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The uber girly socks were finished yesterday. They are truly all that and a bag of chips. Pattern: Rogue Roses Yarn: Socks that Rock Medium Weight, Gertrude Skein colorway Needles: US 1.5 (2.5mm) harmony dpn’s Mods: Only one. I choose to sew down the cuff after the socks were completed, for previously mentioned reasons. Verdict: [...]

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Last night, I turned the heel on the new STR sock club sock and in a flurry of knitting, worked my way almost to the toe. I loved the slipstitch (purl) heel so very very much that I stopped mid heel to snap a few pictures for posterity. The heels are made by slipping knit [...]

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I know last week I was all about the new Cat Bordhi sock, and while I had the best of intentions to stay loyal to that sock, this week everything changed when I went to the mail. And found this: I haven’t loved a kit this much since the Monsoon kit that came out in [...]

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The pink mystery thing is starting to take shape. It should  now be patently obvious that it is a Sock Monkey a la Blue Moon. This is one of the two kits that I picked up at Rhinebeck and I am trying to get all sock monkeys finished for Christmas for the small people in [...]

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Since the small, cabled, red thing has jumped off the needles, something else must jump on. But, in the tradition of the last few secret posts, I will only be showing you the tail end…     Can you guess?

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I finished my first Ravelympics Project.   Pattern: Cleopatra Stockings (Rockin Sock Club, May 2008 ) (size small) Yarn: Socks that Rock (Lightweight) in The Incredible Shrinking Violet Needles: US 1.5 (2.5mm) for the foot and US 2 (2.75mm) for the leg    I can’t wait to get the remainder of the WIP’s off my needles, alleviate [...]

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Someone had a birthday today. Two someones actually. We had a Mega Bounce House.     We had presents.     And we had cake.     Good fun was had by all. In other news, I finished the first Cleopatra Stocking.     Are you wondering what the white tail is sticking out? That’s a [...]

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Ok, so life has been a little unkind lately. Not so much in a full on kick you in the teeth sort of way, but more so in a hey, check out what’s important to you and make sure you make time for it sort of way. Again, with the cryptic, I know. More details? [...]

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I have been on the fence lately about lace knitting. I keep buying lace yarn, because I want so much to be a lace knitter. However, I am forced to face the fact that my lace knitting spends more time in the time out basket than in my hands. Oh well, I shall persevere. As [...]

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Life has been a tich stressful lately. Seems as though the things that I thought would be a slam dunk have been a big ‘ol mess and the things that I thought would be uber tough ended up turning out in the end. Could I be more cryptic? I doubt it, but suffice to say, [...]

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