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  So I run into my neighbor* at school the other day. Since she spends a good part of every workday (and some nights) on campus, I was surprised I hadn't run into her sooner and said so. Her confusion at that remark led me to realize that I haven't let you all know about my most recent life change. I quit my job to be ...

Ribbons... of the county fair kind. Look!   These are a month or so old now, the fair was at the end of August. Rob and I went on opening day to check out the cows, ducks and sheepies, to watch chickens hatch and to count my ribbons. I had a heck of a time trying to find them all. My most precious knit of the bunch, the alpaca-wool ...

Just started turning the heel. Not that you can tell from this pic. Rob suggested the name Nightfire. I think it might stick.

2 socks from 1 skein of yarn.   13" left for weaving in ends. Breathing can recommence.

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 ...

We have a new camera at work. I had to get familiar with it because I need to support the staff who will be using it. So I took a few pix at lunchtime. I call this one Still Life with Lunch on Messy Desk. That empty travel mug had been full of iced chai in the morning. Mmmmm.   This one is called Sock on Box. Later in the day ...

Last weekend I went to Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. I've been going there on and off (but mostly on) for almost 15 years. It's a weekend filled with music and dancing and camping and mud and sun and friends. I was delighted to see some old favorites like Eddie from Ohio, Wild Asparagus, Arlo Guthrie, Richard Shindell. And to discover ...