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New Pattern!

Posted on July 8, 2011 | Comments Off on New Pattern!

I’m so excited that this is finally finished!

Simply Square Log Cabin Dishcloth (Ravelry Pattern Page)

Hope you like it!

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Ravelry is awesome? Who knew? ;)

Posted on July 8, 2011 | Comments Off on Ravelry is awesome? Who knew? ;)

Just saw this on Rav…where else? LOL.

A Tight-Knit Community

The subtitle: Why Facebook can’t match Ravelry, the social network for knitters.

Oh hell yes!

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Work. And stuff.

Posted on July 6, 2011 | Comments Off on Work. And stuff.

Anybody want to listen to me whine about my job again? Yeah, me neither. So we won’t go there beyond this: damn you, J&J and your Tylenol issues. I still have customers who want to buy your product. At this point, I’m not sure why, given that there hasn’t been a consistent supply in over a year. People are weird. And angry.

Ahem.

It has only taken me two weeks longer than I thought to get some photos that I *think* will work for the pattern I may manage to release someday. I’ve managed to knit dishcloths in 2 varieties of the new Peaches & Creme, but I want to do one in a solid before pronouncing judgement. Initial impression? Not as sad-making as I thought it might be and not as happy-making as the old version.

Other than that, still at a standstill. *sigh*

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Knitting in Public

Posted on July 4, 2011 | 1 comment

Of course, in my case it’s more likely to be crochet, but it all comes with the same set of issues:

I am not an overly social person, and nothing that I do while out and about seems to draw as much comment as pulling out a project and yarning away.

This drives me absolutely nutty.

When I’m in a waiting room, all I usually want is to blend into the woodwork. I’m stressed out by small talk; I’m even more stressed by it when I’m stressed already. I generally don’t make a public appearance unless I have to. I’m a homebody. I work in retail and I already talk to people all day. It absolutely exhausts me. The last thing I want is to chat with random strangers at a time I could be enjoying the quiet. Having my rhythm broken is far more annoying than never having the rhythm in the first place.

I don’t knit at work anymore, either. Same issues, but magnified, as I feel compelled to not be standoffish with those I have to see most days.

I don’t know if I really have a point, other than finding it soothing to grumble about having to either talk to folks or leave the crochet home. But I suppose grumbling is part of what a blog is for. 🙂 Though I’m sure there’s an interesting thought in there somewhere about the difference between random people in public and random people on the internet. In public once removed, or something.

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Not dead, Jim.

Posted on June 29, 2011 | Comments Off on Not dead, Jim.

Day job out of control, trying to get the pattern that just got out of testing into final shape to release, and summer vacation just got underway. And it doesn’t help at all that Michael finally badgered me into reading George R. R. Martin. Page-turners, but long when you read in half-hour chunks.

Coming soon: pattern release, finally a Peaches & Creme review, and more. Stay tuned…

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Bebeh presents.

Posted on June 18, 2011 | Comments Off on Bebeh presents.

I’d have more to offer on the finished project front if I weren’t so totally wrapped up in working on gifties for the new nephew who will be arriving sometime around the first of September. I don’t know if my brother reads my blog, so I’m not going to post a thing.

I’ve also got about 7 other things going on in the background, at least one of which will be seen soon. So I’ll have some, you know, actual content. LOL.

Have to work today, which is always a joy. I think half the world will be at the parade. Bad for sales, good for my sanity. Fingers crossed.

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Pop Quiz

Posted on June 16, 2011 | Comments Off on Pop Quiz

Here we have the old Peaches & Creme, the new Peaches & Creme, and Sugar ‘n’ Cream:

Which one is which?

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New Peaches & Creme

Posted on June 11, 2011 | Comments Off on New Peaches & Creme

Totally new yarn that has been released under the Peaches & Creme name. The mill was closed and the name was bought and now I’m seeing the new version at my local Walmart and decided to give it a try. Any excuse for more dishcloths!

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Progress

Posted on June 8, 2011 | Comments Off on Progress

Slow and steady, right?

Work continues to be a bit of a living nightmare. Home Office keeps adding things to the must-do list while cutting payroll. I know that a lot of folks are in the same boat with this right now, because employers are well aware that they’ve got us trapped. They’ll no doubt be surprised when their best people leave as soon as things pick up. It’s part of the cycle of corporate life.

I have a pattern ready to go to testing. It’s been a 5-minutes-here, 5-minutes-there thing, with the day job having to take precedence, so I’m wicked excited about the possibility of finally getting another pattern released. Hopefully that will happen in the next couple of weeks.

Spent last weekend in Maine, trying to relax and pretty much failing. It was gorgeous, though, and the company was good. We went to see X-Men First Class at the drive-in…I don’t think I’ve been to a drive-in since high school, and the movie was fantastic. Crazy fun!

I made an addition or three to my growing stack of dishcloths this weekend. School is inching closer to getting out, and the summertime is adding a level of chaos to the kids’ behavior that’s just a tad exhausting. It was 90-odd degrees today, so they’re even nuttier than summer normal. Lovely New England weather, lol.

And that is, I think, about it for the moment. 🙂

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I don’t have the words for how awesome this is.

Posted on June 3, 2011 | Comments Off on I don’t have the words for how awesome this is.

Via a post in the Ravelry forums today, I found this artist, who works in crochet that is absolutely stunning. Just wow.

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