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Ravelry
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 2:33 P GMT-05
I have been very good about waiting until I was finished with my classwork to join Ravelry. I know it can be a time sink but it hs some features that I want to use, and of course I wanted to see what everyone else is knitting. You can find me on Rave
3 in one
Tuesday, 10 February 2009 6:58 A GMT-05
Yesterday, I managed to work on 3 of my knitting projects. I worked on the commuter socks while on the train, I am to the heel flap on the first sock. Since last week I drove to work because of the wretched cold, I haven't gotten too much time in
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6 on the needles, how did that happen?
Sunday, 8 February 2009 10:01 A GMT-05
Usually I am a 1 or at most 2 projects at a time knitter, and I am insanely busy trying to finish all my Montessori training projects on time, so how do I find myself with 6 projects on the needles right now?Well, 2 of them are guilt free knitting. O
Big Beautiful Bloom
Monday, 26 January 2009 9:34 P GMT-05
In November the Montessori class where I am interning planted an Amaryllis, it was kinda a dud, didn't grow very tall and bloomed very quickly and faded quickly. It inspired me to get my own, which I did. It kept growing and growing and this week
Finally knitting content to share
Sunday, 25 January 2009 9:40 P GMT-05
Sorry I have been absent. I have been hard at work on my Montessori training. Part of the training requirements are to illustrate our manuals. My Math Manual is due in March, so I have been hard at work with it. I have spent 12 hours in the last 2 we
The lost is found
Wednesday, 7 January 2009 9:09 P GMT-05
Today I found one of the KnitPick needles that I thought I had lost. That put me back up to 4 needles and I can continue the sock without using the mismatched needles. I started a small mystery knitting project today, it can not be revealed until it
Home Again
Wednesday, 7 January 2009 8:47 A GMT-05
No, I didn't travel over the holiday, we just have a weather related day off school again. Today it is for general bad weather/ice. We have had a winter weather advisory in place since 4 o'clock yesterday First we got snow, then overnight it
2008 was my year of socks- a review of the year
Saturday, 3 January 2009 7:46 P GMT-05
At the beginning of 2008 I chose to knit a year of socks from the book And a Time to Knit Stockings. It was following my very successful year of knitting from the Knitters Almanac. I have been so busy with my Montessori training and horses stuf
Snow, snow snow
Saturday, 20 December 2008 10:17 P GMT-05
Yesterday we got 13 inches of snow.... We all shoveled the snow, and then shoveled again this morning as the wind was blowing the snow around last night. Our lanlord has a new plow service, I can't say that their performance yesterday inspires co
I am still here
Friday, 19 December 2008 8:08 A GMT-05
Yes, I am still here, I have been very busy. I should be able to start posting regularly now as today is the last day of school before winter break.My Etsy shop- StringsNstrands has made one sale. In addition to roving I have put up sets of fabric ma
Breaking News
Sunday, 30 November 2008 9:26 P GMT-05
Lydia and Chloe place 7th in their first horse trial. They were competing Beginner Novice Horse. They stood in 3rd place after dressage, but fell to 7ths with some refuals in stadium jumping and cross country. Lydia was very satisfied with Chloe'
Congratulations Barak Obama
Wednesday, 5 November 2008 7:03 A GMT-05
and Congratulations to the US for electing him. DS and DH stayed up to watch election returns, I went to bed. I don't function well on little sleep and I am the first one up in the house.The Disco socks did get finished yesterday but there
I am going to...
Tuesday, 4 November 2008 6:59 A GMT-05
vote this afternoon after school. If you are in the US and a registered voter Please go vote. After you vote there are several places you can go for a free treat. Starbucks is offereing a free cup of brewed coffee, Dunkin donuts has an offer out ther
Leaf Drop Day
Monday, 3 November 2008 6:50 A GMT-05
Yesterday was leaf drop day, a phenomenon that we noticed for the first time last year. Many trees here seem to pick the same day to drop most of their leaves. One day the trees are clothed in brightly colored leaves, the next morning you get up
October socks in October
Friday, 24 October 2008 4:53 P GMT-05
For the first time since early in the spring I have actually completed the month's sock during the correct month. I present the October socks:This is the October sock from And A Time to Knit Stockings. This pair of socks were knit using Kni
Socks for hands
Wednesday, 22 October 2008 8:56 P GMT-05
These are the fingerless mits I knit in September. They are knit from the left over Vinca yarn I got from Gayle and knit into socks for her.My husband calls them socks for hands. I made them to keep my hands warm while I was walking (and knitting) be
'Snow time
Tuesday, 21 October 2008 7:49 P GMT-05
'Snow time like the present for getting things done. Thursday I was busy busy busy getting things done before we went to Chicago for my niece's Bat Mitzvah. I started and finished a silver unitard for Lydia for her halloween costume (I
Fall and other thoughts
Tuesday, 14 October 2008 9:42 P GMT-05
I have been enjoying driving out to the barn, each day I see differences in the color of the trees. There are trees here to turn golden yellow and then the leaves stay that color when they drop, making the ground under them golden, it always reminds
More September socks
Sunday, 12 October 2008 8:47 P GMT-05
I completed one more pair of socks in September. After the knee socks and the socks for Shoshana I was craving some color. I went stash diving and came up with a ball of what I believe is Opal but it was missing the ball band. I wanted brainless sock
Gift socks
Saturday, 11 October 2008 8:43 A GMT-05
These are Shoshanna's birthday socks. I made them with left overs from the lace knee socks. Now, normally I wouldn't make socks for a child that are not from Superwash yarn, but I know that her mother is a fiber geek and will take good care o
resurfacing after a busy September
Friday, 10 October 2008 8:59 A GMT-05
September turned into a busy month. I changed schools where I am doing my internship, started to commute my subway and foot, training started back up and I have been knitting lots.Commuting my rail has really upped my knitting time. I can knit on the
May socks
Tuesday, 9 September 2008 3:40 P GMT-05
While I was on Martha's Vineyard I finsihed the May socks from And a Time to Knit Stockings. I started these in May and knit them the first time in May but the guage was too loose and the socks looked sloppy besides not fitting the inte
About to go back to Pennsic
Thursday, 31 July 2008 10:33 A GMT-05
I went to Pennsic last weekend for landgrab and to set up camp. Bill and I came home on Sunday and left James in camp. Bill came home to go to work and I came home so I caould continue to rest my leg and to start setting up my classroom. Meanwhile, B
On the disabled list
Thursday, 17 July 2008 7:23 A GMT-05
Yep, I am on the disabled list right now. I have what is commonly called a groin pull. I have strained the tendon and the muscle on the inside of my righ tthigh. It is painful, I have been to see the doctor and she gave me druges. i am taking Vicodin
Sorry for my absence, please wait one more day
Friday, 11 July 2008 6:02 A GMT-05
Sorry for my long absence, it has been a busy few weeks. The past 2 weeks I have been in class with my Montessori training all day in the in town location. In the evenings I have been out at the barn. We have stack 800 bales of new hay in the loft in
