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a wee sample of goodness to come

so I just thought I’d pop in to say thank you to all the people who helped me figure out how to get a gallery going on Wordpress (or at least on my website) - I am busy populating it with images now and promise lots to come in the next weeks and months. […]

Wanted: Wordpress Whiz!

Sorry for the silence!  The reason?  I did a much-needed upgrade to Wordpress 2.1.2… and lost almost all of my photo-uploading-and-manipulating capability.  Pretty much ALL OF IT.  Which brings me to this question:
Are you a whiz at self-hosted Wordpress (not the kind that’s hosted at wordpress.com - the kind you put on your own server?)  […]

sleeveaphobia

Oh, sleeves. How they mock me! Everyone, I think, has their personal knitting Waterloo, and unfortunately mine appears to be sleeves. I now have not one or two but THREE sweaters awaiting sleevage. First the Argyle of Doom came along, and I avoided it because of a weird charting issue that […]

can you hear the squee-ing from there?

Pardon me while I squee in your ear. I just got an amazing package from Woollywonderwho, my Knittyboard Secret Pal - with all sorts of goodies. Woollywonderwho sent me two great vintage pattern booklets (the likes of which you’ll be seeing around here), coverable buttons, Simply Knitting Magazine, cute postcards, a candy bar […]

A valentine, a finished thing, and many loose ends

First, a long-overdue thank you to Ali, who gave me this beautiful package for Valentine’s Day!
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Isn’t that the most beautiful yarn you ever saw? It’s Artyarns Ultramerino 4 - thanks for such a lovely present Ali!
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Did you think I’d stopped knitting, kittens? I almost had, which is why I’ve been silent these last two […]