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Don't know why, but I've been knitting nuthin' but socks for a couple two-three weeks now.   Basic toe-up socks. Made with the Gurdy Run alpaca/wool 3 ply that I fell in love with at Vermont S&W two weekends ago. I'm using the misocrafty method of short rows that I mentioned in my last post. I really like it. ...

The Cinderella socks are finished. I *think* they'll fit the person I had in mind but I won't know for about a month when I see her next.   The yarn is leftover from a pair of socks that I made for me. I'm not thrilled with the short rows, the same technique I've been using all along made small holes in ...

You may recall the Rainbow socks that I completed about a month ago. I had a good-sized pile of yarn leftover, possibly even enough for another pair for me. Weighing the remains determined that I only had ~80% as much yarn as I used for the first pair. So I decided to make an appropriate sized sock to use up the yarn. My plan has ...

My team placed 25th in the Dragonboat Festival last weekend. We were 24th going into the finals, the top 25 teams (out of 77) got to compete in the final round. Our poor showing in the last heat was for the most part due to timing. It occurred less than an hour after our previous heat; we hadn't had as much time to recover as the other ...

In all probability I am the last blogger to post my holiday FOs. I think it's worth the wait.   I don't usually give anything to the resident cats, but they were so clearly in need of another kitty pi. How did I know that one wasn't enough? Here's both cats with their first pi: You can't see it? Hope (on the ...