give and get!

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all right! first thing this morning i open my email and there is chris, from Briar Rose Fibers, taking up the $10 challenge! YAY chris! OH! but wait—there’s more! chris is offering knitspot readers who give (or who gave already) to claudia’s MS ride two chances to win a skein of her new gorgeous superwash […]

dye stuff

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this morning, i woke to another simply GLORious day—that sounds trite, but truly there are no other words; we’ve had wonderful summer weather all week long! i opened my eyes to bright sun, birds, the sound of the breeze, and, of course—the even louder sound of weed wackers. and leaf blowers. at 7:00 am. sigh. […]

skirtability!

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just a real quick skirt update—i am getting ready to work the final 5 or 6 inches in the laciest pattern, and i am changing to an even larger needle to do so. that means it is a good chance to take a few photos! i like it!! so far, so good. the striping is […]

dot and dash

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i think i mentioned that last week i received a very special package from of carry (didja see that? didjya? i finally learned how to make a link that opens a new window—woo-woo—thanks to deb; i’m afraid that means you might be seeing a lot of that from now on . . .) anyhow, yes. […]