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Peeved at the TV
In: fiber
9 Nov 2009I get it. Christmas is coming. There are cards and trees and tinsel and badly played tinny renditions of carols on every other commercial on TV. (It’s only mid-November, so it’s not /every/ commercial yet) But that’s not all that different. Nor are the “buy your kids 12 billion things to show you love them” [...]
Priorities
In: fiber
5 Nov 2009Left Mitten, unblocked. Pattern is Bella’s Mittens, by Marielle Henault. I’m just now casting on its opposite. Yarn is Malabrigo Merino Worsted (single spun) in colorway Pearl Ten, held double. Knit on size 8 circular (yes, I know the pattern calls for a size 11 needle. I knit loosely, and my intended recipient is not [...]
Updatey Things
17 Feb 2009House stuff: As expected – the mold test results came back positive. Very positive in some cases – but all in very localized locations. Our… special seller’s original response was “well can we just get a contractor in to replace the insulation and sheetrock?” – to which we very firmly said no – for two [...]
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- Tags: appraisal, closing, crochet, home decor, house, insomnia, inspection, knit, mold remediation, roof, sew
Tour de Fleece
In: fiber
31 Jul 2008Apologies in advance for the whining, but I’m a little frustrated. Granted, I did not manage to spin every day of the Tour, but I came pretty close (I did go on vacation for part of it, and airports don’t look kindly on long pointy sticks with hooks in the end). So today I went [...]
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- Tags: drop spindle, fiber, tour de fleece
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