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Adventures in Kitchener Stitch
It turned cold again. An Arctic front swept in yesterday, complete with temperatures around -25 C and windchills of -40 C/F (yes, they’re the same at that point). Although I did hear an ugly rumour...
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Because I can’t live my life by the seat of my pants
My vacation was approved, so here I sit this morning looking forward at nine days of freedom to do what I want and what I need to do. I have a lot of things I want to accomplish, and even though nine...
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Oh, the guilt
Ugh. I really need to stop guilting myself. Yes, it’s Tuesday. Yes, I’m about halfway through my little break. Yes, I haven’t done quite as much homework as I would have liked. Yes, I played Warcraft...
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I should know by now
I had a triumphant post planned out in my head for today. In it, I was going to tell you about how the sky cleared in the late morning Friday, and how when I got home and got dinner in the oven, I...
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I want to smack my younger self sometimes…
Back when I was young and stupid, in a time before there was a digital camera in every phone, actually, in a time before digital cameras were not hideously expensive, in a time when cameras actually...
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Spring’s coming, right?
Yesterday marked exactly six months since the first snowfall of the season, which occurred on Oct. 10, 2012. April 10? Rain/snow mix. Six months of winter ends as ugly as it started. It was just too...
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Little Knits for Terra
I just looked out the kitchen window, and it’s snowing. If I look out the back windows, it’s snowing, but sunny. I live in a seriously messed up part of the world… Yesterday morning, it looked like...
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Spring snowshower
This morning, I woke up to this. View into the backyard. I promptly said aloud, “WHAT THE EVER LOVING GOODNESS GRACIOUS IS THAT?” Okay, no I didn’t. I was slightly more crass. But I nearly started...
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BTF Episode 23: To Love Winter
BTF 023: To Love Winter In which I make an effort to remind myself of the good things about winter, try to spin 8 TPI skeins twice, review woolen spinning and rolags for Level 2, finish the Op Art...
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BTF Episode 24: Christmas Resolutions
BTF 024: Christmas Resolutions In which I take the year off from knitted Christmas presents (no, really, I mean it), try to not feel guilty about Level 3 homework, talk about the problems I had with...
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Episode 70: Simple Victories
BTF Episode 70: Simple Victories In which I talk about my successes at making fire, spin a little bit and prepare to experiment with a drum carder, talk about the permutations and combinations of...
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Episode 72: A Different Cold
BTF Episode 72: A Different Cold In which I talk about cold in context, got my drum carder and taught a great felting class, talk homogeneous blending for Level 4, finish a Christmas present and...
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Episode 73: Priorities
BTF Episode 73: Priorities In which I talk about priorities and why they are important, embrace texture in yarn, go over acid dying for Level 4, continue to almost finish things and take stock of what...
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