Category Archives: prepping

Redundancy

For someone like me, knitting is currently a slump. A ditch, if you will. Mind-numbingly boring. I’m consistently working on chain chomp hats, which are knit with acrylic yarn and are dumb-easy to work. Even so, I managed to screw … Continue reading

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Planning and sleeping

Sleepy. Been suffering from an extreme messed-up sleep… sick… thing. Oversleeping, not sleeping enough, otherwise not pertaining to a sleep schedule of any kind. In my waking hours, I knit, and plan. I’m planning the Chomp hats. Trying to figure … Continue reading

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Mind concoctions

Jack’s blanket is sure to have arrived. I’ll need to call the sibling and find out. In the meantime, knitting has been a bit slow, but on the uprise. Between beating illnesses and getting some profitable freelance work done, the … Continue reading

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Winding balls and contemplating projects

The past little while has been very busy! The time that I have had to knit has consisted of hauling an easy-to-multitask project in my bag, which has lately been the Rowan Felted Tweed scarf. Even then, I’ve not made … Continue reading

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Progresses

No photos yet. My SD card reader on my laptop seems to fail to work, and I cannot find the USB connector for the camera. Thus, the photos are helplessly trapped on the camera until further notice. The good news? … Continue reading

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Knitting Math

I knit up a gauge swatch for the recycled yarn, to use for the Boogie vest. It turned out to have some more stitches to the inch than the pattern. Oops. I turned to my trusty SnB Nation book, which … Continue reading

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Endings and beginnings

It’s been a knitterly few days. I re-charted the Monkey pattern chart to include one extra stitch on both sides. I also accomodated or an extra “widening” row so the pattern would be a bit larger, and would have 5 … Continue reading

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For what it’s worth

This week has been a lovely time to putter around at getting some things done, as I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled on Monday. While this is a setback in some ways, in others it was a … Continue reading

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