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Diversions

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Have Heart

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!!

Ravelympics 2008: FO #2

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.

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Socks, ghosts, and links, oh my!

For a while, I was working on my current SOS08 pair, Big Basin (from Six Sox Knitalong). This is the first time I’m using a wool-tencel blend Continue reading »

The Peace Dove Project

These pictures were taken the day before Memorial Day, when we found these statutes at the Mall of America. I planned to blog right away but got sick.

This page has information about the project, and this one tells a bit more, and offers a slideshow.

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Birthday Bling

My last shipment of Harmony semi-solid yarn arrived on the day before my birthday, how perfect! Continue reading »

Summer 08 Socks

June always gets busy for me. Since I last blogged, I’ve been to a school reunion (fun!), celebrated my birthday (goodies!), formatted my computer (finally!), and finished two pairs of socks (woo!).

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Du Nord

Late in April, my parents and I went up north to visit family. I asked to stop at the yarn shop previously missed in last year’s somewhat local yarn shop crawl, Unraveled in Pequot Lakes. (The address is listed at the bottom of the linked post; I can’t find a web presence for the shop.)

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Randomity

Hooray! I am almost finished with my last secret knitting project. I ran into the dreaded “not enough yarn” problem again. (Any advice or tricks for removing this curse?) It’s a fun project, I wish I could tell you about it now, but my mouth/hands will be tied for months.

Happily, I’ve finalized the layout for the new sock pattern…finally! I’m very excited. If all goes well with the final copy, it’ll be available for purchase through Ravelry tomorrow.

I have been in a funk on-and-off for months. Partly because I HATE job hunting (it’s probably my least favorite thing to do in the whole world). Partly because I don’t get much opportunity to socialize (all my old friends have moved away and my extreme shyness means I’m slow to make new friends). Partly because Maui, my 2-year old computer, seems to be dying. I need to put aside some time to create the restore CDs (shame on me for putting off that task) and back up all my files so I can format.

Knitting is great therapy, but it can make things more difficult because I’d rather knit than throw together a new cover letter or browse the classifieds. I also think my blog reading list has become a bit stagnant. I recently added a Greasemonkey script that enables the original post to load directly in Google Reader, so now I can read the full post and comment without having to open a new tab. It’s working well and I’m getting back into blog reading/commenting. I’d love a few recommendations for good knitting blogs. (Some topic variety is fine but I’m really all about the knitting.) I’ve temporarily made public my list via Bloglines, so you can see which blogs I already read. Thanks! : )

Kitten needs a home!

Dear local readers, are you interested, or do you know someone who might be interested? Please pass on this information, and leave a comment if you want my Aunt’s contact number. We really want her adopted; she’s adorable! And there are more pictures contained in this post below. Thanks!!

This grey and white eight-week old (estimate) kitten was abandoned at People’s Church in Bemidji, Minnesota. She is being treated for a viral/bacterial eye infection. She has been tested and does not have feline leukemia. No ear mites or fleas. She will need her kitty shots when her eye infections subside. This wonderful, sweet kitten needs a good home.

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