Category Archives: Socks

itty bitty updates

Well, still packing and sorting and arranging. But also knitting!!! I had a spectacular knitting weekend because I fell head over heels (pardon the pun on this one) for the Heel construction of the RiverGrass socks. WOW. I was feeling … Continue reading

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Absence makes the knits grow fonder

In returning to my WIP pile I find myself picking up projects and not remembering why I ever would have abandoned them in the first place. I worked on my RiverGrass socks last night and made good progress… I remember … Continue reading

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Walk in Clinics

Walk in clinics are not the kind of place you want to be on a good day. They are especially not the kind of place you want to be on boxing day. My poor sweet Rena complained of an earache … Continue reading

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Birthday Socks

Happy Birthday Rena Bean Today my littlest Bean is 7! Your the mischievous one. The adventurous, never tired always happy spirit in our house. Your enthusiasm is both infectious and exhausting. You are everyone’s dimple cheeked baby. Your rough and … Continue reading

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Feeling Mellow

I’ve been in a little slump the last week or so. That in between place where I try to be all things to all people and forget to find Joy in my daily life. It happens often for me and … Continue reading

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Wandering affections

I make no excuses for the fact that I have multiple knitting projects on the go. Or that I may work furiously and relentlessly on one project for a few days and then suddenly abandon it for something else. I … Continue reading

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Friday Night

When I was younger, and without the responsibilities that come with the lovely little people that now share this house with me, Friday nights meant a world of possibilities. It meant friends and beer and usually someplace that was open … Continue reading

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Toe Up

I’m still working on Rena’s Toe up socks. I got a ways up and tried them on her and they seemed too tight. So I frogged them back again and started over. This time they fit perfectly and look GREAT! … Continue reading

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Mish Mash of things

A crafty weekend has been had indeed! Most obviously I had some time to finish up the adorable details on the little doll house. Thank you so much for all your kind comments on it. I might have gone out … Continue reading

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sweeping out the roost

This was a great weekend for getting stuff done around the house. I got some curtains hung, cleaned out the china cabinet and took stock of my sock yarn (that was laying all around the house in different spots) I … Continue reading

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