Another one bites the dust

Another project long in the WIP pile has bit the dust. Baby sister’s Wicked is officially a FO! I sent her a text message saying “Do I have to put the pocket on your sweater?” Before I could put the phone down she called me, lol. Once I got the go ahead to leave it [...]

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Tilted Success

Finishing what I start has taken on a whole new meaning for me since diving into knitting. I am a procrastinator and a pessimist. These traits in high doses like I have are lethal to confidence and dealing with competition. I got some disappointing (writing related) news last week. Taking charge of my knitting when nothing else [...]

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YARN!!!

In the 10 minutes it took my husband to run to the store yesterday the damn UPS guy stuck a notice on the door and left. I was livid. Didn’t he know that my yarn was in that box??!! Didn’t he know that it’s customary to ring the bell to have someone sign for their [...]

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Thanks

Thanks for enduring my whiny parent post and for your compliments on my Lush and Lacy Cardi. Last week did start off great, btw. We completed our early wedding anniversary celebrations with a night at BB Kings to see Raheem Devaughn. He was great! I wore my LL Cardi again. My husband jokingly [...]

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Mini emotional outburst

I am having a bad week. A bad week with little to no sleep. And pop in visitors while the house is messy. And well intentioned people making it worse. And hormones on the rampage. And gifts of more baby stuff to take up valuable floor space. And more pop in visitors. And the house is still messy.
 I [...]

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Jilly from Philly Cardi

I knit this in one week exactly. I purchased the pattern Feb. 27 and finished Mar. 5. As I said last post I had a deadline. I wore it to a Jill Scott concert last Thursday. She was un-fucking-believable. She sang from 8 until 10:45 without taking one break! She even changed shoes on stage. It was hands down the best [...]

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Wooed by its lushness

I knit this in about a week. I made a lot of mods so I wouldn’t run out of yarn, the pattern asks for 765 yards, I had 660. I may have overdone it though as I have nearly an entire skein left. Now I wish I had used the leftover Debbie Bliss from the almost [...]

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Some things I want to remember

Time flies and children grow up fast. Missy turned 7 yesterday. Sometimes I can’t believe how big she has gotten, she is so tall. I hope the next 7 are much slower.
Woodji is so sweet and caring with everyone, except when he wants to get his sister riled up. Then he takes her stuff and runs [...]

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