Reasons why I won’t finish Venezia in November

I didn’t finish the body of the sweater before Thanksgiving per my theory.
Communicating to friends that I can’t see them because I need to spend all my free time knitting became complicated and futile.
Two people on my team at work quit in the past two weeks. This is our [...]

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Good theories

Not nearly enough knitting got done this week as my deadline on Venezia is looming…I am getting nervous. I think I just need to be more disciplined with my knitting.
So I have a theory. I think I have to finish the body of the sweater by Thanksgiving in order to meet my [...]

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Venezia begins

I am completely enamored. The Venezia Pullover has begun…

I can’t even tell you how much fun this is to knit. I love watching the pattern emerge and grow. Just to give you an idea of scale, I am starting the increases so I am at the waist. [...]

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Why every knitter should want to live in Utah…

Yes, Utah is beautiful and unique in many ways. But if you are a knitter, well, this is the place. (heh)
The Salt Lake City SnB group is a large weekly gathering of knitters of all ages, backgrounds, religions, and political persuasions. This is not a quiet group, but an interesting one–there is never [...]

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Forecast is good

It has been a long time coming but I am finally done with Forecast. Finally. I casted on for this sweater in the beginning of April. It might have taken awhile but I am glad I finally buckled down and finished it because now I get to wear this…

This is one [...]

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I got socks!!!

So my detective skills weren’t needed for very long. Driving into my driveway tonight, what did I see outside my door? Yup, a package. And not just any package. My toasty toes package. YEA!!!
I know you are all wondering who my pal was…my earlier guesses were dead wrong. But even before [...]

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I think I am so smart…

I thought I had my Toasty Toes pal all figured out. I would love not to admit that I have been doing some detective work around who my pal must be and thus, what socks I am getting. Is it uncool to be curious?
I thought it would be easy since my pal [...]

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Am I crazy?

Can I really knit Eunny Jang’s Venezia Pullover from the new Winter Interweave Knits…in a MONTH? For NaKniSweMo?
I hope so.

I went to my LYS with a completely different project in mind but left with a bag full of colorful yarn for Venezia. I love this sweater. It is stylish [...]

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NaKniSweMo

Many of you have heard of NaNoWriMo whose participant’s object is to write a novel in the month of November. My dear friend Holli and her husband have joined the ranks of writers and to be honest I was a little jealous. I love a good challenge. But I didn’t want to write [...]

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Allison’s Toasty Toes

So I got word this morning that Allison received her Toasty Toes socks from me. She sent me the nicest thank you email ever and I am so pleased that she likes them–honestly, you can’t imagine how relieved I am. So without further ado, here are the socks:

I was so [...]

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