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Fiber Friday, Madness Edition
It's Bracket Season… did you vote? Did any of you have trouble picking 8 patterns in all categories? I confess that I did. I had gotten so much knitting time in during the Olympics and I was missing watching the games. But, thanks to March Madness, knitting time has...
Beware the Ides of March
Today's Things are all about the Ides of March THING ONE: Did you know there is a website called shmoop.com and that they have an entire section on the Omens of Julius Caesar? Neither did I but thank you Google! THING TWO: Need to brush up on those Julius Caesar...
Unraveled Wednesday | 3.14.18
Sometimes, the urge to knit something new is so over powering it defies common sense. That happened this week, I cast on for Anne Hanson's Cluaranach. I am slowly working my way through the first chart repeats and not doing much knitting on anything else. For a brief...
Tiny Moment Tuesday | 3.13.18
At long last, it is Special Election Day in PA18 and yes, we are going to vote! But, before the day overtakes me though, I am going to grab some moments of quiet with a nice cuppa and a new library book. I hope in your Tuesday you can find some moments of quiet as...
Daylight Saving Weekending
We got so much done over the weekend despite it missing an hour of time. We had our requisite visits from campaign canvasser's – yes, that is plural visits as in 2 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday (and that does not count the times they have been here during the week!)...
On Becoming a Better Knitter
I have completed my swatching for the Lunar Phase MKAL. I am so excited about what I have learned about putting together colors in the past year or so. In my mind's eye, I envisioned this shawl being like a water color painting – with subtle changes. My swatch has...
Three on Thursday | 3.8.18
Today is International Woman's Day and I am sharing three women who have had an impact on my life. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank. When I read Anne Frank's Diary my life was forever changed....
Unraveled Wednesday | 3.7.18
In the waning days of winter, I have a seriously urge to knit different things! (i.e. NEW things!) I have this urge to cast on all the things and last night at knitting I brought a ball of yarn to do some swatching for a new project. I should have brought a smaller...
Currently | 3.6.18
Watching Loch Ness which I borrowed from the library. Reading A Stash of One's Own by Clara Parkes – this one will fill a slot on my Read Harder Challenge list. Listening to Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and I am enjoying it tremendously. Making a bunny in a...
Fiddly-ness Factor
The weekend was kind of a chaotic blur. In the perpetual search for storage in a house with no storage, which is the bane of our existence, we again reorganized/reworked some rooms. It did not end well, and Steve is back at work today, sans that weekend feeling. End...
Roaring into Friday
Yes, March has some lion-like qualities here in the 'Burgh today. The mild weather we had been joyfully experiencing has been replaced with the rude return of winter. Snow, cold, and blowing winds are what my world looks like today! However, there were some good...
Three on Thursday | 3.1.18
Today's things are all about numbers! Thing One: 12 As in just 12 days to the start of March Madness! Really, this is the best time of the year for a sports loving knitter! (If you are interested in filling out a bracket, Selection Sunday is March 11 and you can...
Unraveled Wednesday | 2.28.18
And, with a blink of an eye – February is over! I must confess, I am loving the extra moments of daylight this month brought as well as the bit of spring weather we have had for the past week or so. This week, there was some unraveling – I ripped out the neck on my...
Tiny Moment Tuesday | 2.27.18
This morning was frigid, but glorious. Sunshine and a cacophony of birdsong greeted me when I took Sherman out. And snowdrops. A plethora of snowdrops! I did not plant them, they were here when we moved in, just one solo little cluster of tiny flowers. But, this year,...
Monday Meditations
There is much I am pondering this morning… There are 21 days left of winter, and my stitching is getting nicely "full" and I spent some time this weekend thinking about how to best use these remaining days so that when winter is done, my stitching "feels done" and...
Fiber Friday | 2.23.18
The weather did indeed cooperate for a few brief moments yesterday and with that lull in the rain we scurried outside to grab a few photos. Carbeth in all her glory! I absolutely love the tunic changes I made to the pattern, but the collar… not so much. I fussed with...
Three on Thursday | 2.22.18
This week there are some crazy fun things in my world this week! Thing One: If at first you don't succeed… find a better decrease! I tried valiantly to work the fancy SSK's that were shared via Mason Dixon Knitting on my Carbeth but, in the end, they just did not work...
Unraveled Wednesday | 2.21.28
I have lots to unravel today, so let's get right down to it! First up, today is my 1,111th post here on As Kat Knits! I had planned on acknowledging that momentous occasion on the 1,000th post, but yeah... it blew by with little notice from me! When I realized it, I...
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