Taking my knitting to new levels

Hey what do you all think of my idea for a knitted pillow? Only, an image of knitting on a throw pillow! This cracks me up for some reason. I think I’m going to send my mom one for Christmas. And I’ll probably get one for me!
If you have to have one, too, click [...]

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Vote for my photo! Before Thurs 2pm!

Completely selfish plug here, but if I don’t do it, who will? OK, Amber will! She convinced me to enter a photo in a weekly contest in a whose theme is “city life.” If I win, it will be featured on a Baltimore-based site “b” and in the print version this weekend. I entered [...]

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Starting and finishing

Just a brief update on how the SnB Kinshasa is going – I now have almost a Stitch ‘n Bitch! I say almost because there were several non crafters and many non stitchers, so I called it Craftster Kinshasa instead of SnB. We met once with lots of snacks and wine, and have a [...]

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A knitting nun! and why you can’t find yarn in Kinshasa

For those of you only interested in a photo:
Yesterday I had lunch with a new fellow at one of our agencies. She receives a housing stipend but is a graduate of some genre of Catholic school that has a worldwide guest house system. So, during her stay here, she decided to live with the nuns. [...]

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Handmade

Guess what! This Thursday is going to be the inaugural meeting of the Kinshasa SnB! I can’t wait! I don’t know that we have many knitters, but I have two more friends interested in learning, and it should be educational to have other types of stitchers there, too.
I meant to do some photography over the [...]

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Yes! It’s going to happen!

I’m going to start a Stitch ‘n Bitch Kinshasa.
So far I have a sew-er, a quilter, and the former is a wannabe knitter.
Look out, Kinshasa!

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Golding spun

Suddenly I have an urge to share with you some of my backlogged photos, so the spate of new blog entries continues!  Back in May, I took one of these home.

And I took some of this home.

And I spun and I spindled and I plied my little heart out.

And I ended up with this.

It is [...]

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Jazz knitting

Man, time really flies. This photo is from almost six months ago, when I somehow convinces three friends as crazy as I am that it would be a good idea to rent a car and drive overnight 14 hours to Jazz Fest in New Orleans, spend 3 days and 2 nights there, and then spend [...]

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Gandhi’s birthday

Guess what!!! Today is Mohandas Gandhi’s birthday and Google is celebrating! I copied this image because presumably it won’t be up very long.

So let me take the opportunity to show you some more photos from around Gandhinagar, since a couple of you liked the ones I posted yesterday!
FORSAKE NOT TRUTH EVEN UNTO DEATH

MY LIFE [...]

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New blog layout and photos of things I finished in the summer

My friend Tad has been producing some knitting blog designs recently (for example, Kat Coyle and Connie Chang Chinchio). If I were designing knitwear in the real world instead of only in my head, then I would love to have a blog redesign and my own domain.
I’ve decided to stay here, though, and I [...]

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