Back to School…

but not in this house!
School is back in, and it is a very strange feeling to have no-one there.  For the first time in 18 years I had no school supplies to buy, no shoes to buy, no lunches to make.  I spent the morning assembling  bags of my children’s leftover crayons, pencils, pencil crayons, [...]

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The Baby Bird Leaves the Nest- Again

I really wasn’t looking for sympathy with that last post.  Good thing; there wasn’t much forthcoming. 
Onwards.  I have no knitting pix, but I am well under way with a multi-directional scarf (using up some Silk Garden)(first came to my attention when Terri knit one.), finished the K1P1 scarf (pattern from Jared at Brooklyn Tweed), and am psyching [...]

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when good camping trips go bad…

Thanks to everyone who wished me a good trip.  It was crappy.
I went with the highest of expectations, not afraid to camp alone (with a dog who is untested in the “protect the master at all costs” department), and was gooned by two basic issues.  Issue the first:  In a fit of, well, I don’t [...]

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Pink and Blue

I mentioned yesterday that I have to knit Something Pink, so I thought I would give the baby sweater from Knitter’s Almanac a go.  I have never knit a Zimmermann anything, but Jared Flood’s version turned out so cute that I thought what the heck?  (I think I may be getting a knitting crush on [...]

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Back again

Thar be knitting!  Yes, I finished the little mesh scarf,  (except for attaching beads on the ends:  a project which may never see the light of day.) and have moved onwards to a, well, another scarf. 
 
This one I found over at Jared’s at Brooklyn Tweed.  He calls it generic, and it is quite a simple pattern, but [...]

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Importance of Being Titled

Turns out I am way more important than was previously thought.  You may now refer to me as Lady Judith the Indecisive of Melbury Bubblewick.  If you would like to find out whether or not you are descended from the British Aristocracy, check out this site, but don’t be disappointed if you don’t sound as [...]

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Quinning

So today I was over at the Harlot’s blog, and was mightily amused to read about her Kinnearing episode.   While I don’t carry a camera all the time and would likely never have the nerve to Kinnear anyone, I do sympathize with her inability to just approach the man and ask for a picture with [...]

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Needing Solitude

I am suffering from the same malady as Stephanie.  Andy is working mostly evenings, Mike works days, Mike and Andy have different days off from each other, and Geoff is here for the next three and a half weeks to make sure that I AM NEVER ALONE.  Now, Stephanie writes for a living, and I write [...]

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