Two Discoveries

First, a site that sells beautiful silk yarn,
with information about using it,
and beautiful photographs – Sundara Stitches
Second, an etsy seller – hedgehog fibers
I keep repeating to myself, “must.not.buy.more.yarn”
but, gee this stuff is pretty . . .

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Yarn Storage

This post is about storing yarn, but first a photo I found while researching this. I love this picture!

Okay, back to business. I’ve been thinking about the best ways of storing yarn. I am way past the “few skeins picturesquely displayed in a basket” stage and well into the “plastic bags on [...]

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Best Way to Keep Warm

See previous post for the full question.
Okay, for reals, the way I keep warm is to wear lots of clothes and always carry a few cats around.

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Duke Hospital Visit: Review

Sunday morning:
I have to take my father to the Duke Eye Center this morning.
(crossing fingers)
Monday morning:
Review of Duke Hospital:
1. Medical care – the important thing.
The nurses and doctors were kindly, patient with my dad’s longish answers to questions, competent, and reassuring.
2. Physical facility:
Really dirty, like no one cleaned/washed/vacuumed in a week.
3. Cafeteria:
Okay. Par for [...]

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Warm Ewe Up Question No. Three

What is your favorite way to keep warm when it’s snowing outside? (And if you live in a warm weather climate, what would you do to stay warm and cozy while it’s snowing?)

I have to head out to work – I’ll think about the answer on the way to work.

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Etsy Server Woes

I have had trouble connecting to the Etsy site,
both from home and at work.
Has anyone else experienced this?

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Beautiful Spring Buds

The header image is back, but I’m still flailing, floundering, and generally flopping about like a fish on the CSS.

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More CSS Flailing

I started with WordPress’s theme “Misty Look” (gagging on name), and then played around using the WordPress “edit CSS” feature. The problem is that I have no idea what I’m doing. Nonetheless, I think it looks okay (pats self on back), except for a couple of things that I cannot figure out how [...]

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Mosaic

Okay, I’m going to try to upload a mosaic.

I got the idea from Mojave Knitter in the Desert

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A Great Mystery

When I got the mail this afternoon,
it included a skein of yarn from Mama Llama.
The yarn is a lovely soft merino, in a lilac shade,
and “Mama LLama” even included a small bar of soap.
Here’s a photo:

There’s only one weird thing –
I have no idea where it came from. I mean,
I know that physically, [...]

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