tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95290272011-04-21T17:26:43.932-07:00Where did I get the bright idea to teach myself how to knit?amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.comBlogger651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1134747830570757462005-12-16T07:35:00.000-08:002005-12-16T07:43:50.590-08:00

Well, Thanks to everyone who helped me with this project. I had so much trouble with the first one. I had to start over, frog, put it away, and even considered giving up altogether. But eventually, with some help, I got it.Funny though, that the second one just flew off my needles. I started it at the dentists office (waiting room, not dentist's chair!) and finished it that night in front of

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I knit my first clapotis, but the orange was a little impractical, and I kind of like to blend, so I made a follow up grey one and it was a gorgeous. I can't wear it anywhere because people are always trying to steal it right off my back. I have this wealthy aunt (mother to the ungrateful cousins I spoke of last Christmas *this is a joke, these are my favorite cousins*) and she loved it so much

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OK, I've been trying to remember what all I've knit since last I blogged. First, I finished my clapotis. Here it is modeled by my lovely, if somewhat disheveled, daughter. Of course it's adult size (for me!) but unfortunately I had no adult volunteers.And a close up:I absolutely LOVE this. It's my favorite thing I've ever knit. I made it with classic elite imagine. I bought the yarn for a tank

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I was so busy this summer. I just had to let some things go and make some choices, and I'm afraid blogging fell by the wayside. (Knitting didn't, though!) Now that we've started school and have somewhat gotten back on schedule, I think I'm ready to start blogging again. I have lots of fo's to show off (OK, well maybe not lots, and maybe not show off)I'm planning on taking some pictures today,

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i’m in alabama, visiting my aunt. i just finished making her a booga bag. it’s charcoal grey and i think it’s going to look really nice. it’s blocking/drying now. she doesn’t know it’s for her and keeps going on and on about how neat it is and how great my sophie bag is, so hopefully she’ll be really happy when i give it to her. i’ll post a picture of it later if i get a chance.See more

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Just a close up of my first cables… I’m quite proud of them.See more progress on: knit a clapotis

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But at least I finished my Irish Hiking Scarf that I started way back when. It feels so good to finish something that’s been on the needles for a while. Now when I get my third last ball of yarn for my clapotis, I can finish that and I will have no more WIP’s. What will my next project be? My kids both have 9876297456923 requests, and I’m also starting to think about Christmas gifts. Plus I

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That still wasn’t enough yarn. I’m so incredibly close to finishing it, but I’ll need one more ball of yarn. This clapotis is becoming very, VERY expensive!See more progress on: knit a clapotis

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just testing something.See more progress on: blog regularly

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I got the yarn I needed to finish my clapotis. I forgot how fun these things are to knit, especially dropping stitches. I’ve been working on it for a while now and I think I’ll finish today; if not then definately tomorrow!See more progress on: knit a clapotis

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My kids got me the sweetest Mother's day gift this year. They each have a Build-a-Bear that they absolutely adore. I mean those things go with them everywhere. So I thought it was sweet when they got me the thing they value the most:It's made by them (sorta) and they each put a heart in it. Poor double-hearted thing. What made it especially sweet is that they got me a sheep because of my

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We made it home from Atlanta. Hmmm, this font looks weird, but hopefully it won't when it's posted. Silly blogger.My life remains in turmoil. The job in Atlanta is supposed to let us know something Tuesday; meanwhile, when my husband let his company know that they would be getting a call for references, they went into high gear to get him a counter-offer. In a way I feel that if they'd give us a

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I love to run. Don't get me wrong, I like walking, too, but I looove running. Even when my knees are bothering me and I'm not dressed appropriately, thinking I'm just going to go for a nice brisk walk, it seems as if once I get out there and start moving, I just always want to break into a run. Some of my friends think that's really strange, saying that they do the opposite: go out planning a run

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I have never been crafty. NEVER. I've never even really been interested in trying a craft or hobby and the times I've been dragged in by friends, I've failed miserably. When I tried sewing, I quickly decided I could buy clothes for less money that would look much better, so why sew??Then this fall, I just on a whim picked up some knitting needles and yarn at hobby lobby, and began knitting. I

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So there's been some curiousity about my house-hunting project. I've deliberately been avoiding posting on it, because everything is so in limbo. My life is going in fifty different directions all at the same time. I don't know what is going to happen in the next few months, all I do know is that changes are a' brewin'. First, I am not sure how I feel about how homeschooling went this year.

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Fox really messed up my life. I have to sit around, crying in my tea on Tuesdays and Wednesdays now. Those of you who know me know what I'm talking about.This guy:(I did not put this together and hopefully whoever did (Jess?) will not mind my using it. If so, I will remove it.)My Tuesdays and Wednesdays aren't the same without Constantine. This week I didn't even watch A.I. because of it, even

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I promised to post pictures of my purling blunder, so here it goes.Here's my original method:And here, as you all already know, is the correct method:Apparently, I was wrapping the wrong way which my teacher assured me was a common error. That really doesn't make me feel any better. What does make me feel better, however, is the fact that everything I've given as a gift so far has been given to

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Wow I just noticed four out of the last five posts have started with "I'm." I must be self centered or maybe it's just that this is my blog and therefore all about moi.I went to my knitting class that I thought was a waste of money because I already know everything, right? Except that I was purling wrong for six months and everything I've made I've made incorrectly, ack!! Doing it the right

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Tomorrow is my first ever knitting class. It's a super easy project (or looks it) but I decided to take a class just so I could maybe meet some local knitters and get to know the store owner a little better.But now I'm having second thoughts. It's dumb, but I feel like I'm losing my knitting virginity or something like that. I mean, up until now, I'm 100% self taught. And I mean, I guess I

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Check out these babies:See the "stuff" strown throughout the room? That's what happens around here when I knit a lot. I mean, there's even stuffed toy stuffing on the coffee table. Come on. But, on the other hand, it's worth it. I just get so into my knitting that I really don't notice too much what's going on around me. I'm the same way when I read a book.Here's a close up so you can really

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Look what I got in the mail today from my secret pal:I love all of it, but the hand cream is really something special; I think everyone should rush right out to the store immediately and get some because it's something no one should be without. I must say that I do think I have the best secret pal ever, and I wish I was as great a pal to my own secret pal.In knitting news: I did actually finish

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of a half knitted (well not quite half... well no where near half but well started) sock.Wanna see? Of course you do!Isn't she cute? Don't you love my stitch markers? I just grab whatever I can find, in this case a ponytail holder and a child's bracelet. Now, that may not look like much to you, but keep in mind that I'm an idiot. It took me over an hour just to learn the cast on. Then I got

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One reason I haven't been blogging as often: flylady.net. I've always been a horrible housekeeper. My mother was even worse than me. I remember having to dig clothes out of the hamper and rewear them because she wouldn't do laundry. I always swore I'd never live like that! But, I guess I just never really learned the skills needed. I mean, I have my pet peeves, like I do always keep

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Sometimes I have good excuses for being away, sometimes I don't. I'd say right now it's a combo. I have been woefully neglectful of my 2 regular readers, but at the same time, I have tried twice to post and had problems with blogger. I'm going to give it another go, but probably not a super long post in case blogger decides to consume my post and then spit it out into cyber space again.My kids

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Wow, you go a few days without posting and all heck breaks loose. I don't know if there is something wrong with blogger, or if they've revamped things. But the screen I'm looking at right now barely resembles the screen I'd normally be looking at right about now.I really do need to dig out my digi camera and post some pictures. This blog was one of the big reasons I got the camera. But, right now

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I come from an eccentric family. Both sides. I come from a family full of artists and hippies and democrats. We're a strange bunch. My favorite cousin has dreads. Real ones. So, I've been given some strange gifts over the years. For a wedding gift one of my artist aunts decoupaged a bunch of my wedding invitations into the shape of a pig. So I guess I'm just saying that it takes a lot to

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One of my little hermit crabs (named ty) died last night. I just don't know what happened. He was fine earlier in the day. He's too young to die of natural causes, I didn't feed him anything unusual, and he didn't get hurt. :(R.I.P. little guy. We'll miss you.

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1. How much space is left on your Tivo or Comcast box? 11 hours. I'm not sure what that's out of. 2.Have you ever bought a DVD of a TV series and if so which one? I have not but I would LOVE to have all previous seasons of 24 and hopefully I'll get around to purchasing them someday. 3. What was the last TV show that you all watched before reading this message? House4. List 5 shows you won't

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I've been trying to think of one, but I can't. I can't even think of a good lie. I don't know why I went so long without posting. It certainly wasn't because nothing was going on. On the contrary, I guess it was because there was too much going on. There, excuse found!Now I'm just trying to decide whether to do one huge post, updating on everything, or maybe I should just post some of it and save

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I'm smitten with:My new favorite girl scout cookies, Lemon CoolersAnd my favorite american idol contestent, ConstantineIn knitting news, I started a new baby blanket. This time I'm going to try very hard not to end up with a beach towel shape!

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Well I did it. I ordered some yarn. What made it so hard is because without exact projects in mind, I didn't know how much of what to get. What if I found some beautiful yarn and thought, hmmmm, I'd like to make something with that someday, and so I bought 5 skeins. Well, then what if I could never find a project that used 5 skeins? What if they all used 8 skeins? Or 4 skeins so I had one

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I think I've mentioned that I hate window shopping. I swear, my husband would go walking around the mall just for fun faster than I would, if that tells you anything about how much I detest it.However, I love shopping when I have some moolah! So, yesterday we got our income tax return, woo hoo!! First I got online and ordered me some yarn from elann. That didn't really cost me anything because it

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I'm so busy lately that I don't have a whole lot to say. I haven't knitted a stitch in over 24 hours. *gasp* I still haven't spent my gift certificate because I'm so excited about having it. I keep going to the elann website and picking out stuff I want but then I think, I should just think on it for a few hours. Then when I go back, same thing happens. I overthink most decisions. Actually

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You know those days where everything just seems generally sucky? Yesterday was one of those. I had to start this new tutoring thing and I guess I'm just lazy, but I really didn't want to do it. I like spending evenings with my family. I usually make supper, almost every night. We all eat together. At the table most nights. The kids still go to bed early, and my husband and I will cuddle up on the

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Wow, I cannot believe how long it's been since I blogged. I'm normally not a big blog neglector. I'm too guilt prone. But, my modem was down so I really had no choice in the matter. I still felt guilty though. Let's see what I've even been knitting: I knitted another dish cloth, and then my aunt asked me to knit her granddaughter a scarf because she really wants one and apparently the stores

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I finished the Capelets with moderate success. I made Jorden's first and thought it was just a little too small. So on Carley's I added an extra row of increases, and it turned out a little too big. Either one would look OK on it's own, but when they put them on side by side and you realize it was supposed to be the same thing, well, that's kind of funny. What the heck does "brutally increase

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*to the chariot's of fire tune* That's right, I went RUNNING yesterday. Running is something I used to love to do. I was never athletic. I never thought I'd be able to run. So when I needed to lose 40 post-pregnancy pounds some years back, I devised a walking plan. It worked, slowly but surely, and within a year I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I kept walking but everytime I was at

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For my secret pal: I am soooooooooo excited about being a secret pal!! 1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer high- a nd/natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand? Or is it all the same to you? I can’t afford to be a yarn snob. I don’t think I’ve used Red Heart yet, but I’ve used plenty of Lion Brand. Right now I’ve been seeking out 100% wool because I’m going through a

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yuck.

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I check my stats everyday to see how many hits I'm getting and where people are from and whether or not they are returning visitors, etc. I don't mind if I only get one or two hits, but lately I've been getting hundreds of hits with duration zero seconds. So, just count to ten before you leave and it will make me feel so much better! It's better to not be hit at all then to have a hundred people

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Have I mentioned how much I adore my denises? I've been knitting the fishy dishy dishtowel on 7s, but last night I decided I wanted to knit the umbilical cord hat from SnB for my sil who is due next month. I pulled out the pattern thinking to myself, "Please don't need 7s, please don't need 7s" and then of course what does it call for? 7s of course. So I thought, well, I'm going to go ahead and

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I made the techno cozie from SnB. Has anyone else made that? I made the smallest size and even shortened it a little because I was using it for my camera. My main focus right now is learning, learning, learning. In this project I learned single cast on, making buttonholes, and backstitch. I had a lot of fun with it, but I did have a problem. I feel pretty confident that I followed the

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I've heard felting called "magic" in more than one place, but until you really do it yourself, you just don't get it. It's like the grand canyon, you THINK you get it from seeing all the pictures, but then when you're actually standing there you're like, woah, NOW I get it. Here's my sophie bag right after knitting it: Here it is when I pulled it out of the washing machine. I almost felt like

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I am just thrilled beyond belief. I finished my baby blanket and wanted to go directly to work on my bag. I had an 11 circular that I'd picked up on sale some time back on clearance. I knew that I needed a 10.5 but I figured I'd make-do with the 11. However, I soon realized it was a 29 inch and I needed 16. I have been a little under the weather lately so I called my dh and asked him if he

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Thank Goodness It's Finished!!! I finished the baby blanket. I ended up ending it early. It looks somewhat like a beach towel but oh, well. I'm calling it one of my early attempts at knitting so maybe one day I'll look back and laugh. I do have a question/worry, though. When I finished, and weaved in the ends, I used 6 inch tails which should be plenty long. But yet I'm horrified that

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1105320165550627582005-01-09T17:10:00.000-08:002005-01-09T17:29:34.483-08:00

I wish I had more than three readers, and I wish those three posted occasionally. Not because I just want to feel liked (though that would be nice!) but because sometimes, like right now, I need help! Here's my delimma: I started making a baby blanket some months back for my sis-in-law who's baby is due in February. It was going to be my first ever project, as I was just teaching myself to knit.

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1105141763164141542005-01-07T15:39:00.000-08:002005-01-07T15:49:23.166-08:00

I have not knitted in two days. I started reading The Da Vinci Code and could not put it down. I really loved the first 3/4 of it, but then it went downhill. Of course, I had to finish it anyway. I have another book on my to do list. Wicked. But I am going to put it off until I finish my baby blanket. The baby is due next month! If I haven't said it yet today: "I will be SO GLAD when I

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1104791525376141122005-01-03T14:30:00.000-08:002005-01-03T14:32:05.376-08:00

We were going stir crazy so I let my kids go play in the rain/mud/puddles. I'm not sure if this makes me a good mom or a bad one! They think it makes me a good one so I guess that's what matters.

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1104784285975847772005-01-03T13:15:00.000-08:002005-01-03T12:31:25.976-08:00

Not really. I wish I had something exciting to post but alas I don't. I am just still plugging away on my blanket and I'm not to the point yet of having mulitple projects going at the same time. I'm still on the search for a felted bag pattern. I'll be using some yummy yarn that my friend michelle gave me for my birthday. (In orange, of course!) I'm thinking about making this bag: http://

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1104609697475035282005-01-01T11:39:00.000-08:002005-01-01T12:05:48.120-08:00

Well, I have to confess that I haven't gotten much knitting done lately. The holidays are just sooooo busy, but more than that, I've had out of town company and I just feel guilty sitting and knitting because I'm not smooth enough at it to really look up from the knitting for long periods of time and even though I can listen and talk, I always feel like whoever I'm talking to feels like I'm not

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1104544572077038162004-12-31T17:38:00.000-08:002004-12-31T17:56:12.076-08:00

I'm a sentimental person. Maybe I'm even sappy. But nevertheless, I always find New Year's Eve one of the most poignant days of the year. The first New Year that I am positive I remember is 1980, the turn of the decade. I would have just turned 7. I remember getting out some paper and making a list of resolutions a mile long. I don't remember any of them, and I wonder now what a 7 year old

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1104461165131406392004-12-30T18:43:00.000-08:002004-12-30T18:46:05.130-08:00

Well, this card reader seems to be a bigger pain in the hiney than I anticipated, but what are you gonna do when your dog chews your usb cable? I'm gonna try posting a picture. My two daughters on Christmas exchanging their first gifts they bought for each other with their OWN money. :) OK, I'm off to work on my blanket which I am hoping to finish in the next day or so. It's slow going

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1104347205915851892004-12-29T11:04:00.000-08:002004-12-29T11:06:45.916-08:00

Well, I couldn't get my usb thing but I DID get a card reader so that means that as soon as I find a few minutes, I can post Christmas pictures. I just watched Supersize Me and it made me want some McNuggets!

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1104261222723583532004-12-28T10:54:00.000-08:002004-12-28T11:13:42.723-08:00

Yesterday I learned that I really am quite a miser. I got some Christmas money (even though I'm a grown up, my grandparents still give me Christmas money!) and so yesterday I went to the mall to go shopping. I shopped for hours and hours and hours. I went into a specialty "petites" store because I'm so short, I can NEVER find pants that fit me. They were having a great sale. Cashmere

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1103932271659897052004-12-24T15:48:00.000-08:002004-12-24T15:52:31.296-08:00

My dog chewed my usb cord to my brand new camera. It was a Christmas gift, and here it is not even Christmas yet and it's already ruined. I'm so mad I could spit nails (whatever that means.) Anyway, Merry Christmas Eve everyone! I'll hopefully have a new usb cord within a few days (all that day after Christmas shopping) and I'll post some pictures of our Christmas, our snow (amazingly we ended up

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1103748152854885722004-12-22T13:10:00.000-08:002004-12-22T12:42:32.853-08:00

I'm thirty-something years old and have never seen a white christmas. I've lived in this state my entire life (pretty much.) So check this out: And they're saying it's going to keep it up for a while. Well, of course I have to do what every true southerner does at the slightest hint of snow. Load up the car and head to the local Wal-Mart! Problem was, when we left, it was just a few

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1103660056303675292004-12-21T13:07:00.000-08:002004-12-21T12:14:16.303-08:00

My dog is so weird. First, he loves to kiss everyone on the mouth. Here is where I caught him in the act: That's not what makes him really weird though. What makes him really weird is that he loves to jump in the bathtub. If I forget to shut the bathroom door when I'm in the shower, he always jumps in with me. It was cute at first but now it's just plain weird. Here he is as of five

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1103651589473233012004-12-21T09:31:00.000-08:002004-12-21T09:53:09.473-08:00

I had a health scare recently. I've had some strange symptoms with various parts of my body going numb, particularly my face and mouth. The doctor was worried that I might have MS and while I waited to have my MRI, I did a lot of research about MS and other neurological problems that the symptoms might also be. At this same time (actually a day or two before my first big episode) I set up my

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1103646716463260232004-12-21T08:09:00.000-08:002004-12-21T08:31:56.463-08:00

I knitted an entire baby blanket for my new little neice or nephew that's coming in February. But, it was knit in strips, and then you have to sew the strips together to form a blanket. Well, the strips were lovely, but when I went to stich them together, I was disappointed. I could see the seam and I just didn't like the look of it. See, here's how a strip by itself looked: It doesn't

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1103564899877772872004-12-20T09:42:00.000-08:002004-12-20T09:48:19.876-08:00

As a homeschooling mom, I am around my children 24/7. That's the way I want it. I actually enjoy my kids and enjoy sharing lives with them. But today they wanted to go hang out with my mom. She promised to make them Christmas cookies and to take them to buy a Christmas present for me from them. So here I sit, in a quiet house. Just me and the dog. As much as I enjoy my kids, my ears do

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1103437617000611092004-12-18T22:22:00.000-08:002004-12-18T22:26:57.000-08:00

I'm new at this html/ccs stuff, but I'm trying really hard to learn! Today I had the entire blog looking like a picasso painting, while trying to map out what in the code coresponded to what on the blog. If that makes sense. Anyway, I'm making progress but it could take days, weeks, months, or maybe even years, before it actually makes sense to me so in the meantime, don't worry if the blog

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1103416676551244672004-12-18T16:33:00.000-08:002004-12-18T16:37:56.550-08:00

So, I got this in the mail today: It made me feel like a bona fide knitter. I've gotten a patternworks catalog in the mail, which was also a kodak moment, but this magazine I actually paid money for! I've looked through it a little, and while everything in it is lovely, it all looks waaaay over my head. But, I'm going to look it over more carefully and see if I can't find SOMETHING I can do

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1103304709758777532004-12-17T09:22:00.000-08:002004-12-17T09:31:49.760-08:00

Sometimes I think I'm ocd. When I get on one track, I just can't get off of it. I'm a homeschooling mom, so I stay pretty busy throughout the day, but it feels like no matter how busy I am, or how many things I'm trying to do simultaneously, I have this little knitting fairy on my shoulder, whispering in my ear. I wake up and while I'm doing some chores and making breakfast, I'm thinking about

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1103248474071713222004-12-16T17:44:00.000-08:002004-12-17T11:27:36.436-08:00

Call me an underachiever, but I only set a goal of THREE gift items to knit this year. But for a brand new knitter, I don't think it was a bad goal. I've only finished two projects before these! So here's what I did for Christmas: The brown scarf is a basketweave pattern. The yarn was too chunky and I'm not real happy with it but I'd already gotten too far in to start over by the time I

amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13888385064274968487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9529027.post-1102558790549253152004-12-08T18:19:00.000-08:002004-12-08T18:19:50.550-08:00

hopefully...

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