knitting kitchen

First, I had to get this done.

Then I had to finish this.

Then I…

because I wanted this

That’s right! Today is the big day…

I’ve been crocheting grocery bags like there’s no tomorrow. I haven’t photographed all of them, but here are a few.

The pattern comes from here.

I find the pattern pretty addicting to make. Pretty soon everyone […]

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That’s right! The Summer of Socks 2008 has begun. I had big plans to finish up the two pairs of socks I have languishing on the needles. I did manage to gather much of my stashed sock yarn and take a quick pic. After the photo, I remembered the undyed sock yarn I bought at […]

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Did you read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer? I actually listened to it a couple years ago and it’s just one of those stories that haunts me, particularly that phrase.
Anyways…
School began for all of the kid-o-links today. So why haven’t I been around lately? Did I mention that I work in […]

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Unless you have a full-time job. Then rainy days are for wishing you could nap at your desk, and for plotting your snacking opportunities, and maybe for a little bit of blog catch up.

I finished the kool-aid baby socks, using the yarn left over from the Stansfield socks. Baby socks are quick and amusing, sort […]

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I finished the Stansfield socks on Wednesday.

But had so much yarn leftover that I thought I’d make a pair of toddler socks. My favorite basic sock pattern is MIA so I used several patterns and books to come up with what would be a plain vanilla sock. It was fun going through some of my […]

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