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Finally, Sweater Pix!

TessM — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:41:18 +0000

You know that stupid cutesy saying,

"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done."

OK, OK, I bow to reality.

Tomorrow we are getting on a plane to attend my niece's wedding in Chicago. I promised myself I'd get the pictures of the sweater knitters posted before the trip. I'd have had it done already, actually, if it weren't that when I sat down to do it last Tuesday, I found out my camera was still sitting in DH's truck. At work. With all the pictures still on it.

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HI! didja miss me?

TessM — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:08:58 +0000

Wowsers, it's been an eventful couple of months at my house. At my NEW house, of course — where I'd say we are about 2/3 unpacked by now.

I'm estimating it will take until December to get the rest unpacked and put away, donated, recycled, or thrown away. Way back in the beginning, I said this was going to be a year-long project. We first went out househunting with the realtor on December 29th, so at this point I'm still sticking with my original estimate. (Although I keep hearing from people about how they have boxes still to unpack from moves that were three years ago.)

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Reminder to Sign Up for Sweater Class

TessM — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:51:38 +0000

Just a brief post to remind anyone who is interested in the Summer Sweater Class at Garden Home — registration for summer term started yesterday morning. (The start of THPRD registration is usually pretty crazy, what with people trying to get their kids into every class under the sun, so I held off a day on the reminder. No one needs to spend extra knitting time on hold.)

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My Knitting Wish List for 2010

TessM — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:26:31 +0000

Hey, I finally put together a list for What I Want to Knit This Year!

Yeah, well, so what if it's mid-February?

This idea has been kind of nagging at me for a month or so — but what finally prompted me to get it down on paper was an incident last week, when Linda asked, "So what are you knitting for fun?" — after seeing what I was knitting on for work — and I had to say, "Nothing." That, my friends, is a sad state of affairs, and one I thought I ought to rectify. I've gotten started on it, as you can see to the right, although that item happens to be the very last one on the list. You'll have to read ALL THE WAY THROUGH if you want to know what that noise is all about.

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Knitting Resolutions (2009 Redux Edition)

TessM — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:10:09 +0000

On about.com's knitting section, I found a poll for "What are Your Knitting Resolutions for 2009?"

OK, so it's a year out of date, but I figure things can't have changed all that much in a year.

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New Year’s Knitting Resolutions

TessM — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:44:38 +0000

Ho Ho Ho, a belated Merry Christmas to you both and especially, a Happy New Year!

I took an inadvertent holiday break last week, because the post I had slaved over all day Tuesday turned out to have — issues.

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Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You…

TessM — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:23:14 +0000

The other day I got an email from an old college friend. This guy is pretty much on the cutting edge of technology, and I have an idea that he finds my career change from "engineer" to "knitting teacher" pretty much unfathomable, and probably a little unsettling.

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Luna Tee finished!

TessM — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:05:04 +0000

OK, OK, I admit that in the last post on this subject, I didn't spell out every little detail about exactly how I was going to finish this bad boy off… but then there would be no suspense left for the big surprise ending.

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Workin’ on the UFO’s: “Luna” Tee

TessM — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:14:15 +0000

A few posts back, I mentioned that I seem to have developed not so much a New Year's Resolution, as an End-Of-Year Resolution: to finish up the last few remaining UFO's in my knitting pile. And so, I've been battling with this one.

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Choosing the Right (Sweater) Project

TessM — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:16:54 +0000

The other week, I was teaching a class and, as usual, at the beginning we went around the table and did introductions. Often I ask people to give their name, how long they've been knitting, and then some kind of tidbit about their knitting: maybe their most recent FO, or what they are currently working on.

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