Just like I didn't read as much in 2011 as I usually do, I also didn't make as much stuff as I usually do. But after spending the first half of the year too tired to concentrate on anything beyond the simplest of projects, I have gotten some stuff done.
From the looks of this...
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The weather has been so gorgeous here the last couple of weeks, it's all I can do to sit inside and work. It's like a proper northeast autumn – blue skies, crisp air, turning leaves. It's usually grey by now here in the Pacific Northwest, which makes outside even more irresistible.
And to top it...
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I've been going to the Friday-night stitch 'n bitch at Urban Yarns fairly regularly, which has resulted in my first fully peer-pressure-fueled knitting adventure.
Someone decided we should have a knit-along for any Jared Flood pattern. I'll skip the details and sum up by saying the madness of the crowd led me to agree to...
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Imagine, if you would, how loudly I squealed when my stitch-group friend Marie gave me this knitted Dalek last week.
DUDE. How awesome is this? And she made it a rattle. I can't wait till Owen properly interacts with toys.
You, too, can knit a Dalek if you're so inclined. Marie told me she used the...
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2010 was the year I ventured far from my yarn-crafting comfort zone, which is not to imply I was uncomfortable doing it.
Inspired by my cousin's jewelry making, I learned how to make earrings. Armed with a bag of implements I bought off Craigslist and knowledge gained from a workshop at the Summit of Awesome,...
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I'm on holiday with a friend this week, volunteering at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and otherwise soaking in the stunning scenery of southwestern Utah (and a little bit of Las Vegas). Best Friends is a massive no-kill facility; we've met dogs rescued from hoarding situations, puppy mills and some surrendered by families who...
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I know, "nearly approved" is like "almost pregnant."
Still, we really are nearly approved, and I'm itchy to talk about it.
Over the last several weeks we completed the final major part of our application to be approved to adopt: the home study. As I think I've said, this isn't what you might think it is...
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Okay, okay, the Olympics are over.* To prove to you I did stuff other than walk around town talking to strangers and screaming my head off about sports, behold: I made some stuff, too. And only some most of it is Games-related.
First up, I embroidered. Yes I did. A friend of ours is due...
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Speaking of Free, I just love buying patterns from friends I've made in the online creative community. Mary-Heather Cogar came out with this one last fall, and I bought a copy right away.
It's about the simplest triangle shawl pattern in the world, but the reason I love simple knitting so much is because I...
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Continuing my informal series on small business social media use, I thought it's about time we look at some concrete examples. Or, more specifically, at a concrete example.
As a minor update, I've been told that some folks at TNNA have been following the conversation over here. I'm very glad to hear that, and I...
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