Well…

Where have I been?
I don’t really know.
Kids went back to school last Monday which is always a fun routine to get back into and then there has been the shop-
some of you know what this is, for other’s, I will update tomorrow.
Sorry about the blog break.
But I’m ready to kick things into high gear [...]

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A meal only a knitter would love.

Would you believe that 2 days after my initial post I’m still cooking the same dish on the porch?
Maybe I’m just a fussy chef?
Naaaa – I’m a knitter, silly! Who has time for fancy cooking?!?

It’s yarn baking in the sun for another Tosca pumpkin. This time it’s going to be bigger. My [...]

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Reloaded

How appropriate is it that we popped in the movie Matrix Reloaded as I cast on this yarn for the 5th time?

Guess my yarn got a reloading, too!
Amazing yarn! My husband got it for me years ago on a trip out to California, and I just haven’t found the perfect project for [...]

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A Much Better Day

Not the weather, but today I decided that the drearyness wasn’t going to get the best of me

At the suggestion of my friend Carolyn, I made a cup of tea and enjoyed the cool, rainy day.
This helped – love these! It’s an electric water kettle and with the 220 power over here it [...]

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522

A while back, maybe two months ago, my youngest daughter came across this at a local yarn store.

She wants a sweater knit from it but I was able to talk her down to ‘one ball for now’ until we see how it knits up.
I set it aside because, quite honestly, I didn’t need another [...]

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This weather…

It’s for the birds!

Then again, I’m not sure even the birds like it, we sure don’t.
I just realized that in less than 2 weeks my girls are back to school so today was their day, and what did they want to do? Hit a big toy store in Zurich, of course! Can’t blame them, [...]

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Damn that Debbie Bliss

I have always had a thing for her styling, her designs, her yarns, her fitting of garments, her patterns in general so against my better judgement I have decided to start this for the IK Best of KAL.

I love the pattern, the cable, the shoulders, the yarn, I’m just not sure it’s me or will [...]

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Nearly Done

Coachella is bound off. Just a quick session with the yarn ends to weave them in and it will be DONE!

Stresses me out a bit when ‘redoing’ a pattern.
And this yarn, well…
At best I would call it a love / hate relationship.
I love how it feels and looks, but with no stretch (like [...]

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