Is It Spring Yet?

I think I’m spending more time on the bus than actually working this week: Monday we got sent home early because of the weather conditions. I worked 3 hours and spent 5 hours on the bus. Tuesday, 4.5 hours on the bus but at least 9 hours working. Wednesday, same as [...]

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Snow Day

Snow days are just not for kids, even adults get them but for a price…
Yes, I got a snow day…well, a partial one. They didn’t call it until after I got up at 4:45 am, had to ride the bus ending up 50 minutes late because they had to reroute us through Mud Lake, [...]

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Lace Fever

I should have taken the hint and brace myself. No matter where you went in the online knitting world, everyone and I mean everyone was saying if 2007 was the year of the sock, 2008 was going to be the year of lace. Just to let you know, I pretty good at not [...]

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Just a Few Things About Me

Location: Idaho
Astrological Sign: Aquarius
Pets: 2 cats (Mistletoe and Ashly), 1 Morgan Friesian Mare (Storm Dancer)
When I play monopoly I am always the: Anything in my path to world domination
Five things always in my purse/backpack:
1. The current sock I’m knitting
2. Business cards
3. Keys
4. Cell phone
5. Tape Measure
Five things always in my Fridge:
1. Pepsi
2. Ice Cream
3. 5 [...]

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Sleepover Party Games for Knitters

Here are five party games for knitters. Be advised non-knitters will not understand. Photos of the events can be used for memories/blackmail.
Note: It is important for the hosting party to have a significantly drool worthy stash.
Alcohol is not required for silliness, but it sure does make it much more fun.
Seven Minutes [...]

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Close Encounters of the Crochet Kind

Five days a week, I have a 1 1/2 hour commute to and from work. Mornings I can usually doze off on my bus seat, but the afternoons I knit. Normally its a great chance to unwind before I go home: I knit on my socks, listen to knitting podcasts on my iPod, no one [...]

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Why Is It….

…that the LYS will have a sale this week on the yarn you bought last week?
…that when you buy plenty of extra yarn, the LYS will have 2 extra boxes of the same dyelot, but when you buy just what the pattern calls for because the LYS has 2 extra crates of the same dyelot, [...]

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Maybe I Have a Problem

From the Sock Knitters Anonymous Forum from Ravelry:
1. We admitted we were powerless over our desire to hand-knit socks and stash sock yarn.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of our LYSes [...]

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