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Dec 28 2008

Knitting, How I’ve Missed You

I finished my Shredded Wheat Scarf the week before Christmas, but I’m holding out until we get our camera back to blog about it. It’s being repaired and will hopefully be back soon.
After I finished the scarf I didn’t really have anything in mind to cast on for right away. (First time that ever happened!) And so I didn’t knit for a few days. It was kind of weird. Three or four different nights I found myself wishing I had something to knit on. I was reading the latest Yarn Harlot book one evening while trying to satisfy the urge, but then after I finished it off the urge was even stronger so I just had to go to bed early. Needless to say, I’ve really been missing my knitting over the past week and a half.
Today I decided that I needed to knit something. I really didn’t want to start a new project cause I don’t have any inspiring yarn at the moment, so an old neglected project got a reprieve.

Remember Thermal?

I can’t believe it’s been a full year since I’ve last knitted on Thermal! I got distracted by socks and other fun knits and this poor sweater was completely thrown aside. I think there’s enough armhole and neckline shaping going on in this part of the pattern to hold my interest this time, though.

Glad to be knitting again!

Dec 24 2008

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Merry Christmas

From Kim, Joey and Henry

merry-christmas

Dec 16 2008

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knitting, NYC

Snow Day!

Well, not really cause I did go to work…. but it started snowing right around lunchtime and I had to get out and see it.

(I had to take these pics with my cell phone and they didn’t really capture the falling snow- but I thought I’d share anyway so you can see pics of the area I work in.)

Taken from my office while waiting for the elevator

On my way back from the bank

It was falling in big fluffy groups of smaller flakes.

Pretty Church at 21st and Park Avenue South

It’s so funny how a little bit of snow just lightens my mood and makes me so incredibly happy. Probably because I grew up in the south where we maybe only saw snow once a year and it was usually just icy rain. The snow was so pretty, and it was still falling when I left for work and headed uptown to do a little shopping. I stopped near the Empire State Building and looked up and saw the lights at the top of the building were masked by the snow, creating this cloudy halo that was so pretty.

empirestatebldg

Now I’m home and I’m gonna cuddle up with Henry and try to finish off my Shredded Wheat Scarf so I can wear it tomorrow. Hope you’re all warm and safe tonight.

Dec 14 2008

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Dogs, Family, knitting, NYC, Quilts

Distractions

Although it was only two small projects, I’m proud to say that I’ve finished my Christmas Knitting!

"Pfffft!"

Henry even helped!

henry-knitting

I had to put my Shredded Wheat Scarf on hold while I knitted the Christmas gifts, but as soon as I was done, I felt a strong desire to start something new. Something that’s been floating around in my brain since it first started getting cold around here…

iheartny2

Uh oh.

Dec 06 2008

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Family, knitting

W…W….Wool!

I can’t believe I’m doing this. I’m Christmas knitting. I swore off knitting Christmas gifts after my first Christmas as a knitter, when I bought so much yarn and had planned a hand-knit for almost every member of the family. Of course I failed miserably, not even taking into consideration the amount of time it takes- especially for a newbie knitter.

But there I was, trying to figure out what on earth I was going to get my parents for Christmas (even though my mom said that they didn’t need me to get them anything). She did mention that my dad would wear a snowcap and that every time she knits a pair of handwarmers for herself she ends up giving them away. What’s a knitter to do? Of course I want to knit something for my parents.

So my scarf is on hold while I crank out a couple of gifts. Here’s a peek at my dad’s snowcap-in-progress.

dadshat1 Nothing too flashy or showy- that’s not his style. I’m probably pushing it with the stripes. I’m using the same pattern I used for the R2D2 hat, but changing the stripes up a little and definitely not doing the duplicate stitching.