Tag Archives: mittens

Mittens impossible? I don’t think so.

Posted on 29 March 2012 by pattiblaine

Last year at around this time I promised myself I would try to knit a pair of mittens a month for a year. I have made other promises here. For example, something about cookies, if I recall correctly, although I … Continue reading →

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Why, yes. I do still knit. Thanks for asking.

Posted on 26 February 2012 by pattiblaine

In the middle of sleepless nights, I sometimes worry about the yearly taxes I have yet to figure, and papers or grant proposals I have yet to write. Sometimes, oddly, I worry about unfinished knitting and wonder why I have … Continue reading →

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I am in hell at the mall

Posted on 19 December 2011 by pattiblaine

Bruce dropped me here so that I could wrap up the Christmas shopping whilst he met with a client in Palmyra. I’m trying to make the best of what’s left of my time here, and take the edge off a … Continue reading →

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Finished

Posted on 20 November 2011 by pattiblaine

Despite my complete inability to knit for two days a week or so ago without ripping back and reworking 5 to 20 rounds depending on the egregiousness of the error, I managed to finish my self-imposed 29 October mittens. These … Continue reading →

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A year slipped by… as did half a month

Posted on 18 October 2011 by pattiblaine

According to my records, I began this blog adventure a year ago yesterday. A belated happy blogiversary to me! Or whatever it is that I was supposed to say re: that. Also according to my records, I began a newsy … Continue reading →

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I do solemnly swear …

Posted on 25 September 2011 by pattiblaine

… this pair of mittens (Woodruff, my 29 August pair) contains the last afterthought thumb I will knit. Forever and ever, world without end, amen. How’s that for a vow? I should explain. I see the point of the afterthought … Continue reading →

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Tulips in September!

Posted on 17 September 2011 by pattiblaine

I am not home but have scheduled this particular post to appear whilst I will be elsewhere hurrying up to breakfast and to be ready for a day of lectures on wisdom literature and prophecy in the Hebrew Bible. Fun, … Continue reading →

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In case you think that I’d forgotten

Posted on 4 September 2011 by pattiblaine

Or is it: in case that you’ve forgotten? Is that a line from a song? Or am I misremembering the early 80s? I did try googling it but to no avail. Then again, I may have been listening to obscure … Continue reading →

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Mittens, mittens. Smitten with mittens.

Posted on 18 July 2011 by pattiblaine

Why, yes. I have been knitting mittens. Begun on the 29th of June, completed on the 9th of July, these mittens took nearly no time at all. They were quick, fun and easy, and I am fond of William. Who … Continue reading →

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Poppies… Poppies.

Posted on 17 July 2011 by pattiblaine

Apologies for the break in the action here. Or should I say, the reportage of the action? Because nothing has changed other than the timing of the activities. We are still busy folk. In all honesty, I am discouraged with … Continue reading →

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