This week I had to have a root canal redone. I know, right? Ugh! It’s adding insult to injury it seems to me, since it was already painful and expensive the first time! But it’s an old one and I guess some bacteria crept in under there and an infection set in. It wasn’t bothering...
Category: Knitting
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“Panny” Fashion, or, Comfort wear for the end times
I’m assuming the fashion industry, amongst many others, has been hard hit by the pandemic. I can’t imagine that there’s been a huge demand for high fashion during the past ten months. Perhaps the 1% are still wearing the latest outfits and stilettos, but down in the trenches, it’s another story. The new office wear...
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Site Maintenance news!
I thought if I put an exclamation point at the end of the title it would attract more readers?! I have spent today working on my site!! All I did was create categories for my posts, which are available on the righthand side of each page. I thought it would be fun if people could...
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Ravelry: A hotbed of Craftivism*
Recently Ravelry put their foot down about members using their platform to spread hate speech and support white supremacy, in the form of Donald Trump and his administration. From now on nobody is allowed to express their support of DJT or white supremacy. As their New Policy statement says: “We cannot provide a space that...
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A look back at 2019…January that is.
I’m sitting here on February 20th thinking, where did the first 12th of the year go?? What did I accomplish? How is my 19 for 2019 list going? I don’t want the year to disappear on me without any of the changes I was hoping for, so I think a frequent look behind and ahead...
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My Beautiful Birkin
My Birkin Sweater If you follow me on IG, you know I’ve recently completed my Birkin sweater, by Caitlin Hunter of Boyland Knitworks. Caitlin Hunter is a prolific and beloved designer, currently in vogue among hand knitters. I’m not the hugest fan of her designs, but then, I often don’t jump on the bandwagon at...
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2019 for the Win
It’s January and I’ve decided to follow my guru, Gretchen Rubin, and make a “19 for 2019” list. It’s like I’m making 19 resolutions, except I don’t have to throw my hands up at the end of January if I haven’t done them yet, because I have the WHOLE year to put them in place....
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A New (Old) Era!
The wonderful world of computers I think the word to describe my state is “nonplussed”. I’ve been using my iPad for so long that I’ve forgotten many simple procedures on the computer. My husband gave me his old Macbook Pro and it works well, but in some ways the iPad is simpler, or I was...
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Hydrangeas and Colourwork sweaters
I’m not quite ready to abandon the gardening aspect of my blog for the year, because I have an update! I spent a tranquil hour at Jasmin yesterday, wandering between the aisles of plants, vacillating between hydrangea cultivars (if that’s the word I want). I was drawn towards one called hydrangea paniculata Fire light because of...
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New Adventures in Knitting
So, I started a video blog! (Vlog? Podcast? Whatever!) It’s called “The Guilty Knitter” and it’s like a snapshot of what’s going on in my (knitting) life right now with a focus on particular projects I’m working on with discussion about the challenges they provide. I also like to tie in my music life,...