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2010 stash purge

in an effort to downsize the stash because we are reorganizing the house, i am offering up some yarn from my stash for free + shipping! yep, you only pay shipping,

if you’re interested, head on over to the 2010 destash page and see what’s left.

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happy new year!

wow, it’s really 2010! it’s the future, right? i find it funny looking back on all the old movies and how we all thought there’d be flying cars and spaceflight for everyone in 2010. i guess technology is not advanced as we thought it would be. regardless, i think that 2010 is going to be [...]

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monday morning cardigan

i know i’ve been silent here for some time. it’s been a really rough month around here but i feel like the closer to the holidays we get the better i’m feeling. it’ll be nice to have some time off between christmas and new year’s. while taking it easy the past couple of weeks, i’ve [...]

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we’re on vacation

this week we’re in charleston, south carolina for a week on vacation! it’s been very restful and fun so far. lots of naps and trips to the beach. THE BEACH! IN NOVEMBER! amazing, right? even the water temperature is pretty nice seeing as tropical storm ida has brought up some warm water to us.
i’m [...]

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yes, i went to rhinebeck

you know, i swear that i’m going to do everything in my power to go to rhinebeck (NY sheep and wool festival) every year. it was the most fun i’ve had in ages! and i was kid free too. good times.
i met a lot of people and put my camera to go use taking photos [...]

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a tale of three shawls

well, really, four shawls if you include the one i knit for popknits but since i already blogged about that i’ll just concentrate on these three. so summer knitting is always a little tough. who wants to be lugging around a sweater’s worth of wool when it’s 90 degrees outside? so smaller projects for the [...]

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what happened to the summer?

wow, it’s been a long time, no? i was supposed to come back here and let you know about the last knit i finished, ishbel, but i never checked back in! i have no real excuses except that i really have not felt like blogging. it’s been tough watching a lot of my favorite people [...]

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popknits and the lido west wrap

hi everyone! been a while, no? first thing’s first, if you haven’t already seen it, the summer issue of popknits is online and available now! definitely check it out when you get a chance.
i know that there’s been a lack of knitting on the blog lately and a lot of hooping. well, i’m glad that [...]

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3 days of hooping!

it’s been how long now since i started hooping? let’s check flickr… ok, i got my hoop on march 5 so that means i’ve been hooping for less than 3 months now. this weekend was the first time that i got more than 2 days in a row to go outside and hoop on grass [...]

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hooping in central park

maybe you’re sick of hooping, but i’m not i actually have very little knitting content to show you right now because i just finished a secret popknits project (not so secret anymore) and just started knitting on ishbel. in the meantime, let me expound on my trip to central park to hoop with [...]

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