WIPs

Thank you all for the suggestions on what to do with all that wool. Try as I might, I just can’t let it go back to the dark shed it came from. It would be too cruel of me–it would be lonely there, right?
Reflecting on that sentence for a moment, I [...]

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Wool etiquette

I seriously need some help, folks.
The owners of our wee cottage live next door. They own most of the land along this side of the pond, and we have a downright friendly relationship with them. They’re my parent’s age, but are laid back and quite nature oriented. The Mr. is an adjunct professor, [...]

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Craptastic

I’ve loved that word since I’ve started reading knit blogs, but never really had a reason to use it myself. Now, don’t think I haven’t knit truly awful stuff. Rather, it has been awful–just not Craptastic (with a capital C).
What I really wanted here was a pic of the absolutely gorgeous hand dyed [...]

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The fiber-related pics from this weekend have been languishing on Blogger for days, waiting for me to get around to describing them. Since my dear friend eskimo pointed out that today IS the Third Anniversary of the Union of Cygnet and Mr. Cygknit, I figured now was the time to post about our weekend away. [...]

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5 things

I keep meaning to post, but it hasn’t seemed to happen so much. The pics from our Fiber Weekend In Maine have been downloaded to the laptop, but guess who left the laptop at home today? Yeah, guess who doesn’t have herself together so much.
And so, since I can only go to my blog so [...]

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Hair (not knitting)

I hate getting my hair cut. I always have, probably because when it came to hairstyles as a kid/teen, my vote didn’t much count. (“While you live in my house…” or more often, “No! You’ll look like your mother.”) Probably had something to do with me leaving home so early. So, [...]

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