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Good news, bad news

Posted by limedragon | Filed under personal

Which do you prefer to get first, bad or good news? I’ve always preferred getting the bad stuff first, but today, I’ll put it behind the cut. I’m also postponing a new, knitting-related post until next week.

Good News #1 Although the doctors couldn’t figure out the cause of his kidney problems, my cousin is much better [...]

Read more | Comments (20) | September 9, 2008

Have Heart

Posted by limedragon | Filed under general, personal

Many thanks to everyone who left or emailed well wishes for my family; we all appreciated them!

It looks like Dad may have a donor. The new heart is expected to arrive about 9 pm; so it’s going to be a long night for us.

I’ll post another update tomorrow or Monday. Thanks again everyone!!

Read more | Comments (12) | September 6, 2008

The NeverEnding Stash

Posted by limedragon | Filed under accessories, knitting, stranded or fair isle

(No updates yet for my dad and cousin. Thanks everyone!!)

Tags: andean cap, black, brown-sheep, charlene-schurch, colorwork, gray, hat, intarsia, lambs pride, red, stranded

Read more | Comments (8) | September 2, 2008

The story of a little skein

Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, shawls or stoles

(Quick note: My dad’s health has declined since his long illness a couple years ago. This past summer, he was accepted as a candidate for a heart transplant, and last week, he was admitted to the hospital and is now waiting for a new heart. My cousin up north is also in the hospital with [...]

Tags: blue, colinette, dad, forest canopy, gift, grandma, green, health, jitterbug, lace, purple, shawl, susan lawrence

Read more | Comments (14) | August 31, 2008

Fair-ly Good

Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting

Last week, on opening day, I popped over to the MN State Fair to check on my entries. The first one I found was the Ryan hat

Tags: hat, logan river wrap, mn, ryan's hat, short-row, state-fair

Read more | Comments (17) | August 25, 2008

Ravelympics 2008: FO #2

Posted by limedragon | Filed under general, knitting, socks

I was really suprprised at how quickly I was able to knit these. It took only 6 days (I took one day off to seam and finish the Loon sweater). Considering that these are my first ever pair of stranded colorwork socks, I’m very happy with them.

Tags: anise, blue, colorwork, fairisle, green, knitwhits, pink, purple, ravelympics, shoes, socks, stranded, tan

Read more | Comments (5) | August 24, 2008

Ravelympics 2008: FO #1

Posted by limedragon | Filed under kid stuff, knitting, sweaters

Whew, I finished my first project for the Ravelympics on Monday! :) I’m really happy with the results. It wasn’t a difficult pattern, but was time-consuming. With this, I earned medals in Sweater Sprint and Colorwork Cross-Country.

Tags: black, blue, child, colorwork, duplicate stitch, ewecanknit, gray, intarsia, kids, loon, medals, pullover, ravelympics, sweater, white, yellow

Read more | Comments (8) | August 20, 2008

Ravelympics 2008: Days 1-7

Posted by limedragon | Filed under kid stuff, knitting, socks, stranded or fair isle, sweaters

(Many thanks for everyone’s kind comments about the bunny pullover. I’ve been so focused on my Olympic knitting that email, blog-reading, and the like have fallen by the wayside, sorry!)

The Ravelry is doing a fun knit/crochet/spin/dye/whatever-along during the 2008 Olympics, with over 5500 members participating. I signed up with two projects and two teams: The [...]

Tags: anise, bernat, black, blue, colorwork, ewecanknit, fairisle, green, intarsia, kid, knitwhits, loon, olympics, pink, purple, ravelympics, socks, stranded, sweater, tan, white, yellow