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Archive for April, 2009

Twinkle, Twinkle, little yarns…

Posted in spinning, string on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Twinkle I… predrafted and spun end to end, came out about 19-20 wpi. …and Twinkle II… spun from the fold and came out to about 17-18 wpi. two skeins from one bump of fiber (Funky Carolina “Twinkle” merino/silk) but spun in two different ways gave me two very unique but complimentary yarns. I have at [...]

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spring…

Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

The electric blanket has been folded and tucked away. Fresh crisp cotton sheets on the beds instead of cuddly winter flannels. Spring is here and the air smells like flowers around Casa Fabulous. Flowers blooming in the neighbor’s yards, a few hopeful rosebuds and leaves in our own yard, and today the house is getting [...]

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Granny mania!

Posted in cats, string on April 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I found a great tutorial, actually several, on joining as you go. So I decided to start working the black border and doing just that. So far so good. I love how the black offsets the pretty colors and textures of the different yarns I’m working into the squares. My original idea of 8 squares [...]

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Granny squares are fun

Posted in string on April 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »

And a little bit addictive…

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Super Secret Blanket Project

Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Eldest daughter is now thinking about moving to Portland, as opposed to Montreal, next spring. I support this idea wholeheartedly. While Portland does not have poutine, alas, this is okay as it also does not have quite as much snow, yay. Does not require a passport or crossing international borders to visit. Is close to [...]

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Shalom Pesach

Posted in lifestyle on April 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Oh, Passover…. what timing. You creep up upon us just as you do every year, and I find myself unprepared and once again, unobservant with no seder planned and no seder to go to. And this year, you land smack dab in the middle of a 3 week bread baking unit over at Oldest Daughter’s [...]

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The world keeps on spinning

Posted in lifestyle, spinning on April 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »

and so do I… There’s something so soothing about spindling and it is also a lot more fun than matrix math or studying cell respiration. It might be that there has been some Extreme Procrastination going on, here and there, Chez Honey and Ollie. Top: Zen Yarn Garden BFL, spun on my Spindlewood (not sure [...]

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It itches…

Posted in knitting, lifestyle, spinning on April 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Well things are a little bit more like what we like them to be, that is to say, the normal level of crazy as opposed to the OMFGBATSH*TINSANE that it was last week. I should knock wood. Hang on a minute. Ok. Done. I’m back. Tequila consumption levels have returned to threat level Cookie Monster. [...]

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