Category Archives: socks

Take this pencil roving and…

So I owe you all a post that isn’t all like “blah blah blah etsy blah blah tired blah blah can’t think” right?
Right!
The newsI started my new-ish job today. And so far, I haven’t done anything new! This is probably because it is a) Monday and b) Monday before a statutory holiday. Downtown Ottawa is [...]

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A poem…

I gave it a try
To Navajo ply

Yeah, all right, I’m no poet. I can navajo ply however! At least NOW I can.

At first I got off to a rough start. This was not due to the singles I was plying which was lovely copper coloured superwash merino. It was not due to the teaching at [...]

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Blog Post of Reckoning

Today was the day. The day to pull out the knitting basket and find out what the hell is actually IN there. And it wasn’t pretty.

But first up – kitchen pics because someone has been asking and who am I to refuse?

The counter is actually a bit more rosy than the picture which makes it [...]

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Thanks to SP10 – goodbye kitchen from hell – Hello startitis!

(insert usual bloggy excuses for lameness of recent blogs, lack of updating and general laziness. Done? Good…let’s move on…)
First up…recent acquisitions and mergers!

First of all, there was a serious destashing that involved handing off some really yummy yarn I knew I’d never get around to knitting, or it was really nice stuff [...]

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Drive by posting…

I should be getting ready for work…really. But. Well. I just don’t wanna go.

Warning – the following paragraph may contain whining.

I hate my job right now and the petition to remove the Board at my condo has been received and Deposal Day is August 27th. I’m not sure if I am looking forward to it [...]

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Lots of news…none very interesting but pretty pictures ahead

I went kinda nuts with the camera this morning in preparation for el gigantico blog post about everything and my dog (okay I don’t have a dog so my three cats…2 1/2 really but more on that later). But first…some blog sustenance to energize the creative mind required to entertain all five or six of [...]

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