Judy’s Magic Cast On
Provisional cast ons over a second cable needle
Techknitter’s 3 in 1 jogless join
Magic Loop
SpindleCat’s plain, hammered copper stitchmarkers
Ravelry (duh)
Top down sweaters, in the round
Hemmed, picot edging
Tubular cast ons & off

I finished the Bronte mitts — they are extraordinarily soft & fuzzy & warm.  I finished Dave’s house socks (pictured in the previous [...]

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….being sock pic models.

Also, a very belated thanks to Patricia and to Judy! I won contests at both of their sites.
Patricia at Tangletale sent me a beautiful bag she made, as well as yarn and stitchmarkers (you can see them here).  The bag is reversible and is exquisitely crafted.  I can’t sew a straight [...]

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I’ve been a knitting fiend.
Dave commented:  “You really should do a really complicated sweater after all these little projects.”  I’ve been itching to finish St Brigid.  I also having been getting spinning urges.
October knitting goals, still to be completed:

self-designed man socks — these are for Dave.  75% done, expect to be done today *
PH’s mitts [...]

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…the violence of the lambs….Black Sheep!
Weresheep?  There sheep!  40 million of them.  And they’re hungry.
One memorable scene Dave couldn’t even watch, he buried his face in the couch.  (I was laughing so hard I was crying).  Then he sold my copy of the movie on eBay.
I think it’s a funny movie.  Lots of gore, lots [...]

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Knitted Socks East and West:  30 designs inspired by Japanese stitch patterns by Judy Sumner
$22.50, published by STC Craft/Melanie Falick Book (Stewart, Tabori & Chang)
I have a small collection of Japanese stitch pattern books.  They’re fun to flip through:  new stitches, different symbols, unique (to my eye) combinations of cables, lace and twisted stitches.  However, [...]

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So far I’ve finished a pair of Husbeast and have cast on for Thuja and am about halfway through the first sock.
October goals:

Thuja done!
self-designed man socks
basic, ribbed house socks (though I could do these and have them count for the November SKA KAL)
finish the 2 pairs of in progress fingerless mitts
one pair of women’s fingerless [...]

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Yesterday I yanked out the remaining tomato, sunberry and tomatillo plants from the Earthboxes.  I added a bit more soil & some organic fertilizer & tossed in some seeds:  carrots, turnips, radishes, lots of mesclun & arugula, and three different types of kale (I love kale!  hate chard, love kale.)  I also planted some fava [...]

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First, congrats to Amanda!  I’ve sent you an email.
Regarding some of the comments:
I actually, um, like to declutter.  And I can be ruthless.  Our house is small, so everything needs to be in its place, or else it’d be total chaos.  Freecycle, Goodwill or other charities & Craigslist are great if you want to give [...]

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I have no clue what happened to September. It’s gone.  Even here in SoCal the mornings are finally a bit cooler.  I was still in a t-shirt and shorts for Rigel’s 6 a.m. walk, but the 68 degrees house temperature felt toasty and welcoming when we got back.
September, other than finishing up some sock WIPs [...]

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