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That's good advice for certain life situations. Not really for knitting. In knitting when you're done, you're done. That last stitch is the definitive end with the exception of tying in the ends and blocking, but technically, the last stitch is the official end of the knitting project. Not so with painting. You could fiddle…
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Pattern: High Speed Knitting (TGV - train grande vitesse) by Susan Ashcroft Yarn: Wollemeise Twin Colourway: Rhubarber Needles: US size 6 Thoughts: This pattern has two names as stated above. Me? I call it slow going; 250 meters of 2×2 ribbing… Need I say more? I started the ribbing when I was half way through…
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I know I've written this before, but all you people who have the opportunity to cross borders from one country to another, should make sure you are covered by health insurance. Tripping one foot over the line, travelling from Canada into the US for example, could cost you big bucks. Our family is the voice…
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Now that the holiday gifts are given I can post about the knitting. It's tough to keep a secret in blogland. It must have looked like I had abandoned knitdom, but truth be told, most everything knit was a gift. This one was for my niece, a college freshman. All dorm kids need the huggy…
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Despite having the flu shot in October, the flu bug bit me, hence my blogging absence. As my doctor said "You can imagine how bad it would have been if you hadn't have had the shot." I can't imagine. Thankfully it didn't hit until the 30th making our Christmas in the desert one with some…
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After nine years, this is another installment of interesting google searches that have ultimately reached Life's a Stitch. Nine years, has it really been nine years? I've tried to give this up as have many of the finest, but my daughter won't let me. I'm OK with that so here we go: The five recent…
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Jingle Off! is anther name for my organization's new annual Christmas fundraiser. Fundraising can be the bain of an Executive Director's worklife, but a necessary evil it is, many involving a tangle of committees, caterers, entertainment and charitable receipts. This one was relatively painless, enjoyable even. The Jingle Off Christmas Caroling Competition has been a…
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Our family knew it anyway, the boy is officially an artist as evidenced by this "Artist's interview." And I, still learning, am one informally. In my college days, rejected from the art program because my portfolio was deemed too commercial, I met a successful entrant. He painted a spectacular watercolour autumnal leaf. Wow, my 17-year-old self…
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As Blogless Marsha says, "the best camera is the one you have with you." I understand this as I was having difficulty toting my digital SLR despite its light weight, and ended up selling it as it was not much good to me. I still have my Canon bridge camera and my favourite small Sony.…
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Hardly a lover of knitting or crochet would deny that their work is a labor of love…especially when it's one of those one step forward, two steps back type of project: This is normally a two evening project, but I somehow lost my rhythm, considering I've previously made two of these without incident. And…
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