Airplane Knitting

My elderly Uncle Bobby was hospitalized with advanced metastatic cancer a week ago, and died last Friday. On Saturday I flew to Florida where he had lived. He was cognitively impaired (I’m not trying to be coy – the specific diagnosis is unclear) and lived with a guardian. I spent several not-so-fun [...]

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Lacy Mystery is Starkers

Am I the only one who thinks this KAL has become a little crazy-crazy?
I sent $10.00 months and months ago.
At this point I don’t even care about the pattern, much less the KAL.
It’s all kind of absurd. Not meaning to sound callous, and
truly, I have no idea what the tragic disaster was –
car wreck? [...]

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Needed – Pattern for Kitty-Cat Theme Bookmark

So, I joined a swap wherein you send your swapee
(1) a mystery that includes a cat;
(2) a knitted or crocheted kitty toy, and;
(3) a bookmark.
I’ve got the book and the toy.
I’d like to knit a cat themed bookmark.
I need ideas.
Oh, I know – a contest!
Whatever idea I use, that person will get a [...]

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Teeny Tiny Itsy Bitsy Knitsy

Miniature Knitting is an amazing, weird,
and curiously fascinating enterprise.
One of the most incredible practitioners is Althea Crome.
Here is her website, Bugknits

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Excerpt From Sam Harris Column

By Sam Harris | NEWSWEEK
Published Sep 20, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Sep 29, 2008
The point to be lamented is not that Sarah Palin comes from outside Washington, or that she has glimpsed so little of the earth’s surface (she didn’t have a passport until last year), or that she’s never met a foreign head [...]

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Shhh – Entralac Scarf in Progress

I’ve got it – by Jove, I’ve got it!
Photos to follow if I ever don’t have to work again.
She said pitifully.
Back to working on the weekend . . .

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Yes oh yes Wonkette

What they said:
“Is This Tomorrow?”

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Happy Birthday to Me

My birthday was yesterday, and I celebrated by having a great time all day!
In the morning I knit and puttered around.
In the afternoon my sister and I went to the Rising Meadow Farm Fest.
Last night my husband, my father, and my son all took me out for supper at Merlion, a restaurant specializing in [...]

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Talking to Teens About Sex, Part Two

Part Two – In which Mom explains why she has made an unenforceable rule. 
“Suzy, you don’t have permission to have sex before you’re eighteen.”
What?  Yes, I know I can’t follow you around.  I can’t possibly enforce this rule.  But, I can still tell you what the rule is, and if you have sex when you’re [...]

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Talking with Teens About Sex, Part One

For several days, in light of the disclosure that Sarah Palin’s 17 year old daughter is expecting a baby, the airwaves and print media have been full of chatter about the great difficulty of “talking to teenagers about sex.”  Apparently, there is a lot of hand-wringing and much concern about “sending the wrong message” to [...]

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