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Lori’s has moved
To all of my knitsibs in Yuma—you know how we have to travel out of town for decent yarn, right? I was in San Diego last Wednesday and on my way home I decided to stop in Alpine at Lori’s Frames, Fiber, and Frills. When stopped at the intersection, I realized it was no longer…
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Is it March already???
Yikes! It is already March? Hard to believe. I am know that I am WAAAY behind in posting. Just seems like there is not enough time in the day to knit, eat, knit, work, knit, eat some more, watch TV and knit, and sleep. I would rather substitute knitting for just about any of those…
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Rangers lead the way!
Here are Billy and Aimee at Billy’s Ranger graduation. Notice the new Ranger tab on his left shoulder. He just finished a grueling 62 day training, and graduated without having to be recycled on any of the training phases (there are 3). Less than 20% of those who graduate do so without be recycled (aka…
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Celebrating our Knit Sibs
Fran and Shirley showing off Fran’s mom’s new wrap—really really cute And here we all are gathered with our Knit Friends in celebration of our friend Dee Dee, wishing her not only good Knitting Mojo, but a wonderful experience in Iraq. She said that on the first day she gets there she is going to…
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Have You Seen DeeDee?
OK, you simply MUST COME TO KNITTING ON SUNDAY!!! It is a mandatory meeting. If you don’t come we will send the knitting police out to find you and drag you and your knitting to Papa San! I am so serious that I am even going to call Papa San and RESERVE THE ROOM to…
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It’s Christmas time!!!
BBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! It is cold in the desert southwest triangle! Cold in the desert is somewhere between the 40’s and high 60’s. Mind you, that’s the high. We get colder at night. Most people think that you can’t get hypothermia here, but surprise! You can! Speaking of getting cold, I know 4 ladies at San…
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Hi….my name is Blarg….
(use your best robot voice) Hi. My name is Blarg. I am looking for a boy named Blake. I am Blarg the Monkey. Blake is a boy who is loved by a knitter, which is a very good thing. I have…
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So much to knit, so little time!
Are you done with your holiday knitting yet? Do you keep adding more projects to your list of gifts? Mine keeps getting ridiculously long. To the point that I am considering getting up at 4:30 or 5 every morning just to get some extra time in. I wasn’t going to gift knitting to the TAs…
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Christmastime’s a ‘comin!
It won’t be too long, time to get your needles warmed up! Here are some things that have been knitted in our neck of the woods recently– This scarf is for Carson. No, he hasn’t gone all Goth or anything, the scarf was designed because he really liked the buttons, so I invented a place…
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Jackson’s Jive-Turkey Hat!
If you Google Jive Turkey Hat, this is the pattern you will find! Every baby wants/needs/can’t live without a Jive Turkey Hat! I will bring it on Sunday—google for the pattern— Can’t wait to try it on him. I love the pattern for the last 2 sentences, which actually reads as follows: Put hat on…

