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Things are moving along - slowly, but they are moving. My sister is getting married July 23, and she's set on making as much as possible, so helping has taken priority. Free time has been filled with stapling together booklets of activities for the children who attend, rolling silverwere, and stamping then filling the baggies for birdseed.
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I think it's been pretty-much established that I'm a basic, boring knitter. I like making simple patterns that are easy to memorize. I enjoy knitting the same sort of things - blankets,  scarves and hats. I even tend to stick with the same sort of yarn and the same patterns most of the time. For me there's comfort in it all.

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First order of buisness: my first Snowflake Eyelet blanket has officially been frogged. Not a terrible loss, though.

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The part of knitting most people don't talk about:
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First, the bad news - I ended up stopping all work on the Snowflake Eyelet blanket. Am unsure if I will continue with it, or frog the whole thing. I got about 3/4 of the way done when I actually stopped and measured the thing. It's so big that I don't know how well it would work in being a baby blanket ( Read more... )

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Blankets are an interesting breed of project. They're warm and snuggly, two of my favorite things. They're terribly useful which certainly comes in handy when you live in a place that has chilly nights. They're versitile in that they can be just about anything you want - colorful, thick, thin, lacy, square, round, or even simple. They make ( Read more... )

Hard to believe 2010 is already over. The year really went by quickly. As always there were pitfalls and successes, heartbreaks and moments of celebration. And as always, this transended to my knitting.

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