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Monday, March 7, 2005

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Sheep and other Barnyard Einsteins

ChicKnits is still EXHAUSTED from all the post-Oscar shenanigans of last weekend and has hot-footed it back to the farm where she belongs...

DID YOU KNOW: "Sheep, ridiculed for a non-questioning herd mentality, possess a sharp sense of individuality and can recognise the faces of at least 10 people and 50 other sheep for at least two years. Scientists at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge also discovered that sheep react to facial expressions and, like humans, prefer a smile to a grimace."

So people, if you're like me and just can't work up the enthusiasm to beam (express amusement, satisfaction, or pleasure by brightening one's eyes and curving the corners of one's mouth upward) at the human commuter throng, promise today to work up a smile in honor of a just one woolie one...

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1. Ribby Cardi (90%)
Design: ChicKnits
Yarn: Kettle Dyed Barn Yarn
Color: Cordovan & Blackberry
Gauge: 19sts/24 rows over 4"
Needles: #6 & #7
Type: Hand Knit

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Color: Natural Grey
Gauge: 14sts/20 rows over 4"
Needles: #10 & #10.5
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Yarn: Karabella "Aurora 8"
Color: Cadet Blue
Gauge: 18sts/24 rows over 4"
Needles: #6 & #8
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