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Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Any Given Saturday

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 Last Saturday, I was (again) home alone for the majority of the weekend.  While there were some 'must dos' on my list for the day, ...
Monday, June 9, 2025

Lucky Days

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 In March, Surprise called and asked if I might be able to babysit Lucky for her one or two days a week this Spring and maybe Summer so that...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Gotta Love Free Books!

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 Two years ago, a friend of mine organized a community book swap.  It was held in the resource room at her local library.  The premise was t...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Knitting Update, October 24

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  I worked on Sixlet's Christmas stocking until I was about halfway to the heel portion, then I put it on hold. I needed something much ...
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Knitting Update, September

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 I finished my Churfirsten socks!  They were finished before the end of August, and I remembered to take photos for posterity!  The first p...
Friday, August 9, 2024

Knitting Update, August

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 Churfirsten Sock 1: DONE!  YAY! Sock 2: cuff complete, and about 1/3 of the way through the (very short) leg.  I honestly have done very l...
Friday, July 5, 2024

Knitting Update, July

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(Apparently I didn't have this scheduled to post on Wednesday like I thought I had.  Better late than never!) Well, I didn't get soc...
Friday, June 7, 2024

Knitting Update, June

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 As expected for this time of year, there has not been much knitting happening. I am, however, through the heel portion of my first Churfirs...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Knitting Update, May

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  I haven't done much knitting lately in the past month.  The reality is that I have done some lately , as in the past week.  I've ...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Knitting Update, April

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 Remember last month, when I said I'd started a new pair of socks and was planning to adjust a toe-up crew sock height pattern into a pa...
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Knitting Update, March

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 Well, last month I set myself a goal to finish sock #2 of my Textured Lace Socks.  Did I do it? Yes, yes I did! Natural light showing the c...
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Knitting Update, February

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This month, I finished sock #1 of my Textured Lace socks, and have five repeats (of 7) of the leg chart done on sock #2!  Does that mean in ...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Knitting Update, January

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 In December, I knit a lot of dish cloths.  Enough that each household of my offspring received two as part of their Christmas present.  Did...
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Knitting Update, December

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 In the past month, my knitting has consisted of dish cloths.  Lots and lots of dish cloths.  All using patterns that I've made before, ...
Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Knitting Update, November

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My Traveling Woman shawl is finished!  (Except for the blocking). Boy, am I glad I did stripes, otherwise I would have been sweating it pla...
Saturday, October 7, 2023

October Knitting Update

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After not knitting much, last month I set myself a knitting goal for my Traveling Woman shawl : one row per night.  That has really made a h...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

September Knitting Update

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 I knit exactly six rows on my Traveling Woman shawl in the past month.  Six.  That's it.  It's high tomato season here, so there...
Wednesday, August 2, 2023

August Knitting Update

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 July was not a very knitty time for me this year.  I didn't even take a knitting project on vacation for working on in the car; mainly ...
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Knitting Update; July

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 My Quadrille socks are finished!  The yarn is a much more RED red than shows in the pictures, and is also slightly tonal. Of course now i...