Sep23
I made it, with days to spare. Yup. I’m talking about the California Recall Election. I finally finished all the paperwork with DMV on Saturday, including my voter registration. The deadline to register and still vote in the primary, now that it’s on again, was Monday. Whew. I’m not telling you how I’m going to [...]
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Sep18
Ann’s progress and my lack of progress is a source of embarassment. I just managed to clean up my sewing room when the piles started to reemerge. I lined up a bunch of balls of Cotton-Ease and told Iris mommy would make her a new sweater. Of course, she picked the only singleton ball, a [...]
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Sep17
This handspun painted merino (2 oz, 320 yds, navajo plied, 20wpi) … Became this (8.5″H x 8.25″W, 60″ I-cord strap) … Which became this (6.5″H x 6.25″W, 57″ strap) after one run through the washer with some towels … I’ve had this little project in the back of my mind for several months now — [...]
FO, Knit
Sep05
Not much happening here. I liked the results of the Breeze Tee so much that I immediately casted on another one, despite all the frogging that I had to do. After all, I should have perfected/memorized the pattern by now, right? Anyway, instead of Heirloom Breeze, I casted on using Cascade Sierra in natural, because [...]
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