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WIP Wednesday

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ON THE NEEDLES

French Market Bag from Knitty

The color doesn’t translate well in the picture, but it’s Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool and once again I’ve fallen victim to Lost Ball Band Syndrome, so my description of the color is heathery brown.  Oh, and can someone tell me why this photo rotated itself onto its side and how I can fix it?  Thanks in advance.

FROG?

I still haven’t decided what to do with the neglected Maidenhair Fern sock.  Here’s a pic showing the “girly” yarn.

And this one has decided to recline also.  Help.

Being powerful is like being a lady.  If you have to tell people you are — you aren’t.  Margaret Thatcher

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WIP Wednesday

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ON THE NEEDLES

Here is my WIP for this week.  I know it doesn’t really look like anything yet but you’ll just have to take my word for it,  it’s a Cat Hat for a baby, with little ears.  This is in anticipation of the Papoose’s new baby brother or sister, estimated arrival first week on October.

 Thanks to Adel’s Knit and Craft 2011 and Ravelry for the free pattern.

IN THE OVEN

Yesterday I got my first issue of The Baking Sheet, a King Arthur Flour publication, of recipes, both sweet and savory.  One that particularly piques my interest is Coconut Coffeecake.  Oops, I forgot about the apple cakes I never got around to doing over the holiday, with the eggs that were in and out of the revolving door (seemingly) of my fridge.  Maybe by Saturday, my new silicone pans will be here.  I hope so.  I’m excited to try them out.

Use  what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent of no birds sang there except those that sang best.  Henry Van Dyke

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The one where the Leaf

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Lace Socks are ongoing and are my WIP again for this week.  See?

One more repeat of the pattern for the leg, then on to the heel flap!

Please excuse, I need a poor little me moment.  Started with a sore tooth yesterday and this morning got up with a chipmunk cheek on the left and more pain.  Will call dentist as soon as his office opens today.  Oh, you poor baby!  There, I feel better.

It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit — enable them to see visions and dream dreams.  Eric Anderson

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The one where we’ve started

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Cleaning out the old house and it’s been easier than I expected. It feels good just to have finally gotten started.

Here’s my WIP Wednesday offering:

Leaf Lace Socks

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Hold a true friend with both your hands.

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The one where it’s Wednesday

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and I have a WIP to post.  Actually, I have a number of WIPs, but this one happens to be the most urgent – a blanket for my new granddaughter, Harper, whose estimated arrival date is March 23.  Yikes, surely it will be finished before then, right?

Though you have to use your imagination, here is Kelly Brooker’s Reverse Pinwheel Blanket, done in Michael’s Loops and Threads Impeccable, in Soft Rose.

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To teach is to learn twice.  Joseph Joubert

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The one where it’s WIP Wednesday

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again and here’s my offering (please excuse the truly horrendous picture)

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Mirrorsocks – Kollage Yarns Sock-A-Licious, color 7808

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.  William James (1842-1910) American psychologist and philosopher

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The one where I’m looking

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way forward to the weekend, even more than usual.  Two excellent things are going to happen, 1)  Mr. Iknead and I are going to have our 32nd anniversary and 2) we’re going to spend it in Fayetteville with the Papoose.  Thirty two years, more than half my life (I’m 54) and we still like each other.  A rarity now, I think.  Dang, I thought I had a picture of Mr. Iknead and me right after we got married.  DD has it on her facebook, I’ll get her to send it to me in the next day or so.

OK, I’m loaded and ready for WIP Wednesday tomorrow.  No tonight, one first thing in the a.m.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The one where I’m still looking

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through and uploading vacation pictures.  This is not a hard thing to do, it just takes time and focus, something that I’m not overloaded with right now.  I did find a couple of the Papoose that are so precious I almost can’t take it.  Here’s one

How’s that for precious??  Tomorrow she’ll be 15 months old, time seems to speed up the older I get and I’m finally learning to cherish the moment I’m living.  I heard someone say once “yesterday’s history, tomorrow’s a mystery”.  True.

OK, I’m off to get a photo of my WIP for tomorrow.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.  Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626),

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The one where she’s had a

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lazy day.  That is, her body has been lazy, but her brain’s still running full speed ahead.  This is nothing new for me, I’m always (pretty much) in this mode, but lately, I’m feeling a little burned out.  This whole thing with my parents, along with a close friend who is making really, really bad choices is about to take its toll on me.  I hope that we find a place for Mom and Dad here in the next week or ten days, but things like this take time and we’re definitely feeling the crunch.

I got just a tad distracted from the Slippery Sock today, working on my Ipod sock, but they’re both coming along pretty well.  Could part of my problem be caused by having too many WIPs and not enough FOs?  Hummmm……. nope, don’t think so, not me, not the Nothing In Moderation Chick.  Uh-uh.  No, I didn’t think so.  ; p   New word coined today – under overachiever; how’s that for an oxymoron?

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.  Emile Zola (1840-1902)

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The one where the long neglected

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Quickset socks pass out of the realm of the wip and into the heaven of FO.  I wish I’d known how quickly they’d be finished, they probably wouldn’t have languished as long as they did.  No matter, I now have a new pair of beautiful, fit like a dream, socks.  As soon as I find the ball band, I’ll share yarn specifics.  Check these out!

 I give up.  Feeling optimistic, I launched an assault on my stash, no go.  The ball band has gone wherever ball bands go when it seems imperative that they be found and posted.   Somewhere, a ball band is laughing….

Back to the real world tomorrow, snowmaggeddon has come and gone and work awaits.

If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends.  You talk to your enemies.  Moshe Dayan (1915-1981)

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