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Archive for December, 2006

Screaming Red Mitts and Ice Cream Sundae Socks

Posted in mitts, socks on December 18, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Christmas Knitting. Check.Christmas Beading. Check.Christmas Shopping. Check.Christmas Laundry (we travel). Check.We fly Thursday! Must leave home by 5:30 a.m. to make flight! Ack! M cut out a few of my Christmas beading gifts as too much (they were for his relatives). M’s mom did not need handknit socks and beaded jewelry. He also suggested one [...]

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Christmas FOs!

Posted in FOs, beads, scarves, socks on December 15, 2006 | 2 Comments »

First off, no one who I know reads this blog can accidentally see one of her gifts, so reading on cannot spoil any surprises. Second, today we had 9 hours, 29 minutes of daylight; I spent 10 hours at work. The photos are on my work table, and therefore, functional, not scenic. I did use [...]

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Why Will Power is Bad

Posted in Uncategorized on December 14, 2006 | 2 Comments »

I have been complimented on my perseverance and dedication, which I have always associated with will power. Will power is great when one has to do enough replicates of a tedious, demanding experiment to get statistically significant results. But when it comes to sock yarn, will power can be carried too far. Late last week, [...]

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Let’s do Lunch!

Posted in scarves on December 8, 2006 | 3 Comments »

The problem with knitting projects that are large triangles or rectangles is that progress shots aren’t exactly a thrill. So, although I will talk about one of my projects, lets get to it through a small tour of the knitting blogosphere. First, I am still playing with templates for this blog. I will probably try [...]

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The best of times; the worst of times…

Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2006 | 3 Comments »

It hasn’t been the best of autumns here at Molecular Knitting, but then again, it hasn’t been the worst of autumns either. I am having to review what I learned from cognitive behavioral therapy, because my brain thought it would be fun to go back to its old way of thinking. Bad brain! Promotions at [...]

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Counting to 10

Posted in Uncategorized on December 5, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Is it just me or is beta-blogger driving other people nuts? I think I am going to have to sit down with HTML, XHTML, & CSS and just figure out how to make my own template. I am not finding Beta-Blogger easier to use, and what looks like a nice page element in the edit [...]

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I love seed stitch

Posted in shawls on December 1, 2006 | 3 Comments »

I love seed stitch in diamonds. seed stitch diamond from my first sweater I love seed stitch in mohair. seed stitch edgings on my second sweater I love seed stitch in handpainted yarn. detail from seed stitch chevron of Landscape Shawl But I love seed stitch in basket weave most of all. Aran Pocket Shawl [...]

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