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November 2008



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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 10:22 A GMT-05
It's National Education Week. I just got home from the open house in N's classroom. Twenty kindergarteners singing song after song. It was so cute. I don't know how they could have learned so much in such a short amount of time.So this is

Contest And Sleeve Over

Wednesday, 12 November 2008 11:21 A GMT-05
Thank you so much for all your suggestions for teacher gifts. I realized after posting that I have to knit something for the teacher's aide too. N talks endlessly about the teacher's aide so I don't know how I could have forgotten her. Si

But I Don't Knit Gifts...

Friday, 7 November 2008 10:00 A GMT-05
I need some advice. The holidays are fast approaching and I find myself in an interesting situation. It's been a lot of years since I last worried about gifts for the teachers. N's teacher is not just his teacher but our neighbor. She is abso

A Sleeve In Three Acts

Thursday, 6 November 2008 2:56 P GMT-05
The First Act: I picked up the necessary stitches under the arm and the stitches that were waiting on stitch holders. I knit the required number of rows and then moved on the the decreases.The Second Act: I complete all the decreases and try the slee

The Things You'll See

Tuesday, 4 November 2008 8:42 A GMT-05
In an effort to blog more regularly and make it a habit again there may be some posts that have nothing to do with the knits. The sock you saw yesterday is no more. While I love the look, the feel of it was too tight. I guess I'll take a do

Dodging Punches

Monday, 3 November 2008 1:10 P GMT-05
The Knitting Goddess has been at it again. She's trying to smite me for having too many projects on the needles. I've been using this method to avoid her noticing that I'm working on a sweater with color work. So far there have been no ma

I'm A Robot

Saturday, 1 November 2008 12:20 P GMT-05
Here is N in his costume. The husband made it with a little input from N and I. Overall it is a great looking costume. There was a small bump in the trick or treating. N couldn't see his feet so he had a little trouble with stairs. It didn't