Words, words, words

I know a lot of people don’t like blogs without pictures, but I have none today.  So if that’s what you came for, sorry!  I will have some as soon as I see sunlight again (which lately seems like never).
I seriously need a mental health day.  Besides some random stress, I’ve had some health [...]

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Tangled Yoke Progress Despite A Knitting Injury

I’ve only got two rows left of this Tangled Yoke chart. While knitting this, I just kept being so surprised and so happy with the loops and turns.

I’m far enough along now that I am fussing over how to do my button band (I had to add rows…) and how I am going to [...]

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From tornado to ice…

Between the tornado, the recent ice storm, and other un-fun events, I have been down in the dumps. Not knitting dumps, just dumps in general.
I have been knitting and buying yarn. To keep my spirits up, of course. I bought 2 skeins of Rowan Handknit Cotton. Any guesses on what I [...]

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Tornado sirens in the middle of the night

I woke up at 1 AM or so to the tornado sirens. We turned on the TV to see the news, and immediately went downstairs to shelter.
The elementary school roof was blown off, two restaurants are totally damaged, our fairgrounds building is destroyed, several homes are either gone or have no roof. [...]

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Rip it, Rip it…. Tangled Yoke untangled

So, I started on the tangled yoke chart, and while it’s a chart I can handle… it’s not a chart I can handle when I’m watching Lost. I know better than to knit complicated things while watching TV. But, I somehow always do it anyway.
So, I took a deep breath this morning, [...]

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