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In August, the Olympics will be starting. (Seriously, who didn’t know that?) Last time the Olympics rolled around, there was the Knitting Olympics. While I’d like to participate in one again, and in fact, it’s on my list of my 101 things to do. However, I may not be able to manage another one in [...]

Yeah, they are so cute I had to share: Details: Birki’s Dorian in Valentine’s Day (White), the style also comes in black but not at the store I was shopping at. I’m just happy to have them. They make me happy just to look at them. It’s been a while since I saw shoes I [...]

Pattern: Hemlock Ring Blanket by Jared Flood (Ravelry) Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Merino Worsted in Dusty Olive 241 Needles: US 4 (3.5 mm) Dpns and US 9 (5.5 mm) Circular and Dpns Date Started: June 4th, 2008 Date Finished: June 18th, 2008 (yup, finished it in two weeks!) Modifications: I made up to row 117 of [...]

Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008 Download day is tomorrow. I’m looking forward to the new version of Firefox.

Best of Barcelona Set: Complete Barcelona Set: Yes, I’ve been dragging my feet on getting this last set of photos out. But there are a lot of photos to caption and it’s hard to try to pick which photos to include. This is my first trip to Barcelona and G’s second. He’s seen a lot [...]

Pattern: Hanami by Melonie Gibbons (Ravelry) Yarn: Lane Borgosesia Baruffa Cashwool in pink purchased from theloopyewe

The buttons arrived last week. I immediately put them on my bags. Say hi if you see me!

Writing at about 11:30pm on June 2nd: After a break, during which Hanami finally was finished (fresh off the needles yesterday), the rest of the instructions for Ornette came in for test knitting. I jumped right to it and finished off the left foot where I had left it, at the toe. I now show [...]

Edited 12:52pm: added new website address. Saturday was the preview for the PassionKnit Annual Yarn Sale. The sale runs for all of June – Their new website. [Thanks Patty!] their website is down. (a real pet peeve of mine! Why have a site if you’re not going to keep it up or update it! But [...]

I spent today wishing I was putting in the last 10 rows of my Hanami shawl. Yes, I am that close. I had to stop working on it last night at 11pm since I was afraid I might just mess up the last bit. Instead, since this morning, I have been working on planning laundry [...]