Yesterday at the LYS, I took part in a discussion about SABLE. What, you never heard of SABLE? You might even be a member of SABLE! SABLE stands for “Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy”. A person becomes a member of this group when she owns more yarn than she can reasonably expect to knit in…
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Antepenultimate
Huh? It’s the perfect knitting word. “ultimate” refers to the last one of something, therefore “penultimate” refers to the next-to-the-last one of something; and if you throw an “ante” on there, also meaning “before” or “prior to” (as in “antebellum”), you get “antepenultimate“, meaning the one before the next-to-the-last one. Think toe shaping. “Knit…
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Happy Birthday to Me!
As part of “fun weekend”, DH and I went and visited a place on the other side of the river, called “SCRAP”. SCRAP — The School and Community Reuse Action Project — is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and our mission is to promote creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to…