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Blue Unoriginal Hat
I enjoyed knitting my Unoriginal Hat by the Yarn Harlot so much that I had to knit another one! I bought some Tweedle Dee yarn at Michaels on Black Friday for $1.99 to make more. I knitted it in one sitting, in about 3.5 hours! :)
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Unoriginal hat finished!
I finished this hat the day after starting it. I LOVE it! I’ve worn it on most of my Xmas shopping trips. I was a little worried since wool is typically itchy for me, but this was wonderful! Thinking of making more as gifts.
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Works in progress….
After several attempts at the Dwarven Battle Bonnet for Jesse (which he is now refusing to wear!), I had a spate of startities, followed by frog- and ripitis. It’s gotten to the point where I don’t bother putting a project into Ravelry until I’ve got it done! Over the weekend, I finished up some new…
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Jesse’s Battle Bonnet
The battle bonnet is now done! It “only” took four tries, including the ill-fated Dwarven Battle Yamulka, which Jay stole for her stuffed animals. So, one down and two more to go. Jesse also wants the Blond version and Ben wants one as well. Next up will be some more subtle wrist warmers to wear…
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Knitting Meme
The official rules are mark with bold the things you have knit at least once, with italics the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest. I’m changing it up a little. I am going to bold the techniques I have done. I italizcising everything else because, truly, I want to try it…
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The yummy GF noodles mom makes me….
Homemade Noodles Recipe from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook (1968 version) Combine: 1 beaten egg, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 Tablespoons milkAdd: 1 CUP sifted all purpose flour or enough to make a stiff dough. Roll dough very thin on floured surface, let stand 2 minutesRoll up loosely and slice 1/4 inch wide. …
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Argh!
WordPress just lost my widgets for the right column. Bye bye Ravelry in progress, Ravelry finished links, flickr badges. sniff.
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New monitor at work…
Traded in the 2 24″ monitors for 1 30″ Apple Cinema HD monitor. I lost some width and that’s a little strange, but I did gain some nice height for coding. The best part though, it watching TV during lunch and knitting. This week:
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LaraBar Peanut Butter Cookie
I feel sorry for my kids being on a nut-free campus during the day, because these are the yummiest larabars ever! My former favorite is pecan pie, but these are awesome!
