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Archive for October, 2008

Wednesday Night at Borders

Posted in entertainment, fun, knitting, tagged , , , on October 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Things were hopping at my SnB this week.  In addition to our usual discussions about sex, religion, politics, and potty training we participated in a charity event. Barbara is collecting hats and scarves for a shelter for homeless teens and she brought them in to show us.  A lot of people from Ravelry sent her [...]

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Looking At the Brighter Side

Posted in blogging, fun, knitting, tagged , , on October 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »

As my friend, Gwen, reminded me in the comments below, I had a wonderful time on Saturday.  I went to a fiber festival in Berkeley with Ceallach to pimp her hand dyed yarned.  It was a small, local venue with lots of time to visit with other knitters and vendors.  I wish I had time to [...]

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Well, Sh*t!!!

Posted in frustration, knitting, rants, tagged on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Cleaned up the flickr account and guess what, it deleted everything I had posted on Ravelry too.  Now I’ve gotta go through a stack of CD’s and see if I still have the originals as they are not on the computer.
This after spending 3 hours on the phone with the Geek Squad today setting up [...]

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A Reluctant Attendee

Posted in Books, Work, tagged , , , , on October 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »

The company I work for is the major sponsor of one of the largest literary events in the country, the National Kidney Foundation’s Annual Author’s Luncheon in San Francisco.  I tried to ignore the fact that it was happening until I received a gentle query via email earlier this week asking if I was planning [...]

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Hey, Look! F.O.!! (Rare that it is)

Posted in knitting, tagged , , on October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

 

Voo-doo Wrist Warmers  originally uploaded by pixelpurl.

A quickie, brainless knit for a friend’s birthday.  She asked for them, she got them.  2×2 ribbing on dpns with a 6-stitch buttonhole for the thumb.  Plymouth Encore.  This is about all I am capable of lately.
 

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Reminds Me Of When I Was New At It

Posted in fun, knitting, tagged , , , on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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And there are still days like this!!!

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Knitters Are Such Cool People

Posted in clapotis, community, entertainment, family, fun, knitting, mutual care, nurturing, yarn, tagged , , , on October 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Yesterday I went to Santa Rosa with some fellow knitters to see the Yarn Harlot at a book signing.  Like a dummy, I didn’t even think of taking a camera (kicking self). My rig is so big and bulky that it is difficult to be unobtrusive in public and it didn’t even occur to me [...]

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