knitting

Afghan #2

January 25, 2012

I had dinner with a friend tonight and we shared this for dessert: Oh.My.Goodness.Gracious. Dark chocolate cake with chocolate filling with chocolate syrup. Literally. That’s chocolate X 3. With whipped cream. I’m kind of in a chocolate coma right now. So I am going to type this quickly before I fall asleep … *** I [...]

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Done.

January 10, 2012

I did it! I finished the afghan! By the time I finished I was actually not obsessing over the pattern as much. Because of the pattern on the blanket I could tell when I needed to knit and/or purl. If I made a mistake I could generally tell immediately (except when I reversed it, argh). [...]

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Saturday Shenanigans

January 7, 2012

Well, shoot. I was about 20 rows from being DONE with my afghan this afternoon when I spread it out and realized that at some point I had completely reversed the pattern.  It’s hard to tell from this picture, but the top is backwards from where the bottom is.  That’s not supposed to happen. I [...]

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70 Rows In

January 1, 2012

Happy New Year everyone!  I think it is safe to say that 2011 completely kicked my butt, so I am excited to start the year with a renewed focus on self care and simplicity. Here’s something that might help get you off on the right foot … “There are moments in our lives when we [...]

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Knitting Challenge

December 29, 2011

Whoa. I’ve been on vacation this week and it has given me the opportunity to absolutely indulge. It is safe to save I have been indulging in food, bad TV and hobbies. And chocolate chip muffins & peanut butter. Which totally deserve their own category. We had one of those “just add water” chocolate chip [...]

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