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Stunned

Yesterday, The Sainted Husband (TM) and I put in an offer to purchase our first home together. (We’ve rented for the 9 years we’ve been together)

Today, the sellers accepted our offer.

Holy CRAP, we’re buying a house!!!!

Our House!

Und now iz ze time on schprockets ven ve FREAK OUT! [...]

Knitting Valentines

True to form, I did not finish my husband’s sweater in time for Valentine’s Day, but I DID manage to get a photo of the very love-appropriate cables on this thing.

I’m knitting Beck, from Jane Ellison’s Queensland Collection Book 9, using some Skye Tweed. (Ravelry links; [...]

Startitis, Day 4? 5?

Who can keep track when in the grip of illnesses like these?

Handspun Nereid mitts were begun.

Then I made of the mistake of going to the local-to-my-office yarn shop, Stitch D.C., to pick up some lace Addi needles. (A need sparked, as I said in the last post, because the [...]

Lost: Project Committment

If found, please mail to startitis.cure at yarngeek dot com.

This weekend, I:

Saw Kung Fu Panda with my husband, four year old, and eighteen year old. Score on all counts — wonderful movie, definitely one we will want to own as soon as it’s available. Enhanced the stash by one skein of Penthouse Silk [...]

Lizard Ridge and Silk Caps

And also the beginning of block trois.

I have got to get better about documenting what I’m doing — I think I may have knit the first block on size 9 needles instead of 8s, which is what these are — I had to dip into a new ball to complete the last [...]

Ice, Ice, Baby

Choose the musical version wisely, lest your earworm become an 80′s has-been rather than a 70′s rock deity. (ETA: Evidently Wendy and I shared the same sentiments towards weather. )

Outside, the trees, bushes, roads and walkways are encased in a fairly icky ice storm. I discovered that it was perhaps a bit more [...]