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On Sleeve Island
Yesterday, on my journey to Bang Out a Sweater I arrived at Sleeve Island. The seas were rough at the start as I tried to determine what increases worked best with the yarn. Fortunately, Ysolda came to my rescue with this awesome edition of Technique Thursday. Smooth...
Those Replay Moments
This week, in honor of Ground Hog Day (the movie?? the holiday??), Carole has set us an interesting task: 10 Moments/Events/Days In Your Life You'd Like To Repeat Well, I can assure you that even though there are PLENTY of days that I wish never happened, there are...
Start Your Stopovers!
Today begins the craziness that is #BANGoutatsweaterKAL and I thought I would share with you the method to my madness to Cardiganize this pullover, in case you want to join me. I first looked at Ravelry and saw one Stopover that had some very interesting alterations...
When the hour for happy is finally here
Some months ago, we picked up a bottle of Wigle Hopped Whiskey, I liked it a lot. Steve liked it, but not as much as I did. Well - paired with Quince & Apple's Rhubarb Hops syrup it made a wicked Hopped Manhattan. And, Steve liked it just as much as I did! The...
On Idle
Clue #3 won’t be here until tomorrow… And this pile of yarn is singing her siren song LOUDLY… Since patience was never one of my virtues Warp winding to start shortly…
Lopapeysa or Bust
There has been a flurry of #BANGoutaSweaterKAL tags on social media thanks to Ann and Kay at Mason Dixon Knitting. All the cool kids are doing it, or have done it already (in 4 days, no less!!) And, who am I to buck the system? Well, okay, maybe a little – because...
Life in The ‘Burgh
Carole set a fun challenge for this week’s 10 on Tuesday: 10 Interesting Things About Your Community Pittsburgh is a great city with lots of things going on, but I am going to focus this on the things that I think are truly amazing and incredible about this fantastic...
Hello Monday
We survived the weekend and did manage to get a little bit more snow than they expected here in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, but all in all it was good. We got some much-needed painting done but, alas, that does not mean it is all done. Nope, more yet to do – sadly....
Randomly Friday
Last weekend saw a bit of Kon-Mari happening at my house. It was, as they say, a very good thing! Now, I am nowhere near ready for the Master Course, but small steps are happening! I saw this recently on Skillshare and… I. Cannot. Get. It. Out. Of. My. Head. I have...
Snowy Memories
With the potential for “Snowmageddon” for much of the east coast, today seemed like a good day to remember winter vacations in northern Michigan and skiing at the now long closed Sugarloaf Resort in Cedar. It was where we learned to ski. My kiddos were much better...
It’s All About Texture
Today, it seems that everything is about texture, from this morning’s glorious sunrise with the bubble gum clouds and black limbed trees to my knitting lately! I have completed a couple more things for the Gift Basket, thanks to Natural Stitches 12 Days of Casting On!...
With Service to Others
Carole gives is a challenging task for this week’s 10 on Tuesday: 10 Things You Can Do To Serve Others I spent some time yesterday pondering this and wanted to address this not from the things I am currently doing, but rather from the idea that there are things I...
What Would MLK Do
Today as a nation we remember MLK, and while for many it will just be a long weekend. I think we need to stop and remember what he wanted for this nation and it was not the divisiveness that somehow permeates our politics and our cities. If we all tried to be a little...
Friday "A-bombing"
https://youtu.be/Nck6BZga7TQ Let the weekend begin!!
Randomly Thursday
Winter finally arrived this week at Casa del KatKnits, with snow and bitterly cold temperatures. This put the urge to cook hot and hearty meals into overdrive! Baked Pumpkin Steel Cut Oats was first in the queue, perfect to give me a week’s worth of hearty and healthy...
Ready and Waiting
Another Star in the Sky
Carole set a task for us this week to share 10 Favorite David Bowie Songs: Wow, this was hard for me, because, I was not the biggest David Bowie fan. However, in Googling him, I found this wonderful and prophetic quote: I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I...
Filling the Gift Basket
I was a happy participant in the craziness that was #12DaysofCastingOn2015 with Natural Stitches. Twelve projects started in twelve days. I even have some of them done! One pair has already been gifted to a very dear friend who has horribly, painful arthritis in her...
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