nepenthe's misadventures

Name: Meg
Location: E. Lansing, MI

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On the Needles 2009


Custard Baby Sweater Redux


No Purl Monkeys

Garter Stitch Alpaca Scarf

Vestee

Turn a Square

Pink Baby Bolero

Minimalist Cardigan

Chevron Socks

Seascape Stole

Felicity

Opus Spicatum

Baktus Scarf


February Baby Sweater


Midnight Squirrel Mittens


Ivelet


Claudia Hat


The Boy Hat


Marlene Socks


Kokopelli Boy Hat


Odessa Hat #1


Odessa Hat #2


Garter Yoke Cardigan


Monster Hat


70s Kitchen Explosion Socks


El Hatto Rosa


Kindle Kozy

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January 2008



I killz me.

Sun, 01/27/08 4:14 P GMT-07
I am more than halfway finished with my second monkey sock, thanks to a new cold* that knocked me on the butt for the last two days.  I have a nice junky cough that sounds suspciously like bronchitis, but I can breathe just fine.  As an ast
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mein kleiner Affe (Socke)

Thu, 01/24/08 12:50 P GMT-07
One sock finished in one week - and I have started the second after finally finding the second skein buried in my stash.  This was no small feat since I moved my stash from its usual room (see below) to the room next door, and it is quite the ju
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What to do with a day off

Tue, 01/22/08 8:21 A GMT-07
No, not knitting silly! Today is my dad's birthday, and so it is only appropriate that I spent the time doing a little home improvement.  During my childhood Dad seemed to spend every weekend, every day off in a constant state of movement; r
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A few hours in Motor City

Sat, 01/19/08 7:31 A GMT-07
After my library class this morning P and I headed down to Detroit to see the North American International Auto Show - quite the spectacle.  The cars seem less daring and fun than the ones we saw a few years ago when we hit the Chicago Auto Show
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Koolhaas

Tue, 01/15/08 4:18 P GMT-07
I have been all about hats recently.  And with the temperatures headed back down (the high on Thursday is supposed to be 12 degrees) I finished my Koolhaas just in time.Koolhaas hat and a lovely paint-by-numbers painting of the Alps acquire
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We call it the sitting room...

Sun, 01/13/08 2:10 P GMT-07
...because it is where we keep our chairs!  This sweet little room is at the front of our house and is one of the few rooms that looks "furnished".  Of course, being 10' x 7' it is fairly easy to fill up.  And to thin
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Gearing Up

Fri, 01/11/08 2:36 P GMT-07
Tomorrow is my first day of class.  I have very mixed emotions about this particular course I am taking - Introduction to the Information Profession.  I already know what I want to do with my Library Science degree, and I very much doubt th
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Stashbusting in the New Year

Thu, 01/03/08 2:27 P GMT-07
More stashbusting here at the Little Yellow House.  I feel so good finishing up the bits and pieces in my stash.Patterns: (pink and green) loosely based on the Children's Cotton Hats in Last-Minute Knitted Gifts (blue) Simple Hat from Debbie
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