Box Turtle Care

I know, it's very much not knitting, but I just spent time on an email to a woman interested in keeping turtles as pets, and I get this question quite often it just would be kinda nice to have a place it's already written somewhere. So if you are not interested in the care of Box Turtles, please just skip this here post.I would suggest an internet search. Unfortunately the books the library probably...

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Did you knit that? Did you knit that?

Picture the Verizon wireless guy.Yah, that's me and my knitting obsession. I am not content to keep it to myself, I must discover if the lovely cabled cardigan was handmade, or if the stripey socks were a gift from a friend or a department store. I'm relentless.I knit prominently in public so as to draw the attention of everyone in the hopes another fellow knitter might approach me! The aluminum needles work well as they click nicely. And I will cross the street if I spot an obviously felted...

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I impressed my mother

My parents are in for the weekend visiting from PA. They just got here yesterday. So of course as soon as I got home I went through the progress of showing my mom all my knitting projects. The unfinished CheesyLove, the one Cut Your Teeth sock, my finished Honeymoon Cami, and the Xback tank. I almost cried when my mom told me how nice all my knitting was, and how much I have improved. She said "You must have inherited this talent from my mother". Shit, I'm getting a little teary thinking about...

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Xback progress

A picture taken on my camera phone at work.I got a good bit done this morning while having blood drained from me for research!It's not a super good picture, the color is a bit less pink in real life. But you get the id...

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New yarn, new knit-along!

I stopped into my LYS yesterday. I have to say my original intention was to buy a 24" US4 circ needle to start the pretty spring cover up on Knitty.com. They didn't have a 24 incher though, so I bought some yarn instead. I'm starting the Xback from Knitty, and have joined the knit-along too! I should get some pictures up tonight (the camera batteries died before I could get the pictures off the camera *grrrrrr*), but the yarn is super yummy! Very girly, and I can't wait to finish this one.My...

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100 things 'bout me! *work in progress*

1. I was born and raised in the same small town in PA, and never left PA until I moved to NC 5 years ago. We plan to move back to PA as soon as we can.2. I have a BS in psychology but never went back to get a PhD, and now I'm not sure what I'm going to do when I grow up.3. My sister is due with her first baby in August, which is odd because I always thought I'd be first. My SIL is due with her second in September.4. I was raised a catholic, but am now an atheist, but I'm usually to afraid to say...

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Secret Pals for everyone!

Well, the assignments have been made. I've been given my Secret Pal (who you ask? Pssshaw! It's a secret of course!), and I've gotten a little hello from mine. What a wonderful time of the year!Amy, thank you for the offer to come knit-nanny with you. You've given me the idea to hire myself out as the cool knitting friend! For just $25 an hour, I will come and hang out with you and knit. You don't have to be a knitter, I'll be the knitter, and you can say, "yah, she's my friend. And she...

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Random plea for rescueing

To anyone in central PA:If you have a job that will pay me roughly close to what I'm making now, please email me.I need a new job, and will do almost anything. I'm good with people, and I am adaptable.Working with people is nice, but so is working with backhoe's so I'm open for change.Boy do I need out of here. I've been pretty down since my rejection, my immune system decided to let some horrid bugs have a party in my belly for a few days. And as much as I want to be a nurse, I want out of this...

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Finished Cami

I finished it off Wednesday night.It felt good to completely finish a project (unlike poor cheesylove, sitting neglected in my basket).It's a bit uneven, at the straps, but nothing I ever make is perfect, so I'm happy with it. It feels a bit heavy, so we'll see how it wears in the real hot weather. I made the straps a bit wider then the pattern, so it hides my unmentionables well. Overall, I'm...

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That's a negative big buddy

Yup.They said no.UNC emailed a resounding "hell no".So sorry, Charlie.Negativo.Nada.Nyet.And they say there's a nursing shortage.Bah.Bastards.Dammit.Fear not, I've already sent in two applications for local community colleges. An Associates RN is just as good in my book as a BSN. But Dammit anyw...

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A trip down memory lane....

So the Camo yarn got some rave reviews, which made me think, "Somewhere I have a photo of the sweater I made with it." Off I went to search all my photos for the camo sweater.I found it plus a bonus!First the bonus.The first sweater I ever made. Note the arm cuffs...one has a lovely ribbing, one does not. I finished the second sleave and realized I had forgotten the ribbing. I decided I was to...

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Welcome! It's Flash Your Stash day! And to kick it off, my Masters (of ceremony), drum roll please.......Evil cat and Obi!And now for the FLASH:Knit Picks YarnAndean Silk, an Alpaca and silk blend. I bought it for the Honeymoon Cami, but it was too heavy, and too warm for a summer top. I'll probably need to buy more to make anything with this yarn. 7 just isn't enough really.Wool of the Andes,...

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