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  • On Will, Steel Qualities Of

    February 17, 2012 49

    Lion’s Brand Yarn Newsletter: 7 Irresistible Afghan Patterns. Me: Hmm, looks like there are only six actually.  Granny, Granny, hello 70′s…  Okay, this one is granny too, but might have potential if it’s in shades of blue to match the living room.  I wonder if they make this yarn in blue…  Click, click.  No, I…

  • Omg, y’all!

    November 16, 2011 45

    Dear Devon, You, me, and possibly Laura if we can talk her into it.  ————-> Knitting party! We can embarrass our children/husbands and flaunt our embarrassing ways on the interwebs.  It will be glorious. *** I got 2,102 words yesterday.  I have made a certain deal with a couple of friends, where we all are…

  • Fierce monsters! (bought at JoAnn's craft store)

    Yarn Dillemma and Monster battle

    October 16, 2010 49

    To prevent the male readers from running for the hills, here is a monster battle. Pay no attention to ramblings about yarn below. Fierce monsters! (bought at Jo Ann’s craft store, of all places) But what’s this? It’s the guy from the Fist of the North Star! Boom, Pow, Crash! Exploding heads! All is right…

  • Dear Ilona

    April 23, 2010 7
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    Dear Ilona, See us on TV! Lion Brand will be featured on the ION Television show, The World’s Greatest!… airing April 26 at 6 a.m. EST (with reruns April 27 at 7 a.m. and April 28 at 11 a.m., both EST). No!  Stay away, vile yarn beast!  I have enough yarn and no time! Catch…

  • Oh Laaaaura?

    Oh Laaaaura?

    February 10, 2010 24
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    Muahahahahahahaha!  (Click to enlarge) I R the Queen of Monkey socks.  The ball is in your court. These things actually are much less complicated than they look.

  • Monkey socks

    Monkey socks

    January 30, 2010 10
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    First and foremost: Dear Claire, OMG the sock book was awesome.  Our mailing place misplaced and we just now got it.  Thank you thank you thank you! Also thank you to the awesome person who sent the poodle mug!  Sorry, I had the name written down, but somehow I can’t find it. A few days…

  • You know what today is?

    January 19, 2010 25
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    Today is the new sock starting day.  The purple striped socks are finished and I’m wearing them.  This is the first time I’ve ever tried to make socks that were more than just knit and purl.  These have little holes in them and I’m unreasonably proud of this monumental knitting achievement.  I can knit with…

  • Knitting Crisis

    January 14, 2010 20
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    I am allowed to order one magazine for myself this year.  (Everybody gets one.) I want a knitting magazine.  I don’t know which one to order.  Vogue, Knit N Style, Interweave? What are your favorites?

  • So Much Awesome!

    December 4, 2009 9
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    Rise, Soapthulhu, rise!

  • News 11/09/2009

    November 11, 2009 20
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    The internets seem to be back, whee! :hates on Comcast:  We bought a new router, because they said the problem was in the router.  The problem was on their end, but now we have a new router that looks something out of Star Trek.  I keep expecting it to split open, sprout metal spider legs,…