July 2009
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“The yarn police won’t come after you for making ugly yarn.”
– Knitty: Spring 2007
Jul 31st
I’m feeling crafty.
Jul 30th
Dear NetNewsWire: You have me all twisted up inside. I can handle syncing with Google Reader, but I miss my clippings.
Jul 30th
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decor8 » Blog Archive » Melanie Porter: Knit... →
Jul 30th
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Light Test →
(via simko)
Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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spent the evening playing with turmeric, baking soda, and lemon juice, dying homemade paper. yay kitchen chemistry!
Jul 30th
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Jul 28th
is it august yet?
Jul 28th
RT @l0ttie: Working on my plans for world domination. I propose PoIP - Pie over IP.
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Recursive tzitzit →
Jul 27th
finished #knitting one repeat of bison tracks on the heartland shawl. the next repeat should go smoother. hoping.
Jul 27th
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“In one day Britney was the first person to set the record for folding paper in...”
– Folding Paper in Half Twelve Times
Jul 27th
I found my dropped yo! back to #knitting this shawl…
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
i’m stuck on a lace #knitting pattern, and I can’t find my mistake! grr… i can see this taking a while.
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
long night of knitting, making paper, and watching old michael j fox movies. what’s happened to my saturday nights? oh yeah, they’re awesome
Jul 26th
knitting my fingers off
Jul 25th
by unraveling these sweaters, i’m making them less valuable, though temporarily. this is NOT upcycling.
Jul 25th
goodnight, moon.
Jul 25th
I love recipes that say “serve immediately.” We just ate piping hot nun’s puffs. Sounds dirty.
Jul 25th
Friday > Thursday
Jul 24th
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Rockin’ out to FrozenFire and practicing blind stitch on my “new” machine.
Jul 24th
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Jul 24th
Ripping apart a perfectly good sweater to make yarn is not “upcycling”. Knitting said yarn into a new sweater might be.
Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
I’m sorry, Jason Sudeikis. I never remember your name. Maybe I will now that I know you were born in Fairfax.
Jul 23rd
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Jul 22nd
Long day. I deserve a few hours of totally addictive Kongregate games.
Jul 21st
It works! http://www.flickr.com/photos/devaburger/3738441518/
Jul 20th
dear hand-me-down sewing machine: please work.
Jul 20th
back from a super-long and super-productive trip to leesburg. i have so many new projects lined up for the week!
Jul 19th
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“American quail are known by various names depending on the region-bobwhite in...”
– quail: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com I never knew that all of those were names for the same animal.
Jul 19th
Morgan Gaynin →
Jul 17th
loved hanging out with my parents tonight. woot free wine.
Jul 17th
“i’ve been waiting what.. eight years? for you to up and say one day, “i want to build an analog synth from the bare electronics.”” -josh
Jul 13th
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“… it can also be quite intriguing to just lay the device out in the sun...”
– Solar Theremin by ClockworkRobot
Jul 13th
we’ll be in leesburg the 13-17th. meetings for josh, and hopefully lots of projects for me.
Jul 12th
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As The Yarn Turns - Constructing a PVC Niddy Noddy →
I used these plans to make my very own PVC niddy noddy today.  $4, and I have a ton of PVC left over.
Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
“I’m about to have some Friday night coffee. That’s how we rock out in this neck of the woods.” -josh
Jul 11th
My thoughts are with the Belotes.
Jul 10th
vintage knitting with Kristen Rengren →
Jul 10th
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Jul 10th
beer + fresh focaccia = comfort food
Jul 7th
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thrumming
d: i just learned a new knitting technique!
it's called "thrumming"
and it makes the inside of your mittens super toasty
j: sounds naughty.
hey behbeh lemme thrum your mittens
Jul 6th
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