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Birthday Socks

The color is a little wonky, I think. I tried to adjust to show the pattern.
Mr. Hockey gets them Thursday evening. Along with tickets to the Guthrie’s “A Christmas Carol” for Saturday night. A gift/activity we can share and a hand-made present.

Finished them Monday night and had to block them by hand because apparently sock [...]

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It was a good party. Much XBox and Nerf air-gun. Much laughter and pizza and cake and pop and Twizzlers.
I’m either a really bad mom or I rock because I got him “Halo3.” Most of the kids (including mine) have played it a bit already this week but this sounded like fun with 4 controllers. [...]

I think I just figured out

What I’m getting making Mr. Hockey for his b-day (which is November 17. Shut up. They’re just socks. I love knitting socks. I know I’m ridiculous and that the chances of still dating him at that point are questionable. So what? This is a delicious looking pattern.)
But if we aren’t seeing each other anymore by [...]

stora dimun shawl

First blocking. I’m too lazy to get the pins out. If this doesn’t give me a blocking I like I’ll do it over.
This pattern is from the Folk Shawls book by Interweave Press. It’s knit in Silky Wool (a wool/silk blend.) It took 2 more skeins that I calculated so I don’t know if my [...]

Finished

Don’t worry. I don’t think this is an official turn into a knitting blog. But I wanted to share a finished project. It’s not the only one I’ve finished since the blog started, but I’m inspired by Stranded Pearls and Laurie to post some pics of my mad crazy divorced woman knitting.
Well, except [...]

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Neither Wolf Nor Dog by Kent Nerburn

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Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot by Naomi Wolf

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Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott

Lamb by Christopher Moore

T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton

Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum

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