fartlek hat

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well gang, today is the 1st of december and you know what that means—the holiday knit parade must commence. the is the time each year when knitspot opens out all the stops to publish the best quick knits we can muster, in order to feed our last-minute gift knitting frenzy brilliance. (helena’s not laughing at […]

world aids day

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today is world aids day and steven at pittsburgh aids task force. if you have a minute,

my cookie jar is happy

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yesterday was monday. and dreary. and well, . . . monday. maybe it’s because i worked all weekend, or maybe it’s the fact that it feels like it’s getting dark by 10 am these days, but i woke up in serious need of a change of pace. so instead of heading for my desk to […]

stashing

Posted on 23 CommentsPosted in designing, lace/shawls, projects, yarn and dyeing

i dunno about where you live, but in our back yard, the squirrels are really loading it on this year—the other day i was startled by what i thought was a groundhog leaping out of the brush along the side of the yard. it took me a minute to realize that is was actually just […]