brokebottom hollow

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i might have mentioned before that my husband adores handknit socks. he wears them exclusively all winter long. i’m pretty sure that if he’s not wearing handknit, he’s barefoot. actually, he wears them to death. for years he has been insisting that there must be a way to fix broken sox. that the tops could […]

thank you, melissa

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last night, after i dragged myself in from a whole day and evening of classes (it sounds pathetic, doesn’t it?), i found this waiting for me: that’s from melissa g.; she’s an angel! i work with melissa, though she’s about 500 miles away in the office. we wish we lived near each other. we like […]

a knit-in disguised as a pizza party . . .

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i never use my camera when i’m supposed to. last night beth and rich p and karan p came over and we ate homemade pizza, talked and knitted. and do you think i have a picture? of course not! plus, beth had this scrumptious yarn, an alpaca/wool blend by berocco called ultra alpaca (WEBS Knitting […]

1,378 is the magic number

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yards of baby spice fingering yarn; yummm. while i was at it this week, i also spun some sock yarn to get ready for the ManSock marathon. it’s a blend from a local producer, of fiber from her motley herd of icelandic cross sheep, a lama, and some mohair goats (yeah, it’s tough stuff!). she […]