Vacation week

The middle mark of April break was greatly enjoyed yesterday at friend Chris’ house in Brunswick.  We had a lovely day of food and fibery things.  Not much actually got physically accomplished, but Chris went through two shawl patterns with me because I was feeling a little overwhelmed by them.  I have been knitting for [...]

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End of winter break

This past weekend was a whirlwind of wonderfulness.  Saturday I went down to Freeport for one day of the NETA Spa Knit and Spin weekend.  I met some friends down there and we enjoyed the whole day at the Hilton Garden.  All kinds of vendors inhabit one of the conference rooms and attendees sit and [...]

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Gauge swatches R Us

Lucky for me that I spent the time to do them!  Most of the spinners in our spinning group are attempting a knit-along sweater of their choice, and most of them are already into the project.  I dyed the yarn for my cardigan with some variation in color, but I tried to keep it fairly [...]

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November already

Another week has come and gone, and we have returned to autumn temperatures again.  It’s been beautiful out!  I wish I could have been out during the day more during the week, but work kept me plenty busy.  This time change has me mourning the end of daylight savings; I much prefer to have more [...]

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End of fall, snow and knitting

It’s so unusual to have autumn leaves on the trees and a significant snowfall on the ground.  I don’t know if I can remember anything like this.  I don’t know how many inches we got here in the midcoast area, but it was probably at least 4″ and was very heavy and slushy.  We lost [...]

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Lost that blogging mojo…

Temporarily I hope.  The last week or so has been hectic and just a little bit nuts.  When the day is over and it’s time to clean up from dinner I am more than halfway to bed.  In the summer break it’s always a game of playing catch-up from the school year and then suddenly [...]

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Summer catch-up

I have fallen into the summer slump!  After the frenzy of the end of the school year, it’s a huge relief, but also a huge let-down to have time.  Not having to get up at 4:30 in the morning has its definite pluses :*)  But now I seem to be going to bed at all [...]

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School year ends

It’s the end of another schoolyear.  It’s been a crazy week, beginning with the Fiber Frolic last weekend, which was wonderful.  Great weather, great visiting with lots of great folks.  Exhausting!  And all the special activities this week at school have kept me whirling.  I have finally finished a baby gift for a colleague who [...]

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Knitting squarely

I almost always have a knitting project on the needles, and usually two or three simultaneously.  But my current mindset is so on-edge, what with the job situation and money being extremely tight, that I am all over the place with that.  I have a project that is setting my teeth on edge because I [...]

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Knitting, vacation and more snow

Vacation week can almost be considered over.  After a fantastic start with a wonderful day of shearing and good company this past Sunday, I have spent the rest of the week at home with a head cold on top of an upper respiratory I already had.  Nice to be able to hang out and recuperate, [...]

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