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It happens that there are 2 baby blanket projects I have done that have each achieved a level of fame.  This was not an intended outcome – it just seems to have… happened.   In both cases, the receiving baby seems to have enjoyed the blanket, which is all that matters. The first blanket to achieve [...]

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I thought this article, about Schaefer Yarn’s “Sock the Vote” effort, was interesting for the peep into the yarn industry it gives. (“Sock the Vote” is a set of 4 colourways of sock yarn Schaefer did to represent the colours apparently favoured by Michelle Obama, Hilary Clinton, Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain). In particular, the [...]

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Every now and again, I fall down the rabbit hole and find myself exploring “to do” software again.  This dates back to when I first had an Apple Newton and worked with basic list applications (oooh, the thrill of having a “done” item disappear from view! so much more satisfying than a simple strikeout on [...]

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Seven years ago today, the project above was called to action.   Happily, in the seven years since, I have learned a thing or 2 about taking pictures of knitting and crochet projects…!   And the recipient has been busy learning all about more fundamental things!

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Here’s an old project, still underway: That picture was taken over a year ago (September 2007).  There has since been progress — but only a couple of inches or so.   And this is the first piece of the sweater — there’s a front and 2 sleeves to go after this piece is done. It’s from [...]

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I feel I’m not making a lot of knitting progress this year.   Maybe that’s really a “latter half of the year” problem.  Looking at my completed project gallery,  it’s not like it’s empty for 2008. Sometimes, I guess you have to look back at a progression of things (trees) to get the picture (forest).  I [...]

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I believe I finally cracked the mystery of getting my Brother KH930 to knit lace properly.  I’d struggled with this before, to no avail. Brother knitting machines have a separate lace carriage that is used to transfer stitches.  That is, you use the regular carriage to knit some fabric, switch to the lace carriage to [...]

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One has the sense that 80% of the US population is on edge tonight – deeply concerned that the Wrong One is going to win tomorrow.  What isn’t clear — what percentage of the population believes which candidate is the wrong choice.  It seems likely, given the expected record turnout and other indications of people [...]

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Last night, I attended the Gala celebrating DC ACM‘s 50th Anniversary.  It was a well-run affair, seemingly effective in its aim to pull together visibility, awareness and support for the re-emerging ACM chapter. The keynote speaker was Bjarne Stroustrup, best known as the designer of the C++ programming language.  He gave a very interesting talk, [...]

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Today marks the start of National Novel Writing Month — check it outat the NaNoWriMo site. Although I don’t aspire to write a novel this particular month, I havelong admired the approach to breaking down self-imposed impediments towriting: “Valuing enthusiasm and perseveranceover painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program foreveryone who has thought fleetingly about [...]

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