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Author Archives: Ida
Me-O, My-O, Mojo
This has been a lost weekend. Oh, not in the Ray Milland 1945 type Lost Weekend; this was a lost weekend in lowercase letters. This was probably one of the least productive weekends I’ve had in months. I try to reserve my weekends for knitting and movies. Sometimes, though, I have to do some work [...]
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An FO, New Knitting Tools, and a Contest for Good
Recently, I sent 2 WIPs to time out. For some reason, the socks I had been working on brought out my stupid. I was making mistakes that even beginners seldom make. And the Tanta shawl I was working on, well, it really wasn’t the fault of the pattern. This time, it was the yarn. I’ve [...]
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It Must Be Good if You Dream About It
Overall, I’ve been disappointed in the knitting fiction that I have read. Heaven knows I’ve whined about it often enough. Well, my drought has ended. This weekend I finished reading Death by Cashmere: A Seaside Knitters Mystery, by Sally Goldenbaum. Izzy Chambers owns the Seaside Knitting Studio in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts. When Angie Archer, who [...]
Why Make It Harder?
My quest to knit 100 socks has its fifteenth completion. It’s called The Riblette. It’s knit with Knit Picks Felici in the Boardwalk colorway. Once I finish the mate, I’ll post the pattern as a freebie on The Evolving Sock Knitter. It’s a bit more “involved” than the plain vanilla sock, but it’s still easy [...]
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Startitis–I’ve Had It Bad
There is a disease that knitters seem prone to developing, and I have discovered I am not immune. Yes, I haz the startitis. Most of you know about my quest to knit 100 socks in a year (check out The Evolving Sock Knitter), so I always have at least one pair of socks on the [...]
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Goings On in the Knitting World
It seems as though ideas are running rampant in the knitting world. And, I’d like to make you aware of just three of them. Wanted #2–Luz Mojito Crafty Detour (of which I am a part) has released the second in its Criminal Sock Investigations sock collection. This time, it’s the evil Luz Mojito. You can [...]
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1 O’Clock, 2 O’Clock, 3 O’Clock, Knit. Knittin’ Around the Clock Tonight
I don’t know about you, but I could knit almost 24 hours a day. Seriously. I hate waiting for anything, and having a project with me to work on can make me less likely to do or say something I might regret later. Or probably should regret, at least. If you like to have a [...]
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Knitting, Knitting Everywhere
Hello. My name is Ida, and I am obsessed with knitting. Yes, it may come as a surprise, but I am coming around to the idea that I may have an addiction–or at least obsession–with knitting. When I watch movies and television shows, I often find myself paying more attention to knitted objects than the [...]
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We Have Heat–Oh Yeah, and a Winner
I know it’s a futile effort, but I keep looking at the long-term forecast for highs in the 50s. Not happenin’ here. At least not any time soon. Frankly, I’m tired of the weather folk calling 80s “warm.” It’s hot, people, too darned hot. So hot, in fact, that it is apparently affecting my dreams. [...]
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