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I've moved the blog to wordpress...find me at http://knitmizhardy.wordpress.com

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I found out who my pal was... a wonderfully sweet woman named Dorene, from Nevada.This is the latest (and last) goodie box... erm, the chocolates suddenly disappeared and were never heard from again, but they were sure tasty!The shawl is the Swallowtail shawl, knit in a cotton/silk blend in the most glorious shade of russet? persimmon? Trust me, it' s fantastic!Some yummy tropical smelling bath

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Christmas has come and gone... all of the knitted presents are done, with the exception of my mom's socks, but I perpetually have one on the sticks for her anyway. She doesn't care when she gets them... just that she gets them. The latest incarnation is something I made up: k2 p2 rib for 1 1/2 inches, then k6, p1, k2, p1 for three rounds then it's k6, p1, k2tog, yo, p1 for one round.It's really

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It's 5:30 in the a.m.I can't sleep.I'm having heart palpitations because...my knitted prezzies aren't done, we've been snowed in so I can't mail out my Secret Pal Present, Christmas is in 3 days and I still have 6 dozen cookies to make and two fancy dresses to sew, and, and, and...(just breathe)ok, it's a little better... just going off to charge the ol' ipod and podcast myself into the knitting

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I checked out the new Knitty a couple days ago... some cute patterns, the twinkletoes pattern in particular. I cast on one two days ago (first time with the provisional cast-on and a short row toe/heel) and finished the first one last night. I knit it as written, except I made a yarn substitution: knitpicks Wool of the Andes in Cranberry. (And one slipper took about 3/4 of the skein... again

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for the tackiest Christmas decorations...There it is, in all of it's PLASTIC glory, complete with creepy vintage Santa.Doesn't he look like he's had one too many Egg Nogs?I inherited this great example of kitch (in a bad way) from a dear friend.Now that I have the pictures up, the candle ring thingie doesn't look half as bad as it does in real life.Jusht remember kids, *hic* -- Ssshanta'ssh

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Last week, I received my second package from my secret pal, One Skein Wonder.When it arrived, I'm not sure who was more excited to see what was inside: the kids or me.When I first opened the box, there was the secret pal requisite cloud of tissue paper-- a brilliant addition that increases the anticipation...There was the beautiful notecard and a lovely lavender sachet (that is currently living

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WooHoo! I got a box, I got a box. I got a box, hey hey hey hey!My dear, sweet, wonderful Secret Pal "OneSkeinWonder" has gifted me with the Telemark pattern from knitpicks, along with all of the yummy yarn to make it. I'd have taken a picture of all the wonderful swag, but I started swatching with it immediately. Thank you so much! I love this colorway... I even happen to have a pewter clasp I

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I couldn't take it anymore. It's been done frogged, but like a phoenix, that beautiful Knitpicks Shadow yarn in Redwood forest is going to become this:Pretty, no?I'm all about the brown this year. Color theory says that brown is a "grounded" color. What with all the changes on the domestic front: new baby, quit the day job, stay-at-home Mom-ing-- it makes sense.That and, I look fabulous in brown.

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Why haven't I heard of this before?I wish I had the time to devote to this wonderful, scary, cool project.Maybe after the pre-Christmas giftknitting maelstrom has calmed down I'll declare my own NaNoWriMo.

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Well, I did it. I finally caved. I have joined the ranks of crazy sock knitters and hopped on that Lisa Souza handpaint train. In the "Wild Things" colorway... 'cause I need more sock yarn like I need another hole in the head. I can't wait until it gets here!Edit: It came, it was beautiful... it was perfect for my secret pal package, so I made the ultimate sacrifice and put it in her box. I

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I've been a naughty blogger, and I have been graciously reminded of that. Thank you.Fiber-y postage to come...

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I received emails from both my assigned secret pal and the name of the secret pal that I'm assigned to... is there terminology for this? Pal-or? Pal-ee? ANYway, OneSkeinWonder... welcome!This is such a fun project... how do you spoil someone you hardly know? Fortunately, this is just the kind of challenge that I love to have.There has been some knitting accomplished, believe it or not. Baby

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1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?I've not really tried many different types of fiber... so I don't have any absolute dislikes yet, so no problems there... I do enjoy knitting with alpaca and merino. I'm not terribly fond of super-bulky yarns, however. I'd like to try some of the "alternative" yarns: soy silk, ingeo, you know the drill.2.

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I've been kind of busy...Once we get a schedule that doesn't include marathon feedings at 3 in the morning, I hope to resume regular knitting and blogging activities. Until then, enjoy the sweetbaby picture.

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49. I learned to knit from a Martha Stewart: Baby magazine when I was pregnant with my second child. 48. It was 18 months before I realized that I purled “backwards”. 47. A year ago I discovered the wide world of knitblogs and my knitting technique has been much improved. 46. I love to knit socks, especially little ones for my kids. (They go faster and it’s easy to try out new patterns/

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In anticipation of SP9, and the fact that I want to be as cool as the others (I'm really not much of a follower), I think I'll join the 100 Things Meme love-in... here you go.100. I am the oldest (and only girl) of 4 kids (age range: not quite 30 to not quite 16).99. As a direct result of the above, as friendships go, I'm generally more comfortable with the males of the species. As I get older

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As I walked out the door this morning on my way to work, I could smell it. That smoky, leafy, almost cold, go home and bake apple pie smell. Fall is around the corner. I can't wait. My mind is being drawn to the cabled sweaters, hats, socks and mittens that I have planned for this season's knitting.Of course, as I am getting ready to go outside again, to go home to pet all of the abovementioned

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Miz Izzy's sockies are done! Hooray!57 things left on the project list... *sigh*

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And I mean that in the most respectful, loving way possible.Why are they evil? Read on!Ok, so I caved. I bought a Noni Bag pattern from Kpixie today (*cough cough and some size 11 dpn's cough cough*). It's the green vase shaped one with the pretty blue flowers. Needless to say, the SIL's are getting felted purses this year for Christmas. If I can just contain myself to keep the secret until then,

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Ok, so the felting thing was totally rad! I managed to finish and felt the bag this weekend. I dip-dyed the bottom half of it (pre-felting) in dark brown rit dye, and it did this most amazing streaking thing... it looks like a ceramic mug that my brother made in HS. It's going to SisterSarah in a box this week, I think.Now that I know that yarn felts well, I went ahead and dyed the rest of the

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I'd really rather be at home than at work, surrounded by my knitting instead of boxes of stuff to be put away.Update: MacZilla's sockies are done.I started new ones for Miz Izzy (sockotta wool/cotton blend, some strange pink/orange/yellow/purple colorway - straight stockinette... boring but effective), because she was getting jealous and was stealing her brother's socks. I finished the Latvian

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... I really need to get used to doing more frequent entries... and adding pictures... and being more interesting in general, or I'm never going to get any traffic. (Not that it matters, really, since I don't have wonderful things to contribute to the knitting world yet, like Eunny or the Yarn Harlot or any of the other wonderful women (and men) whose knitblogs I frequent frequently whilst

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Okie dokie, first things first: the kool-aid dyeing thing was more awesome than I can accurately say. I am sad that there is no more blue kool-aid to be purchased anymore (I really want to dye blue yarn, but I don't want to mess with mordants and strange dyes right now). Part of the fun is the surprise you get when the dyeing is done and the skein is hung up to dry. I made my dye of a combination

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Okie dokie, first posts are usually lame. I choose to be no different.Currently on the sticks:Latvian Lace socks from Nancy Bush's Folk Socks book -- 55% doneKnitPicks Essentials solid tan, #1 dpn's for Mother's day gift for Mom. She may just get one sock and the other when it's finished. Moms are great like that.Regular stockinette socks - my pattern -- 60% doneKnitPicks Simple Stripes -

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