TessKnits.com » sister http://tessknits.com where smart knitters have more fun! Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:45:15 +0000 en hourly 1 Home Is Where the DH Is!! http://tessknits.com/1495/home-is-where-the-dh-is http://tessknits.com/1495/home-is-where-the-dh-is#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:48:55 +0000 TessM http://tessknits.com/?p=1495 One of the cold hard truths I learned when I quit the engineering job and started setting my own schedule was this:

You can’t get anything done on the days when DH is home.

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]]> http://tessknits.com/1495/home-is-where-the-dh-is/feed 0 I Just Want You to Know, I Had Big Plans http://tessknits.com/159/i-just-want-you-to-know-i-had-big-plans http://tessknits.com/159/i-just-want-you-to-know-i-had-big-plans#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:45:31 +0000 TessM http://tessknits.com/?p=159 This post was originally going to be poignant, touching and funny.  Everything you always wanted in a knitting blog post.

Alas, due to the machinations of big business, my original vision has been forced to change a bit.

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More specifically, it’s about "Sock Wars", where the idea is that everyone playing the game is an "assassin" and has an assigned  "target".  You are supposed to "assassinate" that person by knitting them a pair of socks, and then you send them to your target before your assassin sends a pair of finished socks to you.

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]]> http://tessknits.com/56/sock-what/feed 5 (Breaking) the Sweater Curse http://tessknits.com/6/breaking-the-sweater-curse http://tessknits.com/6/breaking-the-sweater-curse#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:48:28 +0000 TessM http://tessknits.henchal.com/archives/6 So, you may have noticed that in the previous post, I said that my sister was knitting a sweater for her fiance.betsandmark

YIKES! but what about the famous, infamous Sweater Curse? 

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]]> http://tessknits.com/6/breaking-the-sweater-curse/feed 4 It’s My Sister’s Fault! http://tessknits.com/5/its-my-sisters-fault http://tessknits.com/5/its-my-sisters-fault#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:14:25 +0000 TessM http://tessknits.henchal.com/archives/5 I can trace my original fascination with knitting back to age 6. That’s when my big sister, Bets, came for her very last Christmas visit home – because she was engaged, and would be married in April. (Bets and I are at either end of a large family – there are 17 years between us).

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]]> http://tessknits.com/5/its-my-sisters-fault/feed 4 In the beginning… http://tessknits.com/4/in-the-beginning http://tessknits.com/4/in-the-beginning#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:31:26 +0000 TessM http://tessknits.henchal.com/archives/4

“A year from now, you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb

OK, so I’m starting today. Hiya. Welcome to my blog! I intend for this to be a blog about knitting, mainly, with some color commentary about life and whatnot thrown in.

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