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Knitting Jargon on the Interwebs

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…

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…

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…