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171 The eye of the storm

The return of a Skyscrapa. Flowers in pots. Books in stacks. Enormous sleeves. Hand sewing. Time, and what to do while it’s passing. Our house is officially for sale, and…
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170 Storm day

Knitting for little people. I can knit a rainbow, but should I? A honkin’ huge ass box o’yarn. More about that amazing heel. Paint Pan Socks, again? Yes. (Shut up.)…
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168 Packing tape

You’ll find River Severn at knitty.com. Envisioknit is the charting software that rocks, and its developer, Jane, offers excellent customer support. The fingerless mitts pattern I used is called Driftless…
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167 Islands in the cream

Skyskrapa (rav) is off the needles, and OMG is so cute I can’t wait to make another one. I recommend the addition of back neck shaping to this garment. Suzanne…
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165 Time out

This week, I called time out and used my time out to remove seven projects from time out and complete them all. Worth it, but kinda not worth it, if you…
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164 Milestones

Today I am all about the milestones, those points on the path that tell you you’ve arrived somewhere. Plus, I share some lessons learned on how to unlock the information contained…
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163 Precious Objects

Grateful thanks. Ripping and reknitting and ripping and reknitting. Grime. And the black silk, for which I am actively soliciting ideas. This week I talked about the doors of one’s…
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162 All undiscovered before me

An unsettling week. Life plans derailed and knitting plans upset. Graerup ripped back. Podcasting from the liminal zone with inspiration from Abu Musa Jabir, Isaac Newton, Kierkegaard, and Chris in…

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I’m a serial maker of podcasts, and many things that are not podcasts. I love playing with yarn, fibre and cloth. I will never accept that furniture in my living room only goes two ways. Almost every night, I dream about houses.

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