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  • We took another trip to Colorado last weekend so I missed my weekly update, but here’s what I worked on to close out September and kick-off October. Fiddlesticks Socks: I finished these up just before we headed north. Yarn is The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers Rocky Mountain Purls, which is a BFL/nylon 2-ply sock yarn. Colorway…

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  • A few finishes this week to talk about first. Jane Austen 250th Anniversary Quilt: This is now completely done and in fact, I have it on the guest bedroom bed. I love how it came out and even more so that it’s actually finished. This one took just a bit over a year from start…

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  • It’s been a wild and crazy few weeks here, so I managed to miss last week again entirely. Here’s another 2-fer update! Antipodes: I’m further along on this as I picked up stitches for sleeve 2 and am working on that right now. I definitely will be extending the length of the body. I have…

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  • Lots of small progress this week. My DH decided to go camping this weekend but I “camped out” at home and it was delightful! Here’s what I’ve been working on: Antipodes Sweater: The construction on this saddle shoulder pullover is very fun and quite different. The back neck yoke is knit flat, then the back…

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  • Kicking off week one of year 16 of Year of Projects with the following things: Handspinning – Tour de Fleece: The Tour started on Saturday, July 4th, and I pulled out two 140-gram gradient packs from Hilltop Cloud Fibres in the UK. The colorway is Wild Rose, and it’s a blended roving of bamboo, Blue-Faced…

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  • This week marks the end of year 15 of Year of Projects. I’ll have a summary post to talk about what I checked off my list (and what I didn’t), but this post will be all about what I worked on this week to close out year 15. Oscar: I finished up this little grandpa…

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  • Not exactly the relaxing holiday weekend we had planned, since the main drain on the house failed and we wound up spending most of today (Sunday) dealing with that and extra expensive holiday weekend hour emergency plumbing costs. But at least it got fixed so we can run water in the house, so I will…

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  • We’re halfway through this year of projects. I will have a separate post in a day or two on how I’m doing with all of my proposed projects for the 52-week period. (Spoiler alert: Actually pretty good.) Here’s what I worked on this week. Book Club Cardigan: I have the back to the point where…

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  • I’m delighted to say I have finished up my Bloom shawl this week. It’s currently blocking so I’ll do a separate post around it later this week. With that done, here’s what I’m working on currently: I have started back to work on my Book Club Cardigan by Sari Nordlund. I’m using Berocco Blackstone Tweed…

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  • Year of Projects 2025-2025: Weeks 22-23

    Looking for Knit One, Spin Too? You’re in the right place! I took last week off from posting to do a little site update to rebrand and get ready to relaunch my podcast at the end of next week. I think I’ve got the old website URL with an auto redirect, but you may wish…

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