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• Primary knitting

  December 2, 2008 in Knitting, Hats, Scarves, Shawls

  I saw the pile of knitting on my side of the sofa over the weekend and realized last week’s finished projects represent a basic kindergarten primary color assortment. First up, a bright blue hat:…

• Showing off the goodies

  November 12, 2008 in Knitting, Yarn

  I had a well-planned mini yarn crawl on our vacation in September, hitting two specific yarn shops in Saarbruecken, Germany. The first stop was Wolle Roedel, definitely one of my favorite brands for workhorse superwash …

• Knitting on

  November 9, 2008 in Knitting, Scarves, Booties

  I have been knitting on. Not a whole lot, but I managed a pair of booties and a scarf these past few weeks: Pattern: own Yarn: …

• Thoughts for Sunday

  October 12, 2008 in Uncategorized

  We have been back from vacation for a week but life handed us a doozy and the Mmm… Yarn household has been thrown into complete upheaval. This means the blog is on hold for a …

• The sock meets Hercules

  October 4, 2008 in Knitting

  Herkules, actually. This tall sculpture atop its octagon-shaped structure stands high above Kassel, Germany. The palace Wilhelmshöhe is way down the hill. Here the sock takes a good look at Herkules’ super-firm behind (lucky guy, …