nothingbutknit

May 2007



FO and What's Next

Thursday, 31 May 2007 9:34 A GMT-05
The Monkey socks are done and I love them! The pattern was so nice to knit. It's well written and easy to follow. I will be knitting other Cookie A. patterns in the future. The photo doesn't capture the color of the yarn at all. The yarn is K
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Fun Fun and More Fun

Tuesday, 29 May 2007 11:23 A GMT-05
I had the most fabulous weekend. Saturday we went to the cemetery to water the flowers we had placed at the end of last week. It was a beautiful day. In the afternoon I got to knit on the second monkey sock. It's coming along quickly. Have you ev
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The Other Side

Friday, 25 May 2007 12:06 P GMT-05
Since there was no knitting yesterday (I have the eye twitch to prove it!)I will present the final installment of the family photos. This is part of my father's family. The photo is taken in the 1940's. We have my father, my grandmother, my f
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Family and Knitting

Thursday, 24 May 2007 9:57 A GMT-05
 If you're not interested in the family stuff there is some knitting content at the bottom. Yesterday I showed my grandparents wedding photo. Here is my grandfather sometime earlier. Even though my grandmother talked about him all the time I
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My Grandmother

Wednesday, 23 May 2007 1:24 P GMT-05
I always think a lot about my grandmother but during the month of May I think about her even more. Probably because of Mother's Day and the fact that May 31 was her birthday. This picture was taken of her when she was about 4 years old. I'm a
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Sharing

Tuesday, 22 May 2007 9:31 A GMT-05
I'm still knitting away on the Monkey sock. The going is slow since my time is being taken up by everything else. I am still squeezing in a row here and there but no real progress has been made.One of my favorite part of other people's blogs
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It's The Yarn, People!

Monday, 21 May 2007 12:34 P GMT-05
I spent my knitting time this weekend monkeying around on the Monkey socks. The color in this photo is too light and washed out. The sky clouded up shortly before I went to take pictures. This is a great pattern. I can see why it is th
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It's All About MEME, No Not Really

Friday, 18 May 2007 7:39 A GMT-05
Thank you for the vibes (and comments)yesterday. The trip to the cardiologist was uneventful. He said my mother did not have a heart attack. He suspects her thyroid is hyperactive. Her blood pressure is borderline high but he isn't concerned. He
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Some Good, Some Not So Good

Thursday, 17 May 2007 11:09 A GMT-05
Yesterday Carole posted photos of her sock yarn stash. It got me thinking that I should have a quick look at mine and see just what I had there and what was in the mood to be knit. A few things spoke to me but the one that spoke the loudest was this
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Now What

Wednesday, 16 May 2007 8:28 A GMT-05
I finished the socks! The yarn is Regia Bamboo in color number 1063 (all the online photos are much bluer than my yarn). I knit them on size 1 1/2 needles. The pattern is the one I keep in my head. Sorry the picture is horrid. H needed the camera for
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Further Proof Of My Insanity

Tuesday, 15 May 2007 10:49 A GMT-05
People I need help. Sometime in the last 3 or 4 days I saw some yarn online on a blog. It's custom dyed by Spunky Eclectic. The colors were green and purple and maybe something else. It was being knit into socks. At the time I saw it I said to my
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Socks

Monday, 14 May 2007 12:32 P GMT-05
Slow but steady progress continues with the second Regia bamboo sock. I've completed the gusset decreases and just have the foot and toe to go. I'm getting tired of knitting this. I think it's because the yarn is so much like (tweedy look
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A Little of This and Some of That

Thursday, 10 May 2007 7:55 A GMT-05
This is our somewhat friendly neighborhood squirrel. He/She comes to visit everyday so when we have some leftover bread crusts we leave them out in the yard. Our (human) neighbor has a large birdfeeder in their yard, just beyond the bushes you can se
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Unordered List

Wednesday, 9 May 2007 10:23 A GMT-05
The roof is done. It was completed in one long day. It looks so much better than the cracked and crappy one did.The roofer said the shingles on the house are in fine shape. That means we just need a painter and the roofer gave us two to try. I've
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Bang Bang Bang

Monday, 7 May 2007 10:10 A GMT-05
It was an uneventful weekend. Good thing too because I had a three day throbbing headache. As I get older hormone fluctuations give me the worst headaches. Basically I did nothing. I did manage to knit a bit on the first Regia bamboo sock last night
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Random things

Thursday, 3 May 2007 7:29 A GMT-05
Have you seen the new Visa commercial with the girl "Downtown"? I hate the message this commercial sends. You can only be happy (and attractive) if you are spending money on everything you want and living in debt. I'd like to see a comm
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Walks and Socks

Wednesday, 2 May 2007 8:21 A GMT-05
Thanks for the comments yesterday. I've been trying to work out my stress by working out. Yes. We are walking again. The husband and I head off every evening after dinner for an hour of nearly running without children. It's nice to have that
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I lost Monday

Tuesday, 1 May 2007 11:55 A GMT-05
Things have been stressful around here lately. I've been grinding my teeth when I sleep. I have the aching jaw to prove it. First my mother's aunt passed away last week. She was one of the last remaining relatives my mother has so it'
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