Month: November 2006

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Does it look like The Scarf That Doesn’t End? Knitting it certainly felt like it! and this is the unblocked photo – I am waiting for a towel to come out of the washer to begin the blocking process.

Now I can concentrate on finishing Icarus. This project is so close to being done, but the stitch count is high …. 400 +/row …… so each row is taking a long time to get through.

Mr. Boar loved all your birthday comments! who knew he was such an attention whore? There’s not enough room in this house for two of us!

speaking of birthday accolades …… go sing Vicki a birthday tune!

Birthday Boar!

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Today really is someone’s birthday ……

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Mr. Boar! isn’t he cute?

Mr. Boar is a great guy. He lives in a house full of women – he puts up with a lot. : )

Here is a great fiber story about Boar.

Not long ago, we were taking a road trip to see D#1 in college. This is a six hour drive at best and Mr. Boar had already put in a full day’s work. And I mean full – he gets up everyday at 4:00 am. The plan was that he would get a ride to work and I would pick him up at the end of the day and we would hit the road. When I got there I said that I will drive since he must be exhausted. He said no, he will drive and then I can knit. I tell him I don’t mind driving, that he must be tired.

And then he says, well if you drive, who will do the knitting?

see? he finds it as compelling as I do!

it’s beginning to look a lot like …..

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Happy Birthday to Me.

Happy Birthday to Me.

Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to Me.

huh?

That’s right, the time for celebration has arrived early here at Chez Swine. Christmas isn’t for a month or so and my birthday doesn’t arrive until January, but that doesn’t mean I can’t get presents!

My bff Mary sent me a combo bday/christmas gift and it arrived yesterday. Much sooner than she anticipated actually. That’s okay, it only makes it all the more surprising!

And you my dears will not believe your eyes. Mary was guided by a good friend of hers who is a spinner/weaver. She asked this sage women what would be an outrageous thing to get for a fellow spinner and this is what she said …..

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how about a peek inside the bag

yeah, baby! that’s right – two ounces of Qiviut! I just about plotzed.

Mary ordered this from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Large Animal Research Station. It is raw fiber with some guard hairs mixed in, so I will be taking this along to my next guild meeting to see what the spinners recommend.

don’t you just love the holidays?