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Me-O, My-O, Mojo

By Ida | Published: August 22, 2010

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

By Ida | Published: August 16, 2010

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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Why Make It Harder?

By Ida | Published: August 4, 2010

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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We Have Heat–Oh Yeah, and a Winner

By Ida | Published: June 28, 2010

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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All I Want Is Yarn From a Sheep that Baa’d with a Brogue. Too Much to Ask?

By Ida | Published: June 8, 2010

Apparently. You’d think that it wouldn’t be a problem now, would you? Ireland has a lot of sheep. But getting yarn from those wooly creatures seems to be a task left to those with more ins than I have. Which, truth be told, would not take many. I went online this afternoon, looking for someplace [...]

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It’s June, It’s Hot, and I Can’t Find a Pattern I Like

By Ida | Published: June 1, 2010

Happy first day of June. Just a few more weeks, and it’ll be the first day of summer. On the calendar, anyway. It’s been hot here and many other places for quite a while. And please, weather people, 80 degree weather is not “warm”: it’s bleeding hot. I really have to stop checking the 10-day [...]

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Memories and an FO

By Ida | Published: May 26, 2010

Summers in Iowa were hot and humid. Very hot and very humid. We didn’t have air-conditioning, so when it got really hot, my dad would pile us into the car and we’d go for a drive. Of course we didn’t have air-conditioning in the car either, so all the windows were down. Sometimes we’d just [...]

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And We Have Winners

By Ida | Published: May 18, 2010

Thanks to everyone who posted a comment to win a copy of Comfort Knitting and Crochet Afghans. I ran the random number generator, and the winner is Dana in Germany South Africa! She is our first international winner. Congratulations! Dana, I sent you an e-mail through your shop site. I’ve been getting a lot of [...]

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A Tour to Make You Jealous

By Ida | Published: May 7, 2010

When I was in college and graduate school, I always got a thrill when I was able to do an interview with people I was writing about. Oh heck, I still get a shiver when I interview someone. Back during my educational days, the interviews were generally conducted by telephone. While the computer had been [...]

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