December 2009

New Year, New Toy!

December 31, 2009

I’m putting a few finishing touches on some last minute 2009 FOs so I can do a proper “Look at all the stuff I made this year!” post. Really, though, by the time I post it, the title will need to be “Look at all the stuff I made LAST year,” but that’s a small [...]

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Christmas Dinner (A Few Days Late)

December 28, 2009
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I am not a cook. I’m not sure why, as I love to eat, but I just don’t like to prepare meals. I think it has something to do with my lack of patience. I never understood the idea of standing over a stove for hours on end just to cook a single meal. I [...]

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Merry Christmas, one and all!

December 25, 2009

Merry, merry Christmas to you all, from Ruby: And Zelda: Happy Holidays, everyone!

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Run and Stumble

December 22, 2009

Gauge has not been my friend this week. I tried knitting a pair of fingerless mitts, but the gauge was too loose and I could fit both hands in one mitt. Rip! I tried getting gauge for a fantastic sweater that I’d love to wear, but correct gauge in the yarn I have produces a [...]

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FO: Mittens! and CraftyFail: Also Mittens

December 15, 2009

After the success of knitting my fair isle hat (which has been washed and blocked, but still needs the hem sewn down) I thought I’d cast on for another fair isle project. The cute, adorable, Plum Blossom Mittens by Valley Yarns have been on my mind for awhile now. And since I just so happen [...]

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In Progress: Fair Isle Hat

December 10, 2009

About two years ago, I purchased a kit for a traditional, stranded fair-isle hat. And it has sat in my stash all that time, because I didn’t have the nerve to try to knit it. But after re-discovering it after cleaning up my craft corner, I thought I’d pull it out and give it a [...]

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