Pistol and Ball
"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear...
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Spinners are sexy
First things first - I have an amazing husband. He puts up with a lot from my fiber obsession, from a steadily growing stash to me trailing yarn wherever I go. However, he is still completely...
View ArticleFiber Farts Fair, or When the Cashmere Hits the Fan.
What an amazing weekend. It started out with the Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair (or Fiber Farts Fair as my friend Grant heard). I bought some needles and a silk cap to try spinning. Some people have...
View ArticleTrying not to miss it all
NPR ran a story titled, "The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything." They gave examples of how the amount of what humanity creates in any area is deeper than any individual...
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Yarn my husband doesn't know about
I saw this on Facebook last night and showed it to Husband:For the record, I have not reached this level of hording yet. My stash is an adorable collection sitting neatly on some bookshelves, and not...
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Approaching Fall
I used to dread the feeling of approaching fall. My chest tightened at the thought that I would soon be driving to and from work in the dark. So, a few years ago I decided to physically and mentally...
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Article 17
I spelunked. I am a spelunker. (In my head that was said in Bill Murray's voice from What About Bob? "I Sail! I'm a sailor!")This weekend we went through Timpanogos cave. I have done it a couple of...
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Social Fiber Mixology
Friday night was the ShiBui Mixology party at Blazing Needles. Sandy K showed us how to mix and match fibers and different weights of yarn to get new textures and weights. Yarn was provided to swatch...
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Knit-nerding
Em from high school is pregnant! My little sister married Ems older brother, and so she is vaguely family. In addition to being family-esc, she is such a nice person and genuinely appreciative, that I...
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Wind Caves, Bike shorts, Herms, and Mom
What a jam packed weekend! Saturday, we rented road bikes, and rode parts of the Jordan Parkway trail and Legacy Parkway trail. They are such great outdoor resources in the middle of the city. The...
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Blanket Nest time!
You have met my super cute dog Jack right? I mentioned the hike we took him on. Well, every day when I come home from work, he is bundled up in the perfect little blanket nest. I am jealous of his mad...
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Mittens and lies
It is with a sad heart that I have to report I am a liar. Chantel, I am sorry.You see, Chantel made mittens for me. The Kitchenering was so perfect that I thought they must have been made from the...
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Propriety; noun: conformity to established standards of behavior or manner,...
Welcome to one of those awkward situations in life where you don't know quite what to say or how to act. My partners Aunt passed away. It's sad, but also a relief. She had RSD (Reflex Sympathetic...
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Thanksgiving week
My hands are all cut up. It looks like I was in a knife fight or something. There are only two times it bugs me though; putting on hand sanitizer at the gym, and when yarn snags a scab.Last weekend, we...
View ArticleIt's not fair (isle)!
I am pretty good at picking up new things in knitting. I am no savant, but it is not usually painful.So, the fact that I have a few feet of test swatch for a stranded hat that alternates between being...
View ArticleWhen a Gandalf marries a Muggle.
There is a lot of translation that happens in a marriage.For example, my boo loves cars. I love yarn. I don't understand the car thing, and he doesn't understand the yarn thing. So, when Blazing...
View ArticleResolutions and hats. Hats, hats, hats. Hats for career girls."
Happy New Year!Every year, I see the same people join the gym, come for a month, and then disappear until the next year when they will have gained 15 pounds. While I like the idea of some self...
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How do you make a handmade present for a male knitter more masculine?
Put a skull on it!I got three amazing handmade gifts for Christmas this year and two of the three had skulls. It rules. My sister sewed me a "I learned to knit in prison" bag. Jennifer sewed a skeleton...
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Surprise
My Grandma taught me how to knit to keep me quiet in church. I eventually stopped churching, but kept on knitting (she would have been good with that). She taught several grand kids, but I'm the only...
View ArticleThe saddest story in the world... but it's also funny.
This is the story of Sweeti, my dog. Even though that is a girl name, he's a he. He came with the name, and I felt that his life had been so rough to that point, that changing it would be cruel.At the...
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