Monthly Archives: January 2010

bit of a lazy day

The Yarner January 30, 2010
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I signed up as a pattern tester for one of the knitting designers on Ravelry and am quite exited about my first project – a gloves and gauntlet combination in variegated and solid yarn. Now I’m digging thru my stash to match two skeins.

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Finished a pair of sox (finally)

The Yarner January 29, 2010
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Socks modeled
Originally uploaded by hianja

After trying to crochet socks and finding that doesn’t really work for me, I frogged them and knit them up again. They’re much nicer that way, though I still can’t remember what I was thinking when I bought that yarn.

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Relatively warm today, almost up to zero

The Yarner January 24, 2010
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I used the January thaw to get out the ladder and take down the Christmas garlands from the porch and carport. Some of the cables and a pair of wicker stars in the planters will have to wait, as they’re either buried under two feet of snow or frozen in a solid block of ice (or both).

The afternoon was delightfully spent figuring out the lace part of my Ishbel shawl with only brief excursions into the basement for a load of laundry and to lend the tiger an extra pair of hands for fitting the drywall sheets in the furnace room. Starting to look good down there.

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The Yarner January 19, 2010
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Started an ‘Ishbel’ shawl today with this beautiful skein of Handmaiden Casbah I bought from one of the ravelers.

Handmaiden Casbah

This stuff is so soft and drapey, it’s amazing to work with.

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Day 4

The Yarner January 17, 2010
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What an amazing weekend. And I got a lot of stuff done, too. I’ll definitely do this again next year.

On the way home we almost ran out of gas. We made it to the station with 2.5 km left on the tank display. *phew*

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Day 3

The Yarner January 16, 2010
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packed table

What? We were busy. Hard at work. I swear. OoO

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Day 2

The Yarner January 15, 2010
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Good food, excellent company and a room with a view:

sunroom

What more could one possibly want?

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On the road again

The Yarner January 14, 2010
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Not that it was very far.

Inn

Very nice house in the middle of the woods, deeply snowed in. Quite enchanting.

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Almost ready to leave

The Yarner January 13, 2010
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for my knitters’ retreat. 16 women in an inn in the wilds of Quebec all weekend – that should be fun. Haven’t packed yet, but there’s a huge pile of stuff on the table downstairs. Color me exited.

I’ll try to write blog entries, but uploading them will have to wait til I’m back. There’s no innernet there.

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