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So - I'm driving to w*rk...

and trying to balance the factt that I am running late with the fact that despite the heater running full blast, every time I start to put on speed the windshield starts to ice over....

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Playing catchup....

One of my young actor friends has outgrown the scarf I knit him when he was Tiny Tim - so I've knit him a new scarf; using some 2/9 shetland from WEBS.

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May I borrrow a FUNCTIONAL brain cell?

So I am searching and searching and searching for the lyrics to a Christmas Carol I want to refresh my memory on, and nothing comes up, no matter what combination I try for the search.

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Snowflake Peacock

Have I mentioned lately that I love it when knitters make me look good?

An absolutely fantastic and brilliant knitter (who also knits at the speed of light!) just finished this:

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"Spoon" Chrysanthenum Shawl/Laprobe

One of the show forms of Mums is called "spoon" the petals are tubular for most of their length, flaring out at the ends. Officially, this is what the shawl is suppossed to represent.

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new (to me) books!

It's been a good week; I've received two cable books (Cables untangled and Continuos cables) and a lace book (Knitted Lace of Extonia) and the brain cells are churning.

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RE-WRITE!

The test knitter for one of my patterns didn't catch any errors - but her photo din't look quite what I envisioned.

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A fall Shawl pattern

my first test knitter is past row 60 on this; but we've both been double checking the later charts - and we believe it error free at this point.

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Sea Socks 'o9 East

Not so long ago in a galaxy that's nearer then you may think I signed up for a cruise. It had all the earmarks I'd been looking for in a cruise.

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Benden weyrhold shawl

on of the ladies over at my yahoo group has finished this - so I'm gonna post the pattern.

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