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  • Daily Affirmations

    When you knit something as small as a baby sweater on size 2.5 mm needles, progress can seem slower than slow, and very ungratifying. Especially for a sometimes hyper ADD knitter such as myself, who wants it all, and wants it all, NOW. Some time ago I read on Kelley Petkun’s blog that she uses…

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  • Rain and Knitting

    We had a sudden downpour this afternoon that included tiny, marble-sized balls of hail. (Haildrops? Whatever.) I tried to catch a photo of the action: Meanwhile, not a whole lot of action on the inside today, either: Does it look any bigger than it did the other day? The stitches are so tiny that sometimes…

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  • Can’t Talk Now… Busy Knitting.

    Ack! Just found out yesterday that the baby shower for the recipient of this baby sweater is in two weeks! I don’t think I’m gonna make it, but I’m gonna try! So here’s today’s update: This is the cable I twisted at the pool this evening just before coming home. No dropped stitches, yay! I…

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  • I’m Getting a Little Too Good at This

    This morning before work I fixed some dropped stitches in my baby sweater. I’m getting tired of this routine! It seems every few rows or so lately I’m having to do some major repair work. I’m pretty sure it has to do with my fatigue level, so I need to fix that, too. But for…

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  • Knitting Day in Bowie

    Well, I was successful in getting the sleeve stitches onto holders today before knitting group, so here is the latest photo of the baby sweater in progress. It finally looks like a sweater, no? I’m finally seeing a light at the end of this tunnel. Now some scenes from today’s knitting group: Rhoda knitting on…

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  • Fixing a cable

    The cable needles I was waiting for arrived yesterday so this morning before work I set out to try to fix the dropped stitches in my baby sweater. I tried to video the process but wouldn’t you know, the batteries died in the camera before I could get it all down. So, I got a…

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