Just Another Day in Paradise

Just a typically day at work: dealing with government contractor bullshit, long bus rides home that make me miss stitch n’ bitch (whaaaaa!!!), co-workers who don’t know their head from their ass and making themselves pain-in-the-asses to everyone. Yup, just another day in government contractor paradise. Thank goodness it’s Thursday, I’m not sure [...]

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Socks Have Feelings Too.

Dear Sister,
We need to talk, sis.
Remember two weeks ago when you called the first Split Personality Sock a “willie warmer” because the leg looked a little narrow? Well if you don’t, the socks do. They have been crying in the corner ever since I completed them. Nothing I say will make [...]

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Peace Offering

I’m starting a new job soon. I’ve known for quite a while but it didn’t sink in that I would be leaving my current job. The new job was always months off; waiting for the job offer to come in, filling out security paperwork, getting the physical. It was off in the [...]

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My Socks Have A Split Personality

Thank you everyone for stopping in to read and take a minute to comment. I appreciate each and everyone of your comments. I am trying to get around to all of your wonderful blogs but sometimes I run into problems with my Mac-based Safari running into problems with some of the blog software [...]

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Teach Me to Say “No”

For all my claims of being well-educated, my education has a gaping, glaringly ugly hole in it. Even amongst all the AP classes, upper level engineering classes and grad classes that I took over the years did anyone along the way did I ever learn to say, “No” to people. This may not [...]

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Knitting Lesson #3: Don’t Knit Angry

Yes, knitting is great stress relief; it can soothe away stress and discouragement, chase away the blues. However, when one is angry and continuing to stay angry, do not, I repeat, DO NOT work on knitting. No piece of knitting deserves to be knitted up when angry.
Failure to heed this [...]

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A Public Service Announcement About Yarn Fumes

Author’s Note: This entry orginally was posted on my old geocities blog, but a dear reader begged me to save it and bring it over here for other to enjoy. I’m thrilled someone enjoyed my concontion after too many hours of studying environmental toxicology. See what happens when you mix knitting with science?
A [...]

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Taking It Slow

I’ve not been able to do much knitting or at least purling. The damn cracked-on-the-callus left thumb will not heal. Every time I attempt to purl, the knitting needle just cracks it right back open even after several days off.
I’m frustrated, swearing, inpatient and cranky because I cannot knit as much [...]

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Satisfying the Craving

I have a new love in my life. Well…maybe obsession is a better description. My husband should be stark raving jealous of this obsession. I’ve fallen head over heels in love with Fleece Artist Sea Wool.
What is there to not love about this yarn? Soft as a cloud, colors as bright [...]

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So Where Do You Knit?

What does a sock knitter do when stuck in a stuffy, crowded conference room where the crazy, does-not-get-it EPA lady pipes up for the gazillionth time before noon? Why the sock knitter pulls out her sock-in-progress and proceeds to knit in front of the whole class, of course.
What? You don’t knit in public [...]

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