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Saturday, April 5, 2003 8:12am
- Cold - 27ƒ
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OH what a beautiful feeling...

magenta magenta magenta
One of the main reasons I knit is the repetitive
nature of the craft. I find it soothing and meditative.
It really helps smoothe the rough edges and short
circuit worrisome brain meanderings.
Imagine my delight when sometime last night, after
a very trying week, I settled into some knitting on
my Magenta Wonder and actually didn't have to look
at the chart! It started to make sense all on its
own - the rhythm of the pattern just played out like
a song.
I WAS watching Star Search (please, no loser flames
:)) and during young David Archuleta's singing it
happened. He was just belting it out and so joyful
I tranced right into my cabling.
Music is so good for knitting! It adds just one more
layer to the *feel good* phenom...
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Vogue Knitting Fall 2002 pg 105
"Coppertone" by Shirley Paden
Yarn: Filatura di Crosa 501
Color: 2120
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Sunday, April 6, 2003 7:37am
- Blustery - 30ƒ
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He's B-A-A-C-K!!!

and I'm glad...
The joke in Chicago, like many MidWestern Cities,
is that there are two seasons: Winter and Construction.
I thought we really had passed into the latter since
there's all sorts of weird street and expressway activity
but my weatherman tells me NO!
So to celebrate this crappy grey cold day, I did what
any self-respecting daylight-saving citizen might
do: I felted my FUzzy FeeT!
They are now busy drying and won't do me a wit of
good this dank chilly morning! I forgot about that
part. So I'll just put them in the middle of the living
room floor and look at them like the work of art they
are!
Following all the marvie Fuzzy Feeters that walked
before me, I put them on while wet to shape them to
the uncanny
Shrekiness of my Feet.
I can't wait to brush out the Fur at the top. I think
I'm gonna make some waffles now to celebrate!
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Many thanks to Kate
for posting all of THESE
FUZZY WONDERS as they are made and completed!
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Monday, April 7, 2003 5:28am
- Blustery Snow - 36ƒ
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Monday Morning Mirth

AdiÛs mi Aussie amor!
Now that my boyfriend is married, I am retiring his
knitting page from ChicKnits.
Although I was very fond of it, it is just too painful
(*sniff*) to look at anymore. (And I sure won't miss
the wacko flames people mailed to me over this!)
Happy Birthday, Russ, and Congratulations on your
Nuptials!
I am, however, auditioning a Replacement...
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Close: but
No Cigar...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2003 5:38am
- Blustery - 30ƒ
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Mom & Me

I have a trip in my near future that I've been dreading
for weeks. My Dear Mom has some health problems requiring
surgery and I'm going up North to Michigan to be with
her. We'll be spending a couple of weeks housebound
and I've been plotting all the things that will make
the time more fun.
Number One on my list is the jacket you see above.
My Mom made this for me when I was in college and
I've worn it to shreds. So we've decided to recreate
it for posterity and because it's just my favorite
sweater of all times. We thought it would be fun to
de-construct it and make a new one out of Sheepy Valley
yarn.
My Mom is a genius - she knit this after she saw it
in a picture on the cover of a Family Circle. There
was no pattern. She just cast on after figuring out
the main measurement and BAM! Cool pockets! A Shawl
Collar that is made in two pieces and is joined together
in the middle of the back by a third piece that has
3 vertical cables! Matching cabling up the middle
of the sleeves!
So we're going to make this over the next few weeks
and I'll post the pattern here. You're all invited
to go along for the ride. We'll need all the help
we can get!
See you in a few days!
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