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  • I haven’t worked on something so addicting in a long time. Charlotte’s Web is one habit forming knit. It is so much easier the second time around. I made a mistake at Row 43, ripped back 6 rows and went merrily on my way. This one is taking less time partly due to familiarity and…

  • We went to the movies for the first time since seeing Chicago two years ago. This time we saw Sideways. I have no vulgar intentions in writing this, but what it the opposite of a chick flick? It’s a prick flick. Sideways is a prick flick, two guys hanging out being guys and getting into…

  • This will be short. I’m still away and only have dial up access – very slowwwww. I solved my closure problem on the Garter Stitch cardigan with a trip into Vancouver’s Chinatown. A very helpful woman in a fine linen shop found me these buttons:

  • Isn’t that what they say about bad luck? The first night after my knee injury, during the two hours of sleep I managed to get, I had a dream about breaking two mirrors. I figured I was in for 14 years of bad luck or seven years of really really bad luck. So this past…

  • I finally have time to write more about my trip. When I arrived in Edmonton and Elina and I drove straight to Stoney Plain, Alberta, a tiny little town. Yes, we missed the turn to the town centre when we blinked. Stoney Plain is home to one of the young RCMP officers who was killed…

  • I got to fly home first class. Of course it took a note from the ER dr saying I needed to keep my leg extended and elevated. Here is my souvenir from Banff: That would be a $120 worth of full leg hinged brace, not from skiing, which would be the logical reason for visiting…

  • Another guest blogger entry – this time from my sister-in-law. I figure if Bryant is the Son of a Stitch then Ellen is the Stitcher-In Law: This week I’ve been feeling a little sorry for myself.  After a “balmy” 56-degree day on Sunday, my corner of Minnesota has settled into a week of freezing drizzle,…

  • I’m super busy with the course I’m attending in Banff. It’s a wee bit colder here than in Vancouver! At Chicks With Sticks last week I was teaching a beginner knitter. She gasped when she looked at my hand. What is it, I asked? she observed that I had a highly developed muscle between my…

  • Hi From Edmonton where I’ve been sick with the mother of all migraines for two days. I usually measure the severity of a headache by comparing it to one I had on a train travelling from Bremen to Amsterdam a couple of years back. It started early on in the trip but gained considerable strength…

  • Hello everybody, I am Bryant, son of Li. I enjoy doing many things such as unicycling, sleeping, eating, playing guitar and occasionally knitting. For me knitting is a procrastination system so I can avoid my homework. Someday I will start a infinite scarf so I’ll never have to do homework. My stash consists of one…