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Baby Hats!

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Aren’t these the cutest THANGS!?!? I love making these little hats. They knit up so fast, and there are so many cute patterns. And I’m so lucky my brother and his wife had boy and girl twins so I can do both. Who knows if they’ll ever use them? They’re just fun to make, and they’re a nice break from some of the bigger projects.
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Woo HOOO!!!! Finished!

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IT’S DONE! My first Clapotis is done! What a thrill for me, because I’d been putting off starting this project for months thinking it might be too hard. After frogging a few times and then finding the best help at the Clapotis Yahoo knitalong, I finished it (photos here)! This has been the most interesting and addicting pattern so far for me. I’m just itching to start my summer one, but I want to hold off a little bit … at least a month, if I can!

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Starting Decreases on Clapotis!

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This may not sound like a big deal to most of you, but if you’ve ever knitted one of these, you’ll know IT IS! Very exciting stuff here. I finally finished my 13th dropped row and can now start decreasing in section 4. This is really one of the more enjoyable projects I’ve ever worked on. There’s nothing boring about it because you’re using a lot of different stitches, plus it’s so fun to see it progress. There’s also more pictures on the link below in A Work In Progress.
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Charlotte Has Left The Building …Well, sort of.

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My wonderful, beautiful spider, Charlotte (see below) has finally died. I wondered how long she’d live in the house. In the late fall we found her on the ground and, thinking her dead, I picked her up and brought her inside with some wooden tongs. While examining her up close and personal for about 10 minutes, darned if her legs didn’t start to move and spread out. SHE WAS ALIVE! Naturally, I freaked out, made some sort of high-pitched squawking sound, soundly dropped her, then smacked myself in the face with the tongs. Eee-YEWWWW! I rather surprised myself, because I really did think I was over being squirmy about her; apparently that was only true while I had the door between us. In any case, my son and I put her in a little fishbowl, covered it with some screening, and fed her crickets until they died. She eventually stopped eating and went to spidey heaven — or something. Here’s hoping one just like her returns next summer.
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A Very Constructive Day, Knitting-wise.

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Well, last night I started a cute little hat for my soon-to-be godson in Cotton Classic thinking I’d take a break from my wonderful Clapotis. It was so quick and easy I ended up finishing it the same evening. Sure, it was 1:30 in the morning when I finally weaved in the last of the loose ends, but it’s cute, huh? It probably won’t fit him for another month, but here in upstate Michigan we have the never-ending winters, so I have that goin’ for me.
I also finally finished the shrug I made last month out of Lion Brand Chenille Thick & Quick. This was a great no-brainer kind of knitting project that kept me busy until I got the nerve to start my Clapotis. This thing had been sitting on my counter all rolled up waiting to be stitched together for too long. I wasn’t real sure how it was going to look, but once I finished it, I found I actually liked it. I’m amazed how much it even looks like the picture! Hmm. Go figure.
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Oops! I Did It Again.

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Well, I couldn’t help myself. I went to our not-so-LYS to pick up two more skeins for my WIP, the Clapotis, and ended up finding some BEAUTIFUL hand-dyed yarn from Twisted Sisters in Mirage and decided that would be my next Clapotis scarf for summer. While I was there, I found the cutest patterns for a couple of baby hats for my new twin neice and nephew, so I had to get some yarn for those! I’ll have to get moving on the hats, though. There’s a Christening for them on the 21st, and we get to be Godparents to one (Evan)! I’m tickled pink, but I’ll make his in blue.
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Teensy, weensy, spider…NOT!

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Well, this is Charlotte (surprise!). She came to our back door in July of 2005 about the size of a sunflower seed with legs, and she lived with us until December. (We did bring her inside and fed her crickets for awhile, but she still didn’t make it.) Charlotte is an Orb Weaver, and you can see why. Once I was able to get past the shivers whenever I looked at her, I started really examining and studying her and discovered she was actually pretty darned interesting. It would take her about 45 minutes to spin these webs, then she’d hang upside down and wait for her next meal. I learned that there were three types of silk that made up her web, and that only the ladder-style strings of silk were sticky. I was truly hoping to come downstairs one morning and see “TERRIFIC!” written inside her beautiful design. No such luck.