you want in the comments or through the email form on the website. Meanwhile,
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Oh noes, it’s a Knitting Post
I broke down and bought the Artyarns Taj Mahal Shawl kit. Yes, I know. Expensive as hell. But it is so pretty. Meanwhile I am working on Lilli Pilli wrap in Tosh Merino light. My white isn’t quite as white as I wanted it to be, but I think it will be pretty. I’m tempted
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Shawl
Pattern: Quicksilver by Melanie Berg. I really like the way it turned out. The day was overcast, so pictures don’t show up as well, but the stripes have a bit of metallic to them. 🙂 Of course, now I have to figure out what to knit next.