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Monthly Archives October 2007

The phone call you don’t want to get

AF: Hello? DS: Mom–this is going to sound weird, but don’t freak out. Yasmine wrecked her car, but I’m okay. AF: Where are you? (sirens getting louder in the background) Is Yasmine okay? Is anybody hurt? Were you wearing your seatbelt? DS: Yasmine’s not hurt, and yes, I was wearing my seatbelt. I think we’re [...]

Posted 30 October 2007 † Alarming Female § Blessings § Family § Teens § Utah ‡ Comments (17) °

First Annual SLC-SNB Fall Retreat

blogless Debbie, The Knitty Professor, and Alison at the Silver Fork Lodge We held our first annual SLC-SNB knitting retreat this weekend at–where else?–the Silver Fork Lodge. This is what the canyon looked like as I made my way up on Friday night about 8 pm. That full moon was so bright that when I [...]

Posted 29 October 2007 † Alarming Female § Blessings § Friends § Knitting § SLC-SNB § Spinning § Utah § Women ‡ Comments (10) °

Palindrome ~ simply brilliant

This is the most brilliant pattern–it’s fun to knit and it’s just beautiful. It’s based on Hello Yarn’s Irish Hiking Scarf, yet it’s been revised so that the cables are reversible and the scarf looks the same on both sides. The secret to this magical pattern is the K2, P2 construction throughout. Kudos to Hello [...]

Posted 26 October 2007 † Alarming Female § Knitting ‡ Comments (6) °

A new feeling

More Thrums from Spinderella’s Creations; this time Enchanted Forest   I’ve got another bobbin full of n00b yarn; now what do I do? Wrap it on a niddy-noddy into a skein and then pet it? Okey dokey. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The aforementioned new feeling from this post’s title is hard to describe. [...]

Posted 21 October 2007 † Alarming Female § Family § Spinning § Teens ‡ Comments (9) °