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posted Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
I started on this blended batt a while back (so long I have no idea what’s even in it, though I do remember buying it, at least!) and thought I should go ahead and make some progress on it, since I haven’t touched my wheel at all, in about 6 months! This is a handful away from finishing the first bobbin. I’m hoping I’ll have the rest finished and plied this weekend. It’s a fun blend of blues, greens, purple, and a bit of pink here and there, and some white fibers that I can’t identify – I thought at first they might be silk, but now I’m honestly leaning more towards them being nylon. That’s not really a problem, I think this yarn is destined to become socks when it’s finished 
Mmmm.. fibery
Raffle winners should be announced on Saturday for the Zen String Raffles (we are waiting on Angelina to draw the #’s that will determine the winners).. the raffles did phenomenally well, and we’ll post the totals for entries as well as the final amount raised for Angelina after the last of the auctions end tomorrow.
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posted Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Because I decided I am I have 3 months worth of my Zen String fiber club waiting to be spun, along with 8oz more I bought last week (couldn’t resist it!)
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posted Monday, February 4th, 2008
I think I really do need to figure out a way to get myself to update regularly – like force myself to blog at least once a week or something.. just schedule a time for it. Not that doing so would actually make me be more reliable, but at least I’d have a goal, rather than just some random notion that “oh yeah, I should post that to my blog” and then never remember to do so 
I took a wee break from knitting after hurting my finger, but I did knit a couple pairs of shorties and another pair of longies for Odin, and a goofy hat for my sister, and I’m halfway through another pair of longies for Odin in Wise from Zen String that I hope to have finished in a day or two (and I will post those when they are done – I’ve promised myself). I’ve done some spinning as well, but I am woefully behind on that at the moment… I have three months worth of my Zen String fiber club to catch up on, and on top of that I’m actually expecting some more ZS fiber in the mail… wonder how that happened
I’ve been taking a lot of pictures lately though.. and thinking I may set up a photo blog that I won’t update often either.. lol These things always seem like such a great idea to set up, but it’s the maintaining bit that ends up being a challenge. My mom wants a blog too, and I sort of started to set her up a wordpress blog on her domain, but never finished setting it up. I should do that too….
My kids have been keeping me busy, Seth just turned 7 last month, and the little ones continue to be quite a handful (please note that I don’t recommend the 2 year age gap – 4 1/2 years apart was SO much easier!!). Kaia (2 1/2) amazes me every day with how much she is learning, and Odin (almost 7 months) has just started fully crawling (he has been army crawling since just after Christmas) so he’s all over the place now.
My flickr API thingie doesn’t seem to be working so no pictures for this post..I don’t feel like doing it the hard way, but I think most everyone who reads my blog is in my flickr contacts anyways (and if you aren’t, don’t be afraid to add me – I’ll add you back) so you haven’t missed anything really
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posted Saturday, September 29th, 2007
..and I think my finger is paying the price. It doesn’t help that about a week ago I got superglue on my fingertip (I was fixing my sunglasses). Then my skin cracked at the edge of the glue – right where I tend to push on the tip of the knitting needle to scoot stitches along towards the tip. It doesn’t help that the options tips are REALLY pointy. Well, it helps while knitting, and I really like them, normally, but now I’ve got a major ouchy spot right where I *really* don’t need one. So I think I’m going to take a break from the tangled yoke for a few days so it can heal some, unless I am magically able to find a thimble that works for me.
But it’s hard to believe it’s over halfway finished now! I know I still have quite a bit of knitting left to do, but I’d estimate that I’m actually 60-70% finished… that’s pretty good, I think, considering it’s my first sweater for me, I bought the yarn just two weeks ago, and I’ve got the “fun” part still to do (which motivates me to keep knitting)!
And, with relatively short notice.. we picked up our bunny this afternoon!
DH is quite amused by him… I don’t think he quite got why I wanted this bunny and he’s still a bit confused as to why he looks so ‘goofy’. He is so much smaller than he looks, too.. under all the fluff he’s still a tiny little baby bunny! He’s two months old today, which makes him exactly 3 weeks younger than Odin
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posted Monday, September 24th, 2007
From Zen String’s September Fiber Club – 111g, 365yds, 11WPI (it’s fluffy though, so it’s really more of a lighter DK weight).
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